Lidewij Henneman — VU University Medical Center Amsterdam

Personal profile

Research interests

Lidewij Henneman is co-Director of the Amsterdam Reproduction & Development research institute.
Her research focuses on the implementation, dynamics and impact of new genetic applications in preconception, prenatal and neonatal screening. She has expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies to assess the views and experiences of (potential) users such as health care professionals, patients and wider society.

Specific projects are in the field of community genetics and public health genomics such as:
• implementation of preconception carrier screening and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT);
• genetic risk and (reproductive) decision making;
• genetic knowledge, communication and education.

She is board member of the Dutch NIPT Consortium and thereby coordinates research on women’s perspectives on NIPT (TRIDENT studies). She won the EMGO+ Societal Impact Award 2016 (topic NIPT), and received the Dutch Public Health Award (Volksgezondheidsprijs) for her PhD thesis on Preconceptional cystic fibrosis carrier screening.
She (co-)published over 100 international articles (H-index 25) and supervised 13 PhD students.

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Research Output 1997 2019

127 Article
12 Research VU University Amsterdam, graduation VU University Amsterdam
8 Chapter
7 Meeting Abstract
6 More

Attitudes of the general population towards preconception expanded carrier screening for autosomal recessive disorders including inborn errors of metabolism

Nijmeijer, S. C. M., Conijn, T., Lakeman, P., Henneman, L., Wijburg, F. A. & Haverman, L., 1 Jan 2019, In : Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 126, 1, p. 14-22 9 p.

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Direct-to-consumer carrier screening for cystic fibrosis via a hospital website: a 6-year evaluation

Holtkamp, K. C. A., Henneman, L., Gille, J. J. P., Meijers-Heijboer, H., Cornel, M. C. & Lakeman, P., Apr 2019, In : Journal of Community Genetics. 10, 2, p. 249-257

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Informing relatives at risk of inherited cardiac conditions: experiences and attitudes of healthcare professionals and counselees

van den Heuvel, L. M., Huisinga, M. J., Hoedemaekers, Y. M., Baas, A. F., Plantinga, M., Henneman, L., van Tintelen, J. P., Smets, E. M. A. & Christiaans, I., 3 May 2019, In : European Journal of Human Genetics.

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The Gen-Equip Project: evaluation and impact of genetics e-learning resources for primary care in six European languages

Jackson, L., O'Connor, A., Paneque, M., Curtisova, V., Lunt, P. W., Pourova, R. K., Macek, M., Stefansdottir, V., Turchetti, D., Campos, M., Henneman, L., Godino, L., Skirton, H. & Cornel, M. C., Mar 2019, In : Genetics in Medicine. 21, 3, p. 718-726

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review