dr. Virissa Lenters

Dr. Virissa Lenters is an Assistant Professor in environmental epidemiology. She received her MSc and PhD in epidemiology from Utrecht University (Registered Epidemiologist B). She investigates how plastic and chemical pollution impact maternal and child health. She is active within national and EU-funded projects researching the health risks of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. She also investigates disparities in exposure to pollution and factors that promote resilience and susceptibility to environmental insults. She has published >50 peer-reviewed articles; her first-author articles have been cited an average of >70 times to date; and her publications have been cited by >80 policy documents (by ECHA, EFSA, WHO, IARC, RIVM, the Health Council of the Netherlands, US CDC, US EPA, etc). Her teaching and societal engagement more broadly address public health, exposome science, and planetary health.