Umberto Simeoni

Umberto Simeoni’s research explores how child development interacts with the environment, helping uncover the biological roots of adult health and disease. He has held professorships in pediatrics at Louis Pasteur University and University Hospital of Strasbourg, Aix-Marseille University and AP-HM University Hospital (where he led the Parents-Children Department), and currently at Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, where he directs the DOHaD* research lab. His clinical focus includes neonatal and perinatal medicine, child development, and perinatal bioethics. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and delivered invited lectures internationally. Simeoni has served as president or board member of the European Association for Perinatal Medicine, the Francophone Association for Neonatal Research, the French Perinatal Society, and the Francophone DOHaD Society, which he co-founded. He also co-founded Fertil-In, which promotes reproductive and transgenerational health.