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Dr Anouschka Ramsteijn

Dr Anouschka Ramsteijn
Dr Anouschka Ramsteijn
Dr Anouschka Ramsteijn

Research Fellow

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Email Address
anouschka.ramsteijn@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Qualifications

  • PhD Neurobiology 
    2020 - University of Groningen 
  • MSc Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences 
    2015 - University of Groningen 
  • BSc Liberal Arts and Sciences 
    2012 - University College Utrecht, Utrecht University 

Latest Publications

  • Epigenetic studies in children at risk of stunting and their parents in India, Indonesia and Senegal: A UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub protocol paper

    Ramsteijn, A. S., Ndiaye, M., Kalashikam, R. R., Htet, M. K., Yadav Dm, D., Augustine, L. F., Zahra, N. L., Djigal, A., Yanti, D., Angelin, T. C., Nurfadilah, M., Gorre, M., Subrahamanyam, D., Vadakattu, S. S., Munikumar, M., Horgan, G. W., Fahmida, U., Faye, B., Kulkarni, B., Haggarty, P.
    BMJ Paediatrics Open, vol. 8, no. Suppl 1, e001770
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Improving gut health and growth in early life: A protocol for an individually randomised, two-arm, open-label, controlled trial of a synbiotic in infants in Kaffrine District, Senegal

    Momo Kadia, B., Khouma, M., Sow, D., Faye, B., Ramsteijn, A. S., Calvo-Urbano, B., Jobarteh, M. L., Ferguson, E., Haggarty, P., Webster, J. P., Walker, A. W., Heffernan, C., Allen, S. J.
    BMJ Paediatrics Open, vol. 8, no. Suppl 1, e001629
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Modulating the early-life gut microbiota using pro-, pre-, and synbiotics to improve gut health, child development, and growth

    Momo Kadia, B., Otiti, M. I., Ramsteijn, A. S., Sow, D., Faye, B., Heffernan, C., Hall, L. J., Webster, J. P., Walker, A. W., Allen, S.
    Nutrition Reviews, vol. 82, no. 2, pp. 244-247
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Parasites and childhood stunting – a mechanistic interplay with nutrition, anaemia, gut health, microbiota, and epigenetics

    Gabain, I. L., Ramsteijn, A. S., Webster, J. P.
    Trends in Parasitology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 167-180
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Perinatal exposure to fluoxetine and maternal adversity affect myelin-related gene expression and epigenetic regulation in the corticolimbic circuit of juvenile rats

    Ramsteijn, A. S., Verkaik-Schakel, R. N., Houwing, D. J., Plösch, T., Olivier, J. D.
    Neuropsychopharmacology, vol. 47, pp. 1620-1632
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Research

Research Overview

My research interest is mechanisms of perinatal “programming” of long-term health outcomes.

Research Areas

Nutrition and Health

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Research Specialisms

  • Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genomics
  • Transcriptomics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

I am a Research Fellow as part of a multidisciplinary, multicentre team studying the biology of child growth and development in three low- and middle-income countries (India, Indonesia and Senegal). In particular, I work with Professor Paul Haggarty on Epigenetics, and Dr Alan Walker on the Microbiome. The project, Action against Stunting, is a UK Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund Hub. 

Past Research

My PhD research focused on antidepressant use during pregnancy, and the effects on the developing offspring. Using a rat model of maternal adversity, I examined gene expression and epigenetic regulation in the brain and placenta, and the role of the maternal microbiome. 

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