Rate My Professor Marianne Van Den Bree

With extensive experience in international consortia on CNVs and mental health, she has coordinated half of the EU sites for the 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome International Birth Cohort and led work packages in projects like Pan-EU MINDDS. Professor van den Bree has supervised 14 PhD students as primary supervisor and contributes to teaching epidemiology and the biology of substance misuse for medical students. Her achievements have been recognized with awards including the RCUK Societal Impact Award, the Cardiff University Social Innovation Award (2015), and the KTP 40th Anniversary Awards (2015). Notable publications encompass "Psychiatric disorders from childhood to adulthood in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: results from the International Consortium on Brain and Behavior in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome" (2014), "Maternal smoking during pregnancy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in offspring" (2003), "Irritability in young people with copy number variants associated with neurodevelopmental disorders" (2024), and "Striatal dopaminergic alterations in individuals with copy number variants at the 22q11.2 locus" (2023). Her work has influenced mental health research through public lectures, media engagements, and collaborations enhancing societal understanding and services for rare genetic conditions.