Child Health

The Child Health Program is an integrated framework for child-centered interdisciplinary research, aligning patients, clinicians, researchers and resources in order to fill gaps to improve the lives of children with complex chronic diseases, during childhood and thereafter.

News

Professor Leendert Looijenga

Oration Leendert Looijenga: ‘Success is a group result’

4 October 2024 Read more

Towards global prevention of severe RSV infection in children

3 October 2024

Green light for study on stem cell therapy for newborns with brain damage

26 September 2024

More abdominal fat in childhood leads to a thickened arterial wall in adolescents

23 September 2024

Annet van Royen’s oration: ‘The New Utrecht School’

20 September 2024

Our research themes

Choosing an integral approach, the Child Health Program aims to push boundaries with regard to specific disease areas. Although these diseases are diverse, all researchers share the same perspective. They study diseases in a life cycle perspective, they realize that physical and mental health interact continuously, and they strive for a highly interdisciplinary approach.

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Research approaches

Child Health has a special focus on the four areas of disease mentioned above. The work we do in these areas is united by three research approaches: cycle of life, Physical and Mental Health and Interdisciplinarity.

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030-Lab

The 030-Lab is a core-facility in the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital where researchers from all disciplines in the UMC Utrecht, Utrecht University and the Princess Máxima Center work closely together and perform innovative research.

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Magazine Child Health and Dynamics of Youth

This magazine is about mutual cooperation in Utrecht youth research. 'Be real' is for a diverse group of people: professionals, but also parents and young people themselves. See how Utrecht children play, play sports and experience. We spoke to them outside, at home and in hospital. In 'Be real', researchers and young people talk about equal opportunities and how we can contribute to this for children and young people.

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Upcoming events

Wilhelmina Children's Hospital

30-01-2025 from 13:00 to 17:30

People behind the program

Kors van der Ent

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Manon Benders

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Carolien Huizinga

Programme manager

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Renske Huijsing

Science communications

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Titia Lely

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Leendert Looijenga

Groupleader and Managing Director Research Princes Máxima Centrum

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Roger Schutgens

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Peter van Tintelen

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