Rate My Professor Jeroen Douwes

Douwes specializes in epidemiology, public health, respiratory health, allergies, occupational and environmental health, and exposure assessment, bridging public health and biomedical sciences. He has authored more than 255 peer-reviewed publications, with a Google Scholar H-index of 73 and a Scopus H-index of 61. Selected key publications include 'Does environmental endotoxin exposure prevent asthma?' (Thorax, 2002), '(1→3)-β-D-glucans and respiratory health: A review of the scientific evidence' (Indoor Air, 2005), 'Pine dust, atopy and lung function: A cross-sectional study in sawmill workers' (European Respiratory Journal, 2006), and recent contributions such as 'Risk factors for atopic and non-atopic asthma in school-age children from high-income and low- and middle-income countries' (Thorax, 2025) and 'Case–Control Study of Congenital Anomalies: Study Methods and Nonresponse Bias Assessment' (Birth Defects Research, 2025). He received the 2018 College of Health Research Award for outstanding contributions to health research. Douwes holds positions as Deputy Chair of the Health Research Council board and Chair of its Public Health Research Committee, and served on the Environmental Protection Authority board from 2018 to 2023. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.