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Kitty Bloemenkamp

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Biography

Professor Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp is a Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Chair Birth Centre, Wilhelmina’s Children Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, the Netherlands.

 

Her Residency training programme in Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine was followed in Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden (1997-2002).  Her PhD Thesis: "Oral contraceptives, venous thrombosis and the role of coagulation defects" was at the department of  Clinical Epidemiology. Thereafter she became a Fellow Maternal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at University College Hospitals, London, United Kingdom (2003). She was appointed as a maternal fetal medicine specialist at the department of Obstetrics of Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) (2004-2015).

Her main research interest is “Maternal Health” globally, the health of a woman throughout her (reproductive) lifecycle is investigated.  From preconception, complicated (early) pregnancy, towards delivery, postpartum and consequences of these complications later in life. Especially maternal mortality and morbidity. With special interest in...

Research groups

Global maternal health

Research aim

The global maternal health group contributes through research, education and healthcare to better health outcomes for mothers and their infants worldwide.

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Recent publications

A Post-Authorisation Safety Study of a Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine in Pregnant Women and Their Offspring in a Real-World Setting Odette de Bruin, Linda Nab, Jungyeon Choi, Oisin Ryan, Hae-Won Uh, Fariba Ahmadizar, Shahar Shmuel, Heather Rubino, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Cynthia de Luise, Miriam Sturkenboom
Vaccines, 2025, vol. 13
Efficacy and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in pregnancy to prevent COVID-19 in mothers and early infancy Odette de Bruin, Emily Wem Phijffer, Fariba Ahmadizar, Nicoline At Van der Maas, Joanne G Wildenbeest, Miriam Cjm Sturkenboom, Louis J Bont, Carlos E Durán, Kitty Wm Bloemenkamp
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2025, vol. 2025, p.1-12
Time trends in antithrombotic therapy during pregnancy and maternal and perinatal outcomes in the Netherlands (2013–19) Qingui Chen, Nienke van Rein, Lisa Broeders, Saskia Middeldorp, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp, Suzanne C. Cannegieter, Luuk J.J. Scheres
The Lancet Haematology, 2024, vol. 11, p.e905-e915
Impact of COVID-19 mitigation measures on perinatal outcomes in the Netherlands Lizbeth Burgos Ochoa, Loes Bertens, Nienke Boderie, Benjamin Y. Gravesteijn, Sylvia Obermann, Ageeth Rosman, Jeroen Struijs, Jeremy Labrecque, Christianne J. de Groot, Jasper Been, Elena Ambrosino, Kim Van den Auweele, Jasper Been, Roseriet Beijers, Loes Bertens, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Nienke Boderie, Lex Burdorf, Lizbeth Burgos Ochoa, Ank de Jonge, Caroline...
Pregnancy outcome predictors in systemic lupus erythematosus Merlijn Wind, Juan J. Fierro, Kitty W.M. Bloemenkamp, Karina de Leeuw, A. Titia Lely, Maarten Limper, Marieke Sueters, Y. K.Onno Teng, Isabel J. Walter, Judith Kooiman
The Lancet Rheumatology, 2024, vol. 6, p.e667-e683
Diagnostics for antiphospholipid syndrome following early-onset fetal growth restriction Daphne N. Philippi, Mette Van de Meent, Saskia Haitjema, Maarten Limper, Titia Lely, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Judith Kooiman
Lupus, 2024, vol. 33, p.1274-1276

Fellowships & Awards

Research funding obtained in the past five years

Member Board Dutch Consortium for Healthcare Evaluation and Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology - NVOG Consortium 2.0 (2003-2014), in which several large randomised controlled trials (grants from ZON MW) are completed (Hypitat, Digitat, STAN, Amphia, Ppromexil, Womb, Truffle, Apostel II, Probaat, Hypitat...

External positions

Present Chair Regionaal Covid Overleg Acute Zorg ) - ervoor zorgen opvang verloskundigen patienten in de regio goed geregeld is, vooral tijds Covid - ROAZ traumanetwerk midden Nederland