Background
BSc in Biomathematics; MSc in Cell and Molecular Biology; PhD in Environmental Epidemiology.
Projects and publications
- Genetiske faktorer i fødselsrelaterte fenotyper
- Human miljøbiobank første studier
- Inntak av flerummettede fettsyrer og svangeskapsutfall
- Kjønnsdysfori forekomst og årsaker
- Kvinners fruktbarhet og helse
- Mild- to moderate iodine deficiency in pregnancy and early age and risk of impaired neuropsychological development
- Pre- and postnatal exposure to a mixture of dietary contaminants and weight development at 3, 5 and 8 years.
- Prenatal exposure to toxicants and childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and cognitive functions (NEUROTOX)
- The CATCH-UP project: The impact of pre- and postnatal exposure to mixtures of environmental toxicants on catch-up growth, obesity and cardio-metabolic health in children
- The importance of prenatal and postnatal nutrition on ADHD and cognitive functions in children
- The Norwegian Environmental Biobank
- Use of dietary supplements among children in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)
- Kjell Vegard Fjeldheim Weyde, Ann-Karin Hardie Olsen, Nur Duale, Jorke Kamstra, Thea Steen Skogheim, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Stephanie M. Engel, Guido Biele, Yankai Xia, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Heidi Aase, Gro Dehli Villanger, (2021). Gestational blood levels of toxic metal and essential element mixtures and associations with global DNA methylation in pregnant women and their infants. Science of the Total Environment s. 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147621
- Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Jérémie Botton, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Jan Alexander, Merete Åse Eggesbø, Margaretha Haugen, Nina Iszatt, Bo Jacobsson, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Verena Sengpiel, Nikos Stratakis, Kristine Vejrup, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2021). Maternal seafood intake during pregnancy, prenatal mercury exposure and child body mass index trajectories up to 8 years. International Journal of Epidemiology s. 1134-1146. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab035
- Birgitte Lindeman, Ylva Johansson, Mathilda Andreassen, Trine Husøy, Hubert Dirven, Tim Hofer, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Kristine Vejrup, Ragnhild Elisabeth Paulsen, Jan Alexander, Anna Forsby, Oddvar Myhre, (2021). Does the food processing contaminant acrylamide cause developmental neurotoxicity? A review and identification of knowledge gaps. Reproductive Toxicology s. 93-114. doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2021.02.006
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Guido Philipp Emmanuel Biele, Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Lene Frost Andersen, Felice Jacka, Merete Åse Eggesbø, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Heidi Aase, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2021). The associations between maternal and child diet quality and child ADHD - findings from a large Norwegian pregnancy cohort study. BMC Psychiatry s. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12888-021-03130-4
- Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Jérémie Botton, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Jan Alexander, Merete Åse Eggesbø, Margaretha Haugen, Nina Louise Torcelino-Iszatt, Bo Jacobsson, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Verena Sengpiel, Nikos Stratakis, Kristine Vejrup, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2021). Maternal seafood intake during pregnancy, prenatal mercury exposure and child body mass index trajectories up to 8 years. International Journal of Epidemiology s. 1134-1146. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyab035
- Thea Steen Skogheim, Kjell Vegard Fjeldheim Weyde, Stephanie M. Engel, Heidi Aase, Pål Suren, Merete Glenne Øie, Guido Biele, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Mady Hornig, Line Småstuen Haug, Gro Dehli Villanger, (2021). Metal and essential element concentrations during pregnancy and associations with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children. Environment International s. 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106468
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Lucia Iglesias-Vázquez, Marianne Hope Abel, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Victoria Arija, Iris Erlund, Helle Margrete Meltzer, (2021). Iron status in mid-pregnancy and associations with interpregnancy interval, hormonal contraceptives, dietary factors and supplement use. British Journal of Nutrition doi: 10.1017/S0007114521000295
- Marianne Hope Abel, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Verena Sengpiel, Bo Jacobsson, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Per Magnus, Jan Alexander, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2020). Insufficient maternal iodine intake is associated with subfecundity, reduced foetal growth, and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study. BMC Medicine s. 1-17. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01676-w
- Pol Solé-Navais, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Thomas Lundh, Louis J. Muglia, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Ge Zhang, Bo Jacobsson, Verena Sengpiel, Malin Barman, (2020). Maternal Dietary Selenium Intake during Pregnancy Is Associated with Higher Birth Weight and Lower Risk of Small for Gestational Age Births in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu13010023
- Shoji F. Nakayama, Carolina Espina, Michihiro Kamijima, Per Magnus, Marie-Aline Charles, Jun Zhang, Birgit Wolz, André Conrad, Aline Murawski, Miyuki Iwai-Shimada, Cécile Zaros, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Marike Kolossa-Gehring, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Sjurdur Frodi Olsen, Ruth A. Etzel, Joachim Schüz, (2019). Benefits of cooperation among large-scale cohort studies and human biomonitoring projects in environmental health research: An exercise in blood lead analysis of the Environment and Child Health International Birth Cohort Group. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health s. 1059-1067. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.07.005
- Tiril Cecilie Borge, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Heidi Aase, Guido Philipp Emmanuel Biele, (2019). Estimating the Strength of Associations Between Prenatal Diet Quality and Child Developmental Outcomes: Results From a Large Prospective Pregnancy Cohort Study. American Journal of Epidemiology s. 1902-1912. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwz166
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Cathrine Thomsen, Line Småstuen Haug, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Iris Erlund, Thomas Lundh, Jan Alexander, Helle Margrete Meltzer, (2019). Patterns and dietary determinants of essential and toxic elements in blood measured in mid-pregnancy: The Norwegian Environmental Biobank. Science of the Total Environment s. 299-308. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.291
- Marianne Hope Abel, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Heidi Aase, Liv Elin Torheim, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2018). Language delay and poorer school performance in children of mothers with inadequate iodine intake in pregnancy: results from follow-up at 8 years in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. European Journal of Nutrition s. 3047-3058 . doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1850-7
- Marianne Hope Abel, Tim Korevaar, Iris Erlund, Gro Dehli Villanger, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Petra Arohonka, Jan Alexander, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2018). Iodine intake is associated with thyroid function in mild- to moderately iodine deficient pregnant women. Thyroid s. 1359-1371. doi: 10.1089/thy.2018.0305
- Kristine Vejrup, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Jan Alexander, Thomas Lundh, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Per Magnus, Margaretha Haugen, (2018). Prenatal mercury exposure, maternal seafood consumption and associations with child language at five years. Environment International s. 71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.10.008
- Marianne Hope Abel, Eivind Ystrøm, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Heidi Aase, Liv Elin Torheim, Ragna Bugge Askeland, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2017). Maternal iodine intake and offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Results from a large prospective cohort study. Nutrients doi: 10.3390/nu9111239
- Marianne Hope Abel, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Margaretha Haugen, Ragnhild Eek Brandlistuen, Heidi Aase, Jan Alexander, Liv Elin Torheim, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2017). Suboptimal maternal iodine intake is associated with impaired child neurodevelopment at 3 years of age in the Norwegian mother and child cohort study. Journal of Nutrition s. 1314-1324. doi: 10.3945/jn.117.250456
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Heidi Aase, Guido Biele, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Alice Margaretha Haugen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Annette Holth Skogan, Pål Zeiner, Jan Alexander, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Helle Katrine Knutsen, (2016). The influence of maternal dietary exposure to dioxins and PCBs during pregnancy on ADHD symptoms and cognitive functions in Norwegian preschool children. Environment International s. 649-660. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.033
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Alice Margareta Haugen, Synnve Schjølberg, Kristine Vejrup, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Jan Alexander, Per Magnus, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, (2016). Maternal dietary exposure to dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is associated with language delay in 3 year old Norwegian children. Environment International s. 180-187. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.02.031
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Margaretha Haugen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Jan Alexander, Cathrine Thomsen, May Frøshaug, Nanna Margrethe Bruun Bremnes, Sharon Lynn Broadwell, Berit Granum, Manolis Kogevinas, Helle Katrine Knutsen, (2016). Determinants of plasma PCB, brominated flame retardants, and organochlorine pesticides in pregnant women and 3 year old children in The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. Environmental Research s. 136-144. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.12.020
- Eleni Papadopoulou, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Talita Duarte-Salles, Jan Alexander, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Manolis Kogevinas, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Margaretha Haugen, (2013). Maternal dietary intake of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls and birth size in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Environment International s. 209-216. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.08.017
- Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Margaretha Haugen, Jan Alexander, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Helen Engelstad Kvalem, (2013). Dietary exposure to dioxins and PCBs in a large cohort of pregnant women: results from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Environment International s. 398-407. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.07.001
- Jan Alexander, Johanna Eva Bodin, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Nur Duale, Åshild Krogdahl, Gro Haarklou Mathisen, Monica Sanden, Camilla Svendsen, Robin Ørnsrud, (2020). Protocol for risk assessment of “other substances”. The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
- Thea Steen Skogheim, Kjell Vegard Fjeldheim Weyde, Stephanie M. Engel, Heidi Aase, Pål Suren, Merete Glenne Øie, Guido Biele, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Mady Hornig, Line Småstuen Haug, Gro Dehli Villanger, (2021). Risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in children associated with gestational levels of toxic metals and essential elements.
- Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Line Småstuen Haug, Jérémie Botton, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Kelly K. Ferguson, Gro Dehli Villanger, Pétur Benedikt Juliusson, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2020). Prenatal exposure to PFASs and child growth trajectories in the Norwegian MoBa study .
- Anne Lise Brantsæter, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Marianne Hope Abel, (2020). Mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency is associated with increased risk of preeclampsia in a large Norwegian pregnancy cohort.
- Marianne Hope Abel, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Heidi Aase, Liv Elin Torheim, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2020). Mild-to-moderate iodine deficiency in pregnancy is associated with poorer child neurodevelopment in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
- Eleni Zoumpoulia Papadopoulou, Jérémie Botton, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Merete Åse Eggesbø, Nina Iszatt, Helle Katrine Knutsen, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Nikos Stratakis, Verena Sengpiel, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2019). Maternal lean fish intake during pregnancy is associated with child growth in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
- Marianne Hope Abel, Eivind Ystrøm, Ida Henriette Caspersen, Heidi Aase, Liv Elin Torheim, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Ragna Bugge Askeland, Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud, Anne Lise Brantsæter, (2017). Maternal use of iodine-containing supplements in pregnancy is associated with increased risk of child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.