Llúcia González Safont

  • Investigadora del Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) y miembro de la Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I -Universitat de València, Fisabio

Diplomada en Magisterio especialidad Educación Infantil por la Universitat de València en 2008. Licenciada en Psicopedagogía por la Universitat de València en 2011. Premio Extraordinario de Promoción en Psicopedagogía. Máster en Psicología y Psicopatología Perinatal e Infantil. Doctora en Enfermería Clínica y Comunitaria por la Universitat de València. Investigadora y trabajadora de campo de la cohorte Infancia y Medio Ambiente de Valencia desde 2012.

Experience

  • –present
    Investigadora del Ciber en Epidemiología y Salud Pública y miembro de la Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I -Universitat de València, Fisabio
  • 2023–present
    Investigadora postdoctoral de CIBERESP, CIBERESP
  • 2022–2023
    Investigadora postdoctoral del Departamento de Enfermería, UV

Education

  • 2022 
    Universitat de València, Doctora en Enfermería Clínica y Comunitaria
  • 2013 
    Universitat de València, Máster en Psicología y Psicopatología Perinatal e Infantil

Publications

  • 2025
    Determinants of overweight and obesity and other cardiometabolic risks in adolescents: a {Spanish} longitudinal birth study,
  • 2025
    Mixtures of chemicals in pregnancy and their effects on cognitive and fine motor abilities in childhood,
  • 2025
    Exposure to high temperature and sleep in preadolescents from two European birth cohorts,
  • 2025
    Impact of pet ownership in early childhood at ages 1 and 4-5 years on mental health at ages 7-8: findings from the {INMA} project,
  • 2025
    Understanding Social Inequalities in Childhood Asthma: Quantifying the Mediating Role of Modifiable Early-Life Risk Factors in Seven European Birth Cohorts,
  • 2025
    Maternal prenatal nut and seafood consumption and child neuropsychological function from 4 to 15 years of age: a population-based cohort study,
  • 2025
    Early life exposure to fine particulate matter and fine motor function, attentional function, and working memory among Spanish school-aged children,
  • 2024
    Relation of prenatal and postnatal PM2.5 exposure with cognitive and motor function among preschool-aged children,
  • 2024
    Exposure to noise at home, emotional behaviour, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 9-year-old children,
  • 2024
    Socioeconomic position, family context, and child cognitive development,
  • 2024
    Prenatal Metals Exposure and pre-adolescents' Emotional and Behavioral Problems,
  • 2024
    Early childcare arrangements and children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of six prospective birth cohorts in Europe,
  • 2024
    The impact of prenatal mercury on neurobehavioral functioning longitudinally assessed from a young age to pre-adolescence in a Spanish birth cohort,
  • 2023
    Social inequalities, green and blue spaces and mental health in 6–12 years old children participating in the INMA cohort,
  • 2023
    Susceptible windows of prenatal and postnatal fine particulate matter exposures and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in early childhood,
  • 2023
    Association between relative age at school and persistence of ADHD in prospective studies: an individual participant data meta-analysis,
  • 2023
    Residential green and blue spaces and working memory in children aged 6-12 years old. Results from the INMA cohort,
  • 2023
    Sleep problems at ages 8–9 and ADHD symptoms at ages 10–11: evidence in three cohorts from INMA study,
  • 2022
    Urban environment and cognitive and motor function in children from four European birth cohorts.,
  • 2021
    A tool supporting social, educational, and public health interventions.,
  • 2021
    Family Context and ADHD Symptoms in Middle Childhood: an Explanatory Model. Journal of Child and Family Studies. ,
  • 2021
    Poverty, social exclusion, and mental health: the role of the family context in children aged 7–11 years INMA mother-and-child cohort study.,
  • 2021
    Prenatal and postnatal exposure to acetaminophen in relation to autism spectrum and attention‑deficit and hyperactivity symptoms in childhood: Meta‑analysis in six European population‑based cohorts.,
  • 2021
    Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields from Mobile Communication: Description of Modeled Dose in Brain Regions and the Body in European Children and Adolescents.,
  • 2021
    Association between estimated whole-brain radiofrequency electromagnetic fields dose and cognitive function in preadolescents and adolescents.,
  • 2021
    Exposure to mercury among 9-year-old children and neurobehavioural function.,
  • 2020
    The role of parental social class, education and unemployment on child cognitive development.,
  • 2020
    Residential Surrounding Greenspace and Mental Health in Three Spanish Areas.,
  • 2020
    Risk of child poverty and social exclusion in two Spanish regions: social and family determinants.,
  • 2020
    Postnatal exposure to mercury and neuropsychological development among preschooler children.,
  • 2020
    Prenatal manganese exposure and neuropsychological development in early childhood in the INMA cohort.,
  • 2020
    Similarities and differences of dietary and other determinants of iodine status in pregnant women from three European birth cohorts.,
  • 2019
    Maternal copper status and neuropsychological development in infants and preschool children.,
  • 2019
    Associations of Maternal Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy, With Pregnancy Duration And Fetal Growth In Four Birth Cohorts.,
  • 2019
    Maternal circulating Vitamin D3 levels during pregnancy and behaviour across childhood.,
  • 2018
    Maternal selenium status and neuropsychological development in Spanish preschool children.,
  • 2018
    Family context assessment and positive parenting policies.,
  • 2018
    Sleeping, TV, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Physical Activity, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Incidence in Children: A Prospective Study.,
  • 2018
    Iodine intake from supplements and diet during pregnancy and child cognitive and motor development: the INMA Mother and Child Cohort Study.,
  • 2018
    Maternal cell phone use during pregnancy and child cognition at age 5 years in 3 birth cohorts.,
  • 2017
    Selenium status during pregnancy: Influential factors and effects on neuropsychological development among Spanish infants.,
  • 2017
    Effect of maternal high dosages of folic acid supplements on neurocognitive development in children at 4-5 y of age: the prospective birth cohort Infancia y Medio Ambiente (INMA) study.,
  • 2017
    Distributions and determinants of urinary biomarkers of organophosphate pesticide exposure in a prospective Spanish birth cohort study.,
  • 2017
    Are early physical activity and sedentary behaviors related to working memory at 7 and 14 years of age?,

Professional Memberships

  • Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, Avda Menéndez Pelayo, 19, 46010, Valencia, España
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, c/ Monforte de Lemos 3-5, Madrid 28029
  • Unidad Mixta de Investigación en Epidemiología, Ambiente y Salud FISABIO-Universitat de València-Universitat Jaume I, Valencia, España

Research Areas

  • Public Health And Health Services (1117)
  • Environmental And Occupational Health And Safety (111705)
  • Paediatrics (111403)
  • Developmental Psychology And Ageing (170102)

Honours

Premio Extraordinario de Promoción en Psicopedagogía. Premio SEE-CIBERESP a las mejores comunicaciones presentadas a la Mesa CIBERESP (Congreso SEE 2020). Mejores comunicaciones presentadas a la Mesa CIBERESP (Congreso SEE 2021). XXVII Premio de la Sociedad Española de Epidemiología a los mejores artículos en epidemiología (2021 y 2022). Mejores comunicaciones presentadas a la Mesa CIBERESP y mejores comunicaciones presentadas por personal joven (Congreso SEE 2023).

Contact Llúcia for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision