Publications
2025
Creasey, N., Schuurmans, I. K., Tsotsi, S., Defina, S., Baltramonaityte, V., Felix, J. F., … & Cecil, C. (2025). Prenatal stress, epigenetically-assessed glucocorticoid exposure at birth, and child psychiatric symptoms: A prospective, multi-cohort study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107388
2024
Lussier, A. A., Schuurmans, I. K., Großbach, A., Maclsaac, J., Dever, K., Koen, N., … & Dunn, E. C. (2024). Technical variability across the 450K, EPICv1, and EPICv2 DNA methylation arrays: lessons learned for clinical and longitudinal studies. Clinical Epigenetics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01761-4
Schuurmans, I. K., Dunn, E. C., Lussier, A. A. (2024). DNA methylation as a possible causal mechanism linking childhood adversity and health: Results from two-sample mendelian randomization study. American Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwae072
Mulder, R. H., Kraaij, R., Schuurmans, I. K., Frances-Cuesta, C., Sanz, Y., Medina-Gomez, C., … & Cecil, C. A. (2024). Early-life stress and the gut microbiome: A comprehensive population-based investigation. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2024.02.024
Hussainali, R.F., Schuurmans, I.K., Zijlmans, J.L., Lamballais, S.L., Cecil, C.A.M., Luik, A.I., Muetzel, R.L., Wolters, F.J., Ikram, M.A. (2024). (Grand)parental family history of dementia in relation to brain health and cognition in middle-aged parents and children. European Journal of Epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-024-01160-2
Twait, E. L., Kamarioti, M., Verberk, I. M. W., Teunissen, C. E., Nooyens, A. C. J., Verschuren, M. W. M., Visser, P. J., Huisman, M., Kok, A. A. L., Slagboom, P. E., Beekman, M., Ikram, M. A., Schuurmans, I. K., Wolters, F., Moonen, J. E. F., Gerritsen, L., van der Flier, W. M., Geerlings, M. I., on behalf of the NCDC Consortium. Depressive symptoms and plasma markers of Alzheimer’s disease and neurodegeneration: a coordinated meta-analysis of 8 cohort studies. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2024.03.004
Dall’Aglio, L., Labrecque, J.A., Schuurmans, I.K., Zhang, Y., Creasey, N., Kennedy, C., Muetzel, R.L., Smoller, J.W., Tiemeier, H., Choi, K.W. Evaluating Hypothetical Prevention Strategies for Internalizing Symptoms in the General Population and At-Risk Children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000912
2023
Schuurmans, I. K., Ghanbari, M., Cecil, C. A., Ikram, M. A., & Luik, A. I. (2023). Plasma neurofilament light chain in association to late‐life depression in the general population. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/pcn.13608
(Additional editorial by Baba, H., 2024).
Schuurmans, I. K., Zou, R., Lamballais, S., Cecil, C. A. M., Hillegers, M. H. J., Ikram, M. A., Luik, A. I. (2023). 10-year trajectories of depressive symptoms and subsequent brain health in middle-aged adults. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.12.018
Schuurmans, I. K., Hoepel, S. J. W., Cecil, C. A. M., Hillegers, M. H. J., Ikram, M. A., Luik, A. I. (2023). The associations of life stress with brain and cognitive reserve in middle-aged women. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-220923
Kraaij, R*., Schuurmans, I. K.*, Radjabzadeh, D., Tiemeier, H., Dinan, T. G., Uitterlinden, A. G., Hillegers, M., Jaddoe, V. W. J., Duijts, L., Moll, H., Rivadeneira, F., Medina Gomez, C., Jansen, P. W., & Cecil, C. (2023). The gut microbiome and child mental health: a population-based study. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. (*Equal contribution by these authors). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2022.12.006
Kocevska, D., Schuurmans, I. K., Cecil, C. A., Jansen, P. W., van Someren, E. J., & Luik, A. I. (2023). A Longitudinal Study of Stress During Pregnancy, Children’s Sleep and Polygenic Risk for Poor Sleep in the General Pediatric Population. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01097-2
Hoepel, S. J., Schuurmans, I. K., Cecil, C. A., Jaddoe, V. W., & Luik, A. I. (2023). Life stress and adiposity in mothers: A 14‐year follow‐up in the general population. Stress and Health. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3290
Blok, E., Schuurmans, I. K., Tijburg, A. J., Hillegers, M., Koopman-Verhoeff, M. E., Muetzel, R. L., … & White, T. (2023). Cognitive performance in children and adolescents with psychopathology traits: a cross-sectional multicohort study in the general population. Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000165
Cecil, C. A., & Schuurmans, I. K. (2023). On Navigating Analytical Choices in Research on Early Life Adversity: A Commentary on Sisitsky et al. (2023). Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01103-7
2022
Schuurmans, I. K., Luik, A. I., De Maat, D. A., Hillegers, M. H. J., Ikram, M. A., Cecil, C. A. M. (2022). The association of early life stress with IQ-achievement discrepancy in children: A population-based study. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13825
Schuurmans, I. K., Tamayo Martinez, N., Blok, E., Hillegers, M. H. J., Ikram, M. A., Luik, A. I., Cecil, C. A. M. (2022). Child mental health problems as a risk factor for academic underachievement: a multi-informant, population-based study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13426
de Maat, D. A., Schuurmans, I. K., Jongerling, J., Metcalf, S. A., Lucassen, N., Franken, I. H., … & Jansen, P. W. (2022). Early life stress and behavior problems in early childhood: Investigating the contributions of child temperament and executive functions to resilience. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13663
Hogye, S. I., Lucassen, N., Jansen, P. W., Schuurmans, I. K., & Keizer, R. (2022). Cumulative risk and internalizing and externalizing problems in early childhood: compensatory and buffering roles of family functioning and family regularity. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00056-y