The Amsterdam University Medical Centers, location AMC, includes the university hospital and the faculty of medicine of the University of Amsterdam. Over 7,000 people work at AMC to provide integrated patient care, fundamental and clinical scientific research, and teaching. Medical and biomedical research at the AMC enjoys international prestige. Within the AMC, the Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D) institute focuses on research with the ‘circle of life’ as framework: from conception through development back to conception. The focus is on the effects of diseases and interventions on reproductive organ function, conception, embryonic and foetal development, pregnancy and birth as well as child development and the effects on quality of life and long-term health.
Role in the Project
AMC worked mainly in work package 6 and studied environmental determinants of anthropometric, glycaemic, cardiovascular and lipid-related health trajectories.