"With my research I want to contribute to a healthier environment for children"

Ulrike Gehring is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. The aim of her research is to understand the influence of environmental risk factors on health troughout life. A special focus of her work is investgating the long-term effects of ambient air pollution on children's respiratory health. As a co-principal investigator, Ulrike leads the Dutch PIAMA (Prevention and Incidence of Asthma and Mite Allergy, piama.iras.uu.nl) birth cohort study. Her research is multidisciplinary combining statistics with epidemiology, medical science and exposure science.