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Yolanda de Roo

Yolanda de Roo
Technical project manager

Being born with a low weight associated with changes in the body that are maintained as adults.

July 2021 - we presented a study that shows that people born with low birth weight present differences in the structure and functioning of their heart and have less capacity for physical activity than other people when they are adults [...]
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Introducing a world-leading surgical navigation system for fetal surgery

November 2019 - we presented a new tool for fetal surgery developed in collaboration with BCN Med Tech-UPF Barcelona and BCNatal (Sant Joan de Déu Hospital [...]
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20 years have passed since the first fetal surgery in Spain

February 2019 - In June 1999 Eduard Gratacós performed the first surgery in Spain on a fetus inside the mother's uterus [...]
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We publish a study about alcohol comsumption during pregnancy

January 2019 - The study, funded by "la Caixa", showed that 42% of pregnant women consume alcohol to a greater or lesser extent, despite the fact that any alcohol consumption [...] Read more

We start the BiSC project to study the effect of air pollution on fetal health

Novembre 2018 - How does air pollution affect the neurological and cardiovascular development of the fetus? The BiSC (Barcelona Life Study Cohort) [...] Read more

We launched the iNatal app, the first designed by specialists in maternal-fetal medicine

March-June 2018 - After becoming the most recommended pregnancy website by the Spanish-speaking medical community, inatal.org has become the first mobile application [...] Read more