prof. dr. ir. H.A. (Jet) Smit
prof. dr. ir. H.A. (Jet) Smit
- Julius Center, dept. Global Public Health & Bioethics
Biography
Biography
The research of Jet Smit in public health epidemiology focuses on the prevention of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the general population, from childhood to old age. Her group studies how lifestyle, in combination with the living environment, affects the development of respiratory diseases, early cardiometabolic indicators and later cardiovascular disease. Chronic diseases at later age may already start early in life and in some stages of childhood children may be more susceptible than others. For designing optimal preventive strategies, we focus particularly on identifying these susceptible time windows.
From 2001 till 2009 she was head of the Department of Prevention and Health Services Research (~60 fte) at the National Institute of Public Health. The department performed research to support evidence-based public health policy of the Ministry of Public Health. She started a research program on chronic respiratory diseases and was one of the principal investigators of the MORGEN-EPIC study in 25,000 adults, the Doetinchem cohort study in 5,000 adults and the PIAMA birth cohort study in 4,000 children. Since 2009 she is professor of Public Health at the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Health Care.
Side Activities
Member of:
- Scientific Advisory Board of the Netherlands Center for Youth Health (NCJ)
- Editorial staff of NTvG (In het Kort rubriek)
No activities with conflict of interest
Fellowship and Awards
NWO Open Competition fellowship 2000 (later VENI fellowship): “Prevention of asthma in children; the PIAMA birth cohort study”
Research Output (185)
Scheffers Floor R, Boer Jolanda M A, Gehring Ulrike, Koppelman Gerard H, Vonk Judith, Smit Henriëtte A, Monique Verschuren W M, Wijga Alet H Aug 2022, In: Preventive Medicine Reports. 28
Scheffers Floor R, Boer Jolanda M A, Wijga Alet H, van der Schouw Yvonne T, Smit Henriëtte A, Verschuren W M Monique Jun 2022, In: Public Health Nutrition. 25 , p. 1504-1514 11 p.
Prins-van Ginkel Annemarijn C, Wijga Alet H, Bruijning-Verhagen Patricia C J, Brunekreef Bert, Gehring Ulrike, van der Hoek Wim, Koppelman Gerard H, van Rossem Lenie, van der Sande Marianne A B, Smit Henriëtte A May 2021, In: International Journal of Obesity. 45 , p. 1143-1151 9 p.
Picavet H. Susan J., Gehring Ulrike, van Haselen Amanda, Koppelman Gerard H., van de Putte Elise M., Vader Sarah, van der Wouden J. (Hans) C., Schmits Ruben J.H., Smit Henriette A., Wijga Alet Apr 2021, In: European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom). 25 , p. 902-912 11 p.
Scheffers Floor R, Wijga Alet H, Verschuren W M Monique, van der Schouw Yvonne T, Sluijs Ivonne, Smit Henriëtte A, Boer Jolanda M A 14 Jan 2020, In: Journal of Nutrition. 150 , p. 1470-1477 8 p.
Jansen Maria Ac, Pluymen Linda Pm, Dalmeijer Geertje W, Groenhof T Katrien J, Uiterwaal Cuno Spm, Smit Henriëtte A, van Rossem Lenie Nov 2019, In: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 26 , p. 1718-1747 30 p.
Milanzi Edith B, Koppelman Gerard H, Smit Henriette A, Wijga Alet H, Vonk Judith M, Brunekreef Bert, Gehring Ulrike Oct 2019, In: Clinical and Experimental Allergy. 49 , p. 1352-1361 10 p.
Pluymen L P M, Wijga A H, Gehring U, Koppelman G H, Smit H A, van Rossem L 1 Aug 2019, In: International Journal of Obesity. 43 , p. 1568-1577 10 p.
Weinberg Dominic, Stevens Gonneke W J M, Finkenauer Catrin, Brunekreef Bert, Smit Henriëtte A, Wijga Alet H 22 May 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14
Van Rossem Lenie, Smit Henriette A., Lentjes Eef G.W.M., Maitimu-Smeele Inge, Brunekreef Bert, Koppelman Gerard H., Wijga Alet H. 28 Apr 2019, In: British Journal of Nutrition. 121 , p. 905-913 9 p.