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prof.dr. H (Hanan) El Marroun

Biography

As an epidemiologist and neuroscientist, my research area focuses on sensitive periods of brain development (prenatal, the first 1000 days of life and adolescence). In population-based studies, I examine the short- and long-term consequences of maternal, fetal and child health on brain developmental features, including behaviour and cognition, as well as brain morphology and connectivity. One of my focus areas is substance use in pregnancy and adolescence. Next to my research, I also disseminate this knowledge and general research skills to bachelor and master students. 

Associate professor
Email
h.marrounel@erasmusmc.nl

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Endowed professor | Clinical Psychology
Email
elmarroun@essb.eur.nl

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Associate professor | Clinical Psychology
Email
elmarroun@essb.eur.nl

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Work

  • Rachelle A. Pretorius, Demetris Avraam, MΓ²nica Guxens, Jordi Julvez, Jennifer R. Harris, Johanna Thorbjornsrud Nader, Tim Cadman, Ahmed Elhakeem, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Hanan El Marroun, Serena Defina, Tiffany C. Yang, Rosie McEachan, John Wright, JesΓΊs Ibarluzea, Loreto Santa-Marina, Juana Mari Delgado, Marisa Rebagliato, Marie Aline Charles, Chloe Vainqueur, Silvia Maritano, Daniela Zugna, Wen Lun Yuan, Barbara Heude & Rae Chi Huang (2025) - - BMC Pediatrics, 25 (1), 76 - doi: -
  • Clair Enthoven, Jeremy Labrecque, Nicole Lucassen, Marco Varkevisser, Hilmar Bijma, Hanan El Marroun & Pauline Jansen (2025) - - Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - doi:
  • EsmΓ©e Essers, Laura GranΓ©s, NΓΊria Botella, Sami Petricola, LlΓΊcia GonzΓ΅lez-Safont, Ane Arregi, Oscar Vegas, Martine Vrijheid, Carmen IΓ±iguez, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier & MΓ²nica Guxens (2025) - - Environment international, 200 - doi: -
  • Anne-Claire Binter, Akhgar Ghassabian, Runyu Zou, Hanan El Marroun, Aitana Lertxundi, Karen M. Switkowski, Marisa Estarlich, Ana Cristina Rodriguez-Dehli, Ana Esplugues, Tanja Vrijkotte, Jordi Sunyer, Loreto Santa-Marina, Ana Fernandez-Somoano, Kinga Polanska, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Emily Oken, Henning Tiemeier & Monica Guxens (2025) - - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 110 (5), 1410-1418 - doi: -
  • Romy GonΓ§alves, Sophia Blaauwendraad, Demetris Avraam, Andrea BeneΓ­to, Marie Aline Charles, Ahmed Elhakeem, Joaquin Escribano, Louise Etienne, Gonzalo GarcΓ­a-Baquero Moneo, Ana GonΓ§alves Soares, Jasmin de Groot, Veit Grote, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Kathrin Guerlich, Monica Guxens, Barbara Heude, Berthold Koletzko, Aitana Lertxundi, Manuel Lozano, Hanan El Marroun, Rosie McEachan, Angela Pinot de Moira, Gillian Santorelli, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Muriel Tafflet, Chloe Vainqueur, Elvira Verduci, Martine Vrijheid, Marieke Welten, John Wright, Tiffany C. Yang, Romy Gaillard & Vincent W.V. Jaddoe (2025) - - The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 52 - doi: -
  • Clair A. Enthoven, Jeremy A. Labrecque, Hanan El Marroun, Nicole Lucassen, Dionne V. Gootjes, Eefje van Vliet, Hilmar H. Bijma & Pauline W. Jansen (2025) - - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - doi: -
  • Reinout W. Wiers, , Hanan Bozhar, Hilgo Bruining, Jonas Dalege, Brechtje De Mooij, Adam Finnemann, RenΓ© Freichel, Aniko Korosi, Helle Larsen, Michael Lees, Patty Leijten, Paul J. Lucassen, Patrick Mc'Kearny, Geertjan Overbeek, Susanne R. de Rooij, Tessa Roseboom, Eline Smit, Rixt Van der Veen, Ruth van Holst, Nadia Van der Spek, Ilya Veer, Rob Wichers, Hanan El Marroun, Claudi Bockting & Harm Krugers (2025) - - Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 30 (2), 189-191 - doi: -
  • A. Biaggi, V. Zonca, C. Anacker, , V. Begni, F. Benedetti, A. Bramante, A. Braniecka, V. Brenna, M. Bulgheroni, C. Buss, L. Cavaliere, C. A.M. Cecil, A. C. Couch, D. de Barra, H. El Marroun, S. Entringer, R. Grassi-Oliveira, M. Jackowska, A. Korosi, P. J.C. Kwant, J. Lahti, K. Lekadir, I. Mansuy, F. Manuella, M. Marizzoni, U. Meyer, C. Monk, S. NakiΔ‡ RadoΕ΅, C. M. Pariante, B. J.A. Pollux, K. Priestley, K. RΓ¤ikkΓ¶nen, J. Richetto, M. A. Riva, L. M. Rothmann, V. Simonetti, B. Vai, A. C. Vernon, M. Ε½utiΔ‡ & A. Cattaneo (2025) - - Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health, 44 - doi: -
  • Olga D. Boer, Thea Wiker, Shervin H. Bukhari, Rikka Kjelkenes, Clara M.F. Timpe, Irene Voldsbekk, Knut Skaug, Rune Boen, Valerie Karl, Torgeir Moberget, Lars T. Westlye, Ingmar H.A. Franken, Hanan El Marroun, Rene J. Huster & Christian K. Tamnes (2025) - - Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 71 - doi: -
  • Clair A. Enthoven, Jeremy A. Labrecque, M. Elisabeth Koopman-Verhoeff, Mijke P. Lambregtse-van den Berg, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Hanan El Marroun & Pauline W. Jansen (2024) - - Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 59 (12), 2247-2258 - doi: -
  • Romy Goncalves, Romy Gaillard, Kelly K. Ferguson, Sara Sammallahti, Manon H. Hillegers, Eric A. P. Steegers, Hanan El Marroun & Vincent W. V. Jaddoe (2024) - - JCPP Advances - doi: -
  • Marin Pielage, Melek Rousian, Sem van Heteren, Irene A.L. Groenenberg, Manon H.J. Hillegers, Eric A.P. Steegers & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - - Prenatal Diagnosis, 44 (13), 1603-1613 - doi: -
  • Katharine M. Barry, Demetris Avraam, Tim Cadman, Ahmed Elhakeem, Hanan El Marroun, Pauline W. Jansen, Anne Marie Nybo-Andersen, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, LlΓΊcia GonzΓ΅lez Safont, Raquel Soler-Blasco, Florencia Barreto-Zarza, Jordi Julvez, Martine Vrijheid, Barbara Heude, Marie Aline Charles, Alexandre Ramchandar Gomajee & Maria Melchior (2024) - - The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 45 - doi: -
  • Olga D Boer, Ingmar H A Franken, Ryan L Muetzel, Janna Cousijn & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - - Biological Psychology, 192 - doi: -
  • Amanda Fernandes, Demetris Avraam, Tim Cadman, Payam Dadvand, MΓ²nica Guxens, Anne Claire Binter, Angela Pinot de Moira, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Liesbeth Duijts, Jordi Julvez, Montserrat De Castro, Serena Fossati, Sandra MΓ΅rquez, Tanja Vrijkotte, Ahmed Elhakeem, Rosemary McEachan, Tiffany Yang, Marie Pedersen, Johan Vinther, Johanna Lepeule, Barbara Heude, Vincent W.V. Jaddoe, Susana Santos, Marieke Welten, Hanan El Marroun, Annemiek Mian, Sandra AndruΕ΅aitytΔ—, Aitana Lertxundi, JesΓΊs Ibarluzea, Ferran Ballester, Ana Esplugues, Maria Torres Toda, Jennifer R. Harris, Johanna Lucia ThorbjΓΈrnsrud Nader, Giovenale Moirano, Silvia Maritano, Rebecca Catherine Wilson & Martine Vrijheid (2024) - - Environment international, 190 - doi: -
  • Anne Claire Binter, Laura GranΓ©s, Elise Bannier, Montserrat de Castro, Sami Petricola, Serena Fossati, Martine Vrijheid, CΓ©cile Chevrier, Hanan El Marroun, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Dave Saint-Amour, Henning Tiemeier & MΓ²nica Guxens (2024) - - Environmental Pollution, 346 - doi: -
  • EsmΓ©e Essers, Laura GranΓ©s, Scott Delaney, Joan Ballester, Susana Santos, Sami Petricola, Tiffany C. Yang, Ana FernΓ΅ndez-Somoano, Ainhoa Bereziartua, Ferran Ballester, Adonina TardΓ³n, Martine Vrijheid, Aitana Lertxundi, Rosemary R.C. McEachan, Hanan El Marroun, Henning Tiemeier, Carmen IΓ±iguez & MΓ²nica Guxens (2024) - - Environment international, 186 - doi: -
  • Dogukan Koc, Henning Tiemeier & Hanan El Marroun (2024) - - JAMA Psychiatry, 81 (3), 317-318 - doi: -
  • Tim Cadman, Katrine Strandberg-Larsen, Lucinda Calas, Malina Christiansen, Iryna Culpin, Payam Dadvand, Montserrat de Castro, Maria Foraster, Serena Fossati, MΓ²nica Guxens, Jennifer R. Harris, Manon Hillegers, Vincent Jaddoe, Yunsung Lee, Johanna Lepeule, Hanan el Marroun, Milena Maule, Rosie McEachen, Chiara Moccia, Johanna Nader, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, Anne Marie Nybo Andersen, Rebecca Pearson, Morris Swertz, Marina Vafeiadi, Martine Vrijheid, John Wright, Deborah A. Lawlor & Marie Pedersen (2024) - - Environment international, 185 - doi: -

      VENA - Bestuur in het Erasmus MC

      Start date approval
      September 2022
      End date approval
      September 2025
      Place
      ROTTERDAM
      Description
      Voorzitter VENA bestuur

      Stichting BBIS

      Start date approval
      August 2023
      End date approval
      July 2025
      Place
      DEN HAAG
      Description
      Ambassadeur

      NWO

      Start date approval
      April 2025
      End date approval
      December 2025
      Place
      DEN HAAG
      Description
      Reviewer voor subsidieaanvragen

      Mind Us - wetenschappelijke adviesraad

      Start date approval
      April 2025
      End date approval
      April 2028
      Place
      AMERSFOORT
      Description
      Lid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad van MindUs

      Wetenschappelijke adviesraad EUR Trustfonds

      Start date approval
      April 2025
      End date approval
      April 2028
      Place
      ROTTERDAM
      Description
      Bestuurslid van de wetenschappelijke adviesraad

      Level
      Bachelor 3
      Year Level
      Bachelor 3
      Year
      2024
      Course Code
      GEN3M107

      Year
      2024
      Course Code
      FSWP4029K

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      Childcare improves school performance but only slightly reduces socioeconomic inequality. Additional measures are needed.
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      Childcare has a positive effect; children are less busy and less depressed.

      Children experience less pressure and are less depressed if they go to daycare before age four.
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