Dr. V.C. (Virissa) Lenters

Promovendus
One Health Epidemiology Chemical Agents
v.c.lenters@uu.nl

Virissa Lenters is Assistant Professor in environmental epidemiology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and affiliated as a visiting researcher with Utrecht University. She investigates how plastic and chemical pollution impact reproductive and child health. She is active within several national and EU-funded projects on the health risks of microplastics and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (AURORA, GOLIATH, FREIA) and has contributed to (inter)national chemical risk assessments. She also investigates disparities in exposure to pollution and factors that promote resilience and susceptibility to environmental insults. Her teaching and societal engagement more broadly address planetary health, public health, and exposome science.