Marie Pedersen

Marie Pedersen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, with additional research roles at the Statens Serum Institut (since 2020) and Danish Cancer Society Research Center (2014-2019). Her career spans international postdoctoral research at CREAL (Barcelona) and INSERM (Grenoble), plus extensive collaboration across 14 European birth cohorts through projects like ESCAPE and NewGeneris.

• PhD in Environmental Health (2010)
• MSc & BA in Biology (2005 & 2003)

Her research focuses on environmental epidemiology with specialization in prenatal exposure assessment, particularly through projects evaluating:

• Air pollution effects on childhood respiratory health
• Dietary acrylamide impacts on fetal development
• Biomarker validation for transplacental exposure
• Urban environmental stressors in LifeCycle and Athlete projects

Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a 5-year research output of 96 items, including high-profile journal articles in Nature Communications, Environment International, and Epidemiology. Notable trends include proteomic alterations in respiratory infections, air pollution-obesity links, and biomarker analysis for prenatal exposures.

Scientific honors include:

• 2020: Top Reviewer, Environmental Health Perspectives
• 2017: ERC Starting Grant recipient
• 2013: Dual ISEE awards for abstract and poster excellence
• 2009: National recognition in Denmark

As research mentor, she has guided:

• Tim Cadman (Marie Curie & Lifecycle grants)
• Vanessa Coffmann (NIH-supported research)

She leads multiple^2017- projects including CHIPS (ERC-funded) and Danish cohort studies on animal farm proximity effects, while maintaining affiliations with international networks like COPSAC and ISGlobal.