Hilde Peeters

Hilde Peeters received the master’s degree in genetic epidemiology from the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences. She was a Student Researcher with the Center for Human Genetics Leuven working in the field of quantitative genetics and twin studies during her medical training. Subsequently, she specialized in pediatrics and did a Ph.D. degree supported by the FWO within the core domains of human molecular genetics and developmental biology. She was granted an FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship to join the Research Group of Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics of Prof. C. Van Duijn in Rotterdam for two years. In 2010, she was appointed with an academic position at KU Leuven as a part-time Assistant Professor. The clinical duties accounted for a full-time position mainly on monogenic disorders with a focus on developmental disorders and dysmorpohology. She was granted a Senior Clinical Investigator Fellowship by the FWO for 50% research activities for the project of “Improving counseling for autism and neurodevelopmental disorders through gene mapping, risk variants, and advanced methods in diagnostics.” Furthermore, in line with her research and clinical interest, she became the Clinical Laboratory Supervisor for the Diagnostic Laboratory of Congenital and Developmental Disorders, University Hospitals Leuven. She has authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal publications, 122 conference proceedings, and two book chapters (H-index of 22).