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We study mental health during pregnancy and perimenopause and examine how prenatal experiences and exposures shape pregnancy outcomes, child development, and risk for psychopathology. Using longitudinal cohort and population-based studies with genetically informed and neurophysiological approaches, we investigate the biological and psychosocial pathways through which these experiences influence health in women and children across the lifespan.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Team&#8221; module_id=&#8221;team&#8221; module_class=&#8221;team-section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||9px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Title&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#00aeef&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;28px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;14px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Team<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;7px||9px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;3px||24px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/rommel-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2026\/06\/Anna.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Anna&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;99.9%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||||&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|6px|6px|6px|6px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Anna-Sophie Rommel, PhD&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Anna-Sophie Rommel, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry<br \/><a href=\"mailto:anna.rommel@mssm.edu\">anna.rommel@mssm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anna is a psychiatric epidemiologist whose research focuses on how reproductive transitions, particularly pregnancy and perimenopause, shape mental health and development in women and children. She studies how prenatal experiences and exposures, including maternal mental health, infections, medications, and environmental factors, are associated with pregnancy outcomes, child neurodevelopment, and risk for psychopathology, with particular attention to disparities in these outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>She established and leads the Generation C pregnancy cohort, initiated during the COVID-19 pandemic, which follows families to study developmental, mental health, and neurophysiological outcomes in children, including EEG measures of brain development. Her work integrates longitudinal cohort and registry-based studies to investigate mechanisms linking early-life experiences to later health. She collaborates on large-scale studies in the United States, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=rommel%2C+A-S+%5Bauthor%5D&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;PubMed&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;PubMed&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_border_width=&#8221;0px&#8221; button_border_radius=&#8221;26px&#8221; button_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;27px||26px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/rommel-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2023\/09\/Marco_photo_cv.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Marco_photo_cv&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|6px|6px|6px|6px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Marco&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marco Rizzo, PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Postdoctoral Fellow<br \/> <a href=\"mailto:marco.rizzo@mssm.edu\">marco.rizzo@mssm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marco holds an M.Sc. in Psychology (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience (Aalborg University, Denmark). His interests are rooted within the field of neuropsychology with a focus on the physiology underlying human psychological, behavioral, and cognitive processes. 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