Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT
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Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

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Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

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Research

Discipline codes: Epidemiology (03030202)

Supervised PhDs

Exposure to elevated blood pressure in utero influencing cardiovascular profile in early life

Hanne Sleurs for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Neurodevelopmental impact of black carbon exposure: From experimental models to epidemiological insights

Kenneth Vanbrabant for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Transplacental carcinogenic mechanisms of black carbon exposure (T-CAB)

Charlotte Van Der Stukken for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

The Childhood Urban and Internal Exposome on Brain and Bone Health

Hanne Croons for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Exposure to particulate air pollution and their impact on the kidneys

Leentje Rasking for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
View all 50 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

Biological ageing and further insights into the effects of the exposome on children's health during middle childhood.

Eleni Renaers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Evaluating the effect of the air pollution on placental gene expression and fetus brain development

Houman Kahroba for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

The impact of environmental exposures on cardiometabolic health and biological aging in children in different SES groups

Shradha Mishra for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

TRANSLOCATION OF AIR POLLUTION PARTICLES: EFFECTS ON PLACENTARY FUNCTION AND PRE- AND POST-NATAL DEVELOPMENT

Laura Concepción Gómez Herrera for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

The Physiological and Economic Impact of Neighborhood Green Space on the Stress, Cognitive and Behavioral development, and mental Well-being of Children (GreenBrain)

Lore Verheyen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Impact of ambient air pollution during gestation on placental senescence

Joline Millen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Interplay of exposome, microbiome and inflammation on biological ageing 

Liesa Engelen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Green spaces in healthy aging

Anna Elleby Soerensen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

The impact of urban exposures on early life bone health

Ana Ines Bento Fonseca e Silva for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Role of environmental contamination on the microbiome-inflammation axis

Fatima den Ouden for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

The Physiological and Economic Impact of Neighborhood Green Space on the Stress and Mental Well-being of Children (GreenBrain)

Nick Giesberts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Endocrine disrupting activity of in utero exposure to air pollution and its influence on overweight and neurobehavioural development in childhood.

Maartje Vangeneugden for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor

Urinary Biomarkers and Molecular Pathways of H-Type Hypertension in the Development of Atherosclerotic Diseases

Babangida Chori for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Molecular aging trajectories in early life

Kathrin Barth for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

LEARN: Development of novel assessments for indoor air quality monitoring and impact on children’s health

Daphne Berden for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Vitamin K gene-environment interaction in early life

Charalampia Ioannou for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Healthy living environment and mental wellbeing in adolescents

Anneleen Massot for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor

Unravelling the role of the environment and biological ageing in COVID-19 related outcomes

Stijn Vos for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

The role of the exposome in biological aging and appetite regulation across youth - The relation of the external exposome with telomeres and appetite hormones

Thaïs De Ruyter for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

Microbiome development in early life: the role of environmental exposures in the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort

Thessa Van Pee for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

The molecular and urban exposome signature of telomere length in early life: data-driven insights from birth cohort studies.

Congrong Wang for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Promotor

Exposure to Chemicals Present in Consumer Products and Their Impact on Childhood Cardiometabolic and Cognitive Health

Brigitte Reimann for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2024
Supervised as Copromotor

Translocation of combustion-derived particles from mother to fetus

Eva Bongaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

Green space and biodiversity in relation to health: assessing the impact on the Belgian population

Raf Aerts for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

Population-based studies on mental health and the exposome

Pauline Hautekiet for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

The internal and external microbiome and early life exposure to ambient air pollution. Is there a potential link with cardiovascular development in early life?

Katrien Witters for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

The developmental origin of childhood obesity: insights from an OMICs perspective

Rossella Alfano for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor

The role of the exposome on molecular biomarkers: focus on mitochondria and telomeres in different stages of life

Charlotte Cosemans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Copromotor

Residential green as a determinant of the indoor microbiota and the link with early-life cognition

Yinthe Dockx for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2022
Supervised as Promotor

Air pollution exposure in early life: Placental molecular signatures and clinical microvascular outcomes

Leen Luyten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2021
Supervised as Promotor

Determinants and consequences of placental iodine load

Kristof Neven for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2020
Supervised as Promotor

HIV/AIDS and Air Pollution as Emerging Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Cape Town Populations: Is Endothelial Function a Marker of Effect?

Frans Everson for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2020
Supervised as Copromotor

miRNAs as potential signatures of exposure and effect in early life

Maria Tsamou for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor

The ENVIRONAGE birth cohort as a resource for further understanding of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

Narjes Madhloum for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2019
Supervised as Promotor

A non-invasive glance at micro- and macrovascular features in public health studies: from environmental influences to a link with cognition

Eline Provost for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2019
Supervised as Promotor

Molecular mechanisms induced by air pollution and obesity over the life course

Ellen Winckelmans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2018
Supervised as Promotor

Molecular signals of exposure to environmental pollutants, metabolic health and physical inactivity.

Annette Vriens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2018
Supervised as Promotor

Telomere biology in early life and its environmental determinants

Dries Martens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2018
Supervised as Promotor

European-wide studies on pro-inflammatory risk factors in early life and molecular markers of aging.

Diana Clemente Batalha Pardal for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2018
Supervised as Promotor

Air pollution and (neuro)development: from placenta to childhood

Nelly Saenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2017
Supervised as Promotor

Placental tissue as a molecular footprint for in utero exposure to fine particles: Set up of a birth cohort study

Bram Janssen for the title Doctor of Biomedical Sciences in 2016
Supervised as Promotor

Twin research and environmental geocoding to unravel nature vs nurture

Esmée Bijnens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor

Turning an eye towards cardiovascular health - the retina in public health research

Tijs Louwies for the title Doctor of Sciences: Biology in 2016
Supervised as Promotor

Neurobehavioral effects of environmental pollution in children and adolescents

Michal Kicinski for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2015
Supervised as Promotor

Population-based registries to assess environmental health risks and to evaluate public health measures

Bianca Cox for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
View all 50 supervised PhD's of Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

Publications

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Projects

102 research projects have been found
View all 102 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

Unravelling ultrafine particulate matter and micro nano plastic's mechanisms of impact on fetal health (Research)

The Gut Connection: How Air Pollution and Green Spaces Shape Early-Life Microbiome Development and Drive Childhood Disease Risk (Research)

Early-life health risks of micro- and nanoplastics (Research)

Partnership for the assessment of risks form chemicals (PARC) (Research)

NEMESIS project (Novel Effect biomarkers for MEtabolic disruptorS: evidence on health Impacts to science and policy NeedS) (Research)

Impacts of environmental change on human health and ecosystem functioning (Research)

Little NIRVANA - a new interactive pain management solution for children - towards a standard for pediatric pain management (Research)

Centre for Environment and Health 2022 - 2027 (Research)

Black Carbon Exposure via Human Breast Milk: Its Influence on Neurodevelopment and Microbiome Dynamics (Research)

Endocrine disrupting activity of in utero exposure to air pollution and its influence on overweight and neurobehavioural development in childhood. (Research)

PRegnancy Exposome influence on early-life COgnition via CholEsterol metabolism at birth (PRECOCE) (Research)

Actionable eUropean ROadmap for early-life health Risk Assessment of micro- and nanoplastics (Research)

Development of novel assessments for indoor air quality monitoring and impact on children's health (Research)

H2020 RIA project PERCISTAND: Development of all thin-film PERovskite on CIS TANDem photovoltaics (Research)

H2020 RIA project PERCISTAND: Development of all thin-film PERovskite on CIS TANDem photovoltaics (Research)

Trajectories of biological and epigenetic ageing from birth onwards to unravel pathways of favourable and unfavourable cardiovascular ageing. (Research)

Impact of ambient air pollution during gestation on placental senescence (Research)

Systems approach of URban enviRonmEnts and heALth (Research)

Microplastics & Health - Expanding MOMENTUM (MOMENTUM 2.0) (Research)

ATHLETE : Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome research and Translation (Research)

EXIMIOUS : Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome (Research)

Feasibility study for assessing microplastics via human biomonitoring (Research)

The Flemish exposome project: towards a comprehensive understanding of the life-course impact of dietary and environmental exposure on chronic low-grade gut inflammation Acronym = FLEXiGUT (Research)

Reconstructing four decades of spatio-temporal airborne pollen levels for Belgium to assess the health impact (Research)

Effects of prenatal and early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and residential green spaces on the human gut microbiome and corresponding consequences on cardiovascular function and neurobehavioral performance. (Research)

Airborne soot particles and adverse renal outcomes: translocation, kidney functioning and renal graft outcome (Research)

Transplacental carcinogenic mechanisms of black carbon exposure (T-CAB) (Research)

Effects of prenatal and early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and residential green spaces on the human gut microbiome and corresponding consequences on cardiovascular function and neurobehavioral performance. (Research)

TRANSLOCATION OF AIR POLLUTION PARTICLES: EFFECTS ON PLACENTARY FUNCTION AND PRE- AND POST-NATAL DEVELOPMENT. (Research)

Circulating microRNAs as novel organ specific biomarkers of disease risks caused by environmental exposure to air pollution in utero (Research)

The early life exposome towards appetite regulation: a focus on gut hormones (Research)

Bio-imaging and size determination of combustion-derived particles to assess their toxicity following transplacental translocation from mother to fetus. (Research)

Postnatal exposure pathways to soot particles: a focus on breastmilk and its impact on cognitive function in the first months of life (Research)

Bio-imaging and size determination of combustion-derived particles to assess their toxicity following transplacental translocation from mother to fetus. (Research)

ATHLETE Fellowship program: Telomere length in childhood and its multiomics signatures (Research)

Predictors and consequences of (poor) perinatal mental health. Influences of job activities, social support, and free time on perinatal mental health, and the consequences for the development during the first year of life. (Research)

STOP : Science and Technology in chilhood Obesity Policy (Research)

Effects of prenatal and early childhood exposure to ambient air pollution and residential green spaces on the human gut microbiome and corresponding consequences on cardiovascular function and neurobehavioral performance. (Research)

The prenatal exposome and cardiovascular fetal programming: the role of telomere ageing dynamics. (Research)

Assessment of the exposure and effects of parabens on epigenome-wide DNA methylation, thyroid hormone levels in newborns and neurocognitive abilities in children aged 4 (Research)

Partnership agreement concerning the European Project HBM4EU : European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (Research)

Residential surrounding greenness, traffic exposure and maternal stress as determinants of neurocognitive and neurobehavioural development during the first decade of life in twins and triplets (Research)

Investigation of the relationship between air pollution and the course of disease due to COVID-19 (Research)

Award of a grant for the Environment and Health project (Research)

Linking mitochondrial and telomere dysfunction in newborn tissues: TP53, SIRT1 and PPARGC1 alpha as a central hub? (Research)

Cooperation agreement between UHasselt and WIV concerning the research project : HubiHIS (Research)

Nature impact on mentale health distribution (Research)

Bio-imaging and size determination of combustion-derived particles to assess their toxicity following transplacental translocation from mother to fetus. (Research)

Exposure to airborne particles and ageing pathways in the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort: integrating inflamming pathways with telomeres (Research)

Research into the effect of resilience in the perinatal period (EF 56) (Research)

Assessing spatio-temporal relationships between respiratory health and biodiversity using individual wearable technology (Research)

Centre for Environment and Health (Research)

Research into the relationship between the presence of clean space and health with specific attention to the use of human biomonitoring and spatial aspects (Research)

Unraveling the hidden pathways of inhaled combustion-derived particles from air pollution (Research)

Impact of atmospheric pollution on placental senescence (Research)

INCALO: Internal Black Carbon Loading: validation of a novel biomarker (Research)

Fetal microchimerism and maternal health: a molecular epidemiological approach (Research)

Mitochondriomics as chronicle of early-life ambient air pollution exposure and effects on cardiovascular and cognitive function in childhood (Research)

Next generation Sequencing infrastructure (Research)

Placental molecular signatures of prenatal exposure predictive of environmental effects on neurodevelopment in early life. (Research)

Environmental carbonaceous particle detection: a gap in the market? (Research)

HIV-infection and air pollution as emerging cardiovascular risk factors in the Cape Town region: Are changes in the retinal microvasculature a biomarker of effect? (Research)

The association between exposure to particulate air pollution and vascular changes (Research)

Strategy to evaluate health risks of air pollution episodes in vulnerable individuals (Research)

Prenatal acrylamide exposure, its transcriptomic signature and interaction with genetic polymorphsims: associations with perinatal and postnatal development (Research)

Impact of green/blue spaces on specific morbidity and cause-specific mortality in Belgium (Research)

Early life determinants of healthy ageing during the first two decades of life: from the telomere interactome to clinical phenotypes (Research)

Prenatal acrylamide exposure, its transcriptomic signature and interaction with genetic polymorphsims: associations with perinatal and postnatal development (Research)

Exosomes, miRNA and decreased particulate matter exposure in elderly: Can small structures mediate beneficial health responses? (Research)

Vascular endothelial dysfunction: The putative interface of emerging cardiovascular risk factors affecting populations living with and without HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Research)

Performing a cross-sectional study in Genk-Zuid (Research)

Unravelling environmental exposures in the core axis of ageing (Research)

Complexity of Exposure and Dose metrics in Epidemiological Research (CEDER) (Research)

A molecular epidemiological approach to senescence: influence of early life environmental exposure on (epi) genetics (Research)

ENVIRONAGE (Research)

Transciptomics signatures of in utero exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in relation to the developmental origins of disease; the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort (Research)

Systematic review of the prenatal exposure to air pollution and its effects on the placenta. (Research)

Mitochondrial DNA content in cardiovascular ageing and disease: a population study (Research)

Implementation of the APHEIS program in the three Belgian regions: Impact of the Air Quality on Health - Epidemiology (Research)

Green spaces, air pollution and cardiovascular health (Research)

Environment and Health (Research)

Pollution in early life, mitochondrial and epigenetic effects at birth (Research)

ACCEPTED : Assessment of changing conditions, environmental policies, time-activities, exposure and disease (Research)

Neurobehavioral effects of environmental pollution in primary school children and adolescents. (Research)

Impact of air quality on health: exploiting relevant markers of exposure, effect markers and gene expression data from Flemish human biomonitoring data and other databases. (Research)

A multidisciplinary approach for a better understanding of Air POllution induced health effects: from POpulations to cellS: APOPOS (Research)

Neurological effects in association with in utero and early life exposure to particulate air pollution. (Research)

The association between in utero exposure to particulate air pollution and the microvasculature in children, a molecular epidemiological approach (Research)

Vascular function and air pollution: from epigenetics to gene-expression (Research)

Neurobehavioral effects of fine particulate air pollution in primary schoolchildren (Research)

Quantitative assessment of exposure and health effects of traffic emissions in Flanders with special attention to ultrafine particles (UFP): pilot project in selected hot spot (s) (Research)

Air pollution caused by fine particles and markers of inflammation and hemostasis in elderly people with diabetes. (Research)

Format of a concrete and practical roadmap for implementation of applicable securities based measurements in the current and future environmental and health policy including validation by applying to the selected "hot spot Genk-Zuid" of ... (Research)

Layout of a plan of action for the quantitative assessment of exposure and health effects of traffic exposure in Flanders, focusing on ultrafine particles (UFP) (Research)

Assessment of indoor exposure to and development of human biomarkers for PAH and derivatives in Flanders. (Research)

View all 102 UHasselt research projects of Prof. dr. Tim NAWROT

Education

Involved in the following courses

Academic year 2025 - 2026

3958

Advanced data analysis

Co-lecturer
5523

Advanced data analysis

Co-lecturer
3568

Environmental sciences and climate

Coordinating lecturer
2090

Environmental Epidemiology

Coordinating lecturer
3783

Environmental Epidemiology DL

Coordinating lecturer
3965

Environmental policy

Coordinating lecturer
3742

Epidemiology

Coordinating lecturer
3961

Experimental Design in Environmental Health Sciences

Member of the teaching team
3964

Exposure science

Coordinating lecturer
9061

Exposure science

Coordinating lecturer
4705

Lifestyle and environment

Member of the teaching team
4143

Master's thesis: Grant writing

Co-lecturer
1568

Environmental Science

Co-lecturer
2000

Issues of Global change

Co-lecturer
3962

System toxicology

Co-lecturer

Academic year 2024 - 2025

3958

Advanced data analysis

Co-lecturer
3568

Environmental sciences and climate

Coordinating lecturer
2090

Environmental Epidemiology

Coordinating lecturer
3783

Environmental Epidemiology DL

Coordinating lecturer
3965

Environmental policy

Coordinating lecturer
3742

Epidemiology

Coordinating lecturer
3961

Experimental Design in Environmental Health Sciences

Member of the teaching team
3964

Exposure science

Coordinating lecturer
4705

Lifestyle and environment

Member of the teaching team
4143

Master's thesis: Grant writing

Co-lecturer
1568

Environmental Science

Co-lecturer
2000

Global change

Co-lecturer
3962

System toxicology

Co-lecturer

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