Schoenaker, Danielle

Overview

Dr Danielle Schoenaker is a Research Fellow in (Clinical) Epidemiology in the School of Medicine and the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI). Dr Schoenaker has a background in Nutrition and Dietetics, and completed a masters in Nutritional and Public Health Epidemiology in the Netherlands. She was awarded her PhD in Epidemiology from The University of Queensland in 2017 examining the role of preconception dietary patterns in the development of maternal pregnancy complications.

Dr Schoenaker has a broad interest in health and medical research, with a particular emphasis on the use of longitudinal study data to inform evidence-based strategies during early life and before, during and after pregnancy for the prevention of adverse health outcomes among women and children. At the University of Wollongong, and as part of ongoing collaborations with national and international universities and institutes, her current research focusses on examining short- and long-term cardiometabolic health of women with a previous high-risk pregnancy and their children, and on developing strategies to improve women’s health as part of preconception care.

Dr Schoenaker contributes to the support and development of early career academics at the University of Wollongong through the Early Career Academics Network (ECAN) Committee, and as Co-Chair of the Communications Committee and member of the Network Committee of the Oceania Nutrition Leadership Program (ONLP).

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health Published in The Lancet
2018	Preconception risk of gestational diabetes: Development of a prediction model in nulliparous Australian women Published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
2018	Targeting the postpartum period to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis Published in Nutrition Reviews

Research Areas

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Member 2017 -
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) Member 2016 -
Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) Member 2015 -
American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Member 2013 -
Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Member 2013 -
Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) Member 2013 -
Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Member 2013 -
Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Member 2015 - 2017

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Does preconception body mass index modify the effect of maternaldiet on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy? Published In BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 126 Pages 674 - 674 ISSN 1470-0328 Altmetric
2019	Pre-pregnancy dietary micronutrient adequacy is associated with lower risk of developing gestational diabetes in Australian women Published In Nutrition Research Volume 62 Pages 32 - 40 ISSN 0271-5317 Altmetric
2019	The Role of Childhood Adversity in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Published In American Journal of Preventive Medicine Volume 57 Pages 302 - 310 ISSN 0749-3797 Altmetric
2018	Anti-smoking social norms are associated with increased cessation behaviours among lower and higher socioeconomic status smokers: A population-based cohort study Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0208950-1 - e0208950-17 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health Published In The Lancet Volume 391 Pages 1830 - 1841 ISSN 1474-547X Altmetric
2018	Pre-pregnancy dietary carbohydrate quantity and quality, and risk of developing gestational diabetes: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In The British Journal of Nutrition: an international journal of nutritional science Volume 120 Pages 435 - 444 ISSN 0007-1145 Altmetric
2018	Preconception risk of gestational diabetes: Development of a prediction model in nulliparous Australian women Published In Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Volume 146 Pages 48 - 57 ISSN 0168-8227 Altmetric
2018	Targeting the postpartum period to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis Published In Nutrition Reviews Volume 76 Pages 639 - 654 ISSN 0029-6643 Altmetric
2017	A pro-inflammatory diet is associated with increased risk of developing hypertension among middle-aged women Published In Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases Volume 27 Pages 564 - 570 ISSN 0939-4753 Altmetric
2017	Association between age at menarche and gestational diabetes mellitus: the Australian longitudinal study on women's health Published In American Journal of Epidemiology Volume 185 Pages 554 - 561 ISSN 0002-9262 Altmetric
2017	Does psychosocial stress explain socioeconomic inequities in 9-year weight gain among young women? Published In Obesity Volume 25 Pages 1109 - 1114 ISSN 1071-7323 Altmetric
2017	Factors across the life course predict women's change in smoking behaviour during pregnancy and in midlife: Results from the National Child Development Study Published In Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Volume 71 Pages 1137 - 1144 ISSN 0143-005X Altmetric
2016	Association between inflammatory potential of diet and risk of depression in middle-aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In British Journal of Nutrition Volume 116 Pages 1077 - 1086 Altmetric
2016	Association of diet and lifestyle with glycated haemoglobin in type 1 diabetes participants in the EURODIAB prospective complications study Published In European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 70 Pages 229 - 236 ISSN 0954-3007 Altmetric
2016	Depressive symptoms across the menopause transition: Findings from a large population-based cohort study Published In Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society Volume 23 Pages 1287 - 1293 ISSN 1072-3714 Altmetric
2016	Quantifying the mediating effect of body mass index on the relation between a Mediterranean diet and development of maternal pregnancy complications: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 104 Pages 638 - 645 ISSN 0002-9165 Altmetric
2016	The Role of Energy, Nutrients, Foods, and Dietary Patterns in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies Published In Diabetes Care Volume 39 Pages 16 - 23 ISSN 0149-5992 Altmetric
2016	The relationship between the dietary inflammatory index and risk of total cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease: Findings from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study of women Published In Atherosclerosis Volume 253 Pages 164 - 170 ISSN 0021-9150 Altmetric
2015	How do women's diets compare with the new Australian dietary guidelines? Published In Public Health Nutrition Volume 18 Pages 218 - 225 ISSN 1368-9800 Altmetric
2015	Pre-pregnancy dietary patterns and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: results from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study Published In Diabetologia Volume 58 Pages 2726 - 2735 ISSN 0012-186X Altmetric
2015	Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 102 Pages 94 - 101 ISSN 0002-9165 Altmetric
2014	Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: The EURODIAB prospective complications study Published In Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 99 Pages 800 - 807 ISSN 0021-972X Altmetric
2014	Socioeconomic position, lifestyle factors and age at natural menopause: A systematic review and meta-analyses of studies across six continents Published In International Journal of Epidemiology Volume 43 Pages 1542 - 1562 ISSN 0300-5771 Altmetric
2014	The association between dietary factors and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies Published In BMC Medicine Volume 12 Pages 157-1 - 157-18 ISSN 1741-7015 Altmetric
2013	Factor analysis is more appropriate to identify overall dietary patterns associated with diabetes when compared with treelet transform analysis Published In The Journal of Nutrition Volume 143 Pages 392 - 398 ISSN 0022-3166 Altmetric
2013	InterLACE: A new international collaboration for a life course approach to women's reproductive health and chronic disease events Published In Maturitas Volume 74 Pages 235 - 240 ISSN 0378-5122 Altmetric
2012	Dietary saturated fat and fibre and risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among type 1 diabetic patients: The EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study Published In Diabetologia Volume 55 Pages 2132 - 2141 ISSN 0012-186X Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	The First 1,000 Days: in utero and early life exposures and their contribution to child obesity Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Dr Schoenaker’s research focusses on examining short- and long-term cardiometabolic health of women with a previous high-risk pregnancy and their children, and on developing strategies to improve women’s health as part of preconception care. Dr Schoenaker’s research uses existing national longitudinal studies among women and children, and she is currently planning new studies. Research projects can therefore include epidemiological analyses of existing data, as well as contributing to data collection.

Topics for research projects include (but are not limited to):
- Examining cardiometabolic health of mothers with prior gestational diabetes and their children/teenagers
- Examining the influence of in-utero and early life factors on childhood diet and lifestyle and adiposity
- Examining associations between preconception diet and lifestyle in relation with pregnancy outcomes and subsequent maternal health

Outreach Overview

My Professional Service activities include the following:

Peer Reviewer: Reviewer of funding applications for NHMRC (External Assessor in 2017), Icelandic Research Fund (External Assessor in 2018), Wellcome Trust (External Assessor in 2019), and Diabetes Australia (External Assessor in 2019). Reviewer of manuscripts for >35 international journals including: The BMJ, Diabetes Care, BJOG, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Current Developments in Nutrition, and International Journal of Epidemiology (https://publons.com/researcher/1192746/danielle-schoenaker/). Reviewer of conference abstracts for annual scientific meetings of the following societies: International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (2019 - ), Australasian Epidemiological Association (2018 - ), Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (2017 - ), American Society for Nutrition (2015 - ), and Public Health Association of Australia (2015 - ).

Guest Editor for Nutrients Special Issue on Nutrition Before and During Pregnancy for the Prevention of Pregnancy Complications (2019-2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/Prevention_Pregnancy_Complications.

Committee membership: Co-Chair of the Communication Working Group for the Oceania Nutrition Leadership Program (ONLP) (2019 - ), member of the Network Working Group for ONLP (2016 - ), and member of the Organising Committee for the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) Queensland branch (2016).
Organiser of Events: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health Inaugural Scientific Meeting (2016), and the Research Higher Degree Student Conference, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland (2014 and 2015).

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Queensland, School of Public Health, The role of diet in the prevention of maternal pregnancy complications 2013 - 2017
M.Sc. in Nutritional and Public Health Epidemiology, Wageningen University | Netherlands, Human Nutrition 2009 - 2011
B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics, HAN University of Applied Sciences | Netherlands 2004 - 2008

Awards And Honors

Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2018
Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Epidemiological Association, 2016
Award for Research Excellence , conferred by School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, 2016
Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2015
International Travel Award, conferred by The University of Queensland, 2015

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases
Cohort Studies
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Lifestyle
Maternal Health
Nutrition
Reproductive Health

Full Name

Danielle Schoenaker

Mailing Address

University of Wollongong

Northfields Avenue, Building 32

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Top Publications

Year	Title
2018	Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health Published in The Lancet
2018	Preconception risk of gestational diabetes: Development of a prediction model in nulliparous Australian women Published in Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
2018	Targeting the postpartum period to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis Published in Nutrition Reviews

Research Areas

Member Of

International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) Member 2017 -
Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) Member 2016 -
Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) Member 2015 -
American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Member 2013 -
Australasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) Member 2013 -
Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) Member 2013 -
Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) Member 2013 -
Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Member 2015 - 2017

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Does preconception body mass index modify the effect of maternaldiet on hypertensive disorders of pregnancy? Published In BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Volume 126 Pages 674 - 674 ISSN 1470-0328 Altmetric
2019	Pre-pregnancy dietary micronutrient adequacy is associated with lower risk of developing gestational diabetes in Australian women Published In Nutrition Research Volume 62 Pages 32 - 40 ISSN 0271-5317 Altmetric
2019	The Role of Childhood Adversity in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Published In American Journal of Preventive Medicine Volume 57 Pages 302 - 310 ISSN 0749-3797 Altmetric
2018	Anti-smoking social norms are associated with increased cessation behaviours among lower and higher socioeconomic status smokers: A population-based cohort study Published In PLoS One Volume 13 Pages e0208950-1 - e0208950-17 ISSN 1932-6203 Altmetric
2018	Before the beginning: nutrition and lifestyle in the preconception period and its importance for future health Published In The Lancet Volume 391 Pages 1830 - 1841 ISSN 1474-547X Altmetric
2018	Pre-pregnancy dietary carbohydrate quantity and quality, and risk of developing gestational diabetes: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In The British Journal of Nutrition: an international journal of nutritional science Volume 120 Pages 435 - 444 ISSN 0007-1145 Altmetric
2018	Preconception risk of gestational diabetes: Development of a prediction model in nulliparous Australian women Published In Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice Volume 146 Pages 48 - 57 ISSN 0168-8227 Altmetric
2018	Targeting the postpartum period to promote weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis Published In Nutrition Reviews Volume 76 Pages 639 - 654 ISSN 0029-6643 Altmetric
2017	A pro-inflammatory diet is associated with increased risk of developing hypertension among middle-aged women Published In Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases Volume 27 Pages 564 - 570 ISSN 0939-4753 Altmetric
2017	Association between age at menarche and gestational diabetes mellitus: the Australian longitudinal study on women's health Published In American Journal of Epidemiology Volume 185 Pages 554 - 561 ISSN 0002-9262 Altmetric
2017	Does psychosocial stress explain socioeconomic inequities in 9-year weight gain among young women? Published In Obesity Volume 25 Pages 1109 - 1114 ISSN 1071-7323 Altmetric
2017	Factors across the life course predict women's change in smoking behaviour during pregnancy and in midlife: Results from the National Child Development Study Published In Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health Volume 71 Pages 1137 - 1144 ISSN 0143-005X Altmetric
2016	Association between inflammatory potential of diet and risk of depression in middle-aged women: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In British Journal of Nutrition Volume 116 Pages 1077 - 1086 Altmetric
2016	Association of diet and lifestyle with glycated haemoglobin in type 1 diabetes participants in the EURODIAB prospective complications study Published In European Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 70 Pages 229 - 236 ISSN 0954-3007 Altmetric
2016	Depressive symptoms across the menopause transition: Findings from a large population-based cohort study Published In Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society Volume 23 Pages 1287 - 1293 ISSN 1072-3714 Altmetric
2016	Quantifying the mediating effect of body mass index on the relation between a Mediterranean diet and development of maternal pregnancy complications: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 104 Pages 638 - 645 ISSN 0002-9165 Altmetric
2016	The Role of Energy, Nutrients, Foods, and Dietary Patterns in the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies Published In Diabetes Care Volume 39 Pages 16 - 23 ISSN 0149-5992 Altmetric
2016	The relationship between the dietary inflammatory index and risk of total cardiovascular disease, ischemic heart disease and cerebrovascular disease: Findings from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study of women Published In Atherosclerosis Volume 253 Pages 164 - 170 ISSN 0021-9150 Altmetric
2015	How do women's diets compare with the new Australian dietary guidelines? Published In Public Health Nutrition Volume 18 Pages 218 - 225 ISSN 1368-9800 Altmetric
2015	Pre-pregnancy dietary patterns and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: results from an Australian population-based prospective cohort study Published In Diabetologia Volume 58 Pages 2726 - 2735 ISSN 0012-186X Altmetric
2015	Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of developing hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: Results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Published In American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Volume 102 Pages 94 - 101 ISSN 0002-9165 Altmetric
2014	Glycemic control and all-cause mortality risk in type 1 diabetes patients: The EURODIAB prospective complications study Published In Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 99 Pages 800 - 807 ISSN 0021-972X Altmetric
2014	Socioeconomic position, lifestyle factors and age at natural menopause: A systematic review and meta-analyses of studies across six continents Published In International Journal of Epidemiology Volume 43 Pages 1542 - 1562 ISSN 0300-5771 Altmetric
2014	The association between dietary factors and gestational hypertension and pre-eclampsia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies Published In BMC Medicine Volume 12 Pages 157-1 - 157-18 ISSN 1741-7015 Altmetric
2013	Factor analysis is more appropriate to identify overall dietary patterns associated with diabetes when compared with treelet transform analysis Published In The Journal of Nutrition Volume 143 Pages 392 - 398 ISSN 0022-3166 Altmetric
2013	InterLACE: A new international collaboration for a life course approach to women's reproductive health and chronic disease events Published In Maturitas Volume 74 Pages 235 - 240 ISSN 0378-5122 Altmetric
2012	Dietary saturated fat and fibre and risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality among type 1 diabetic patients: The EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study Published In Diabetologia Volume 55 Pages 2132 - 2141 ISSN 0012-186X Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2019 - 2023	The First 1,000 Days: in utero and early life exposures and their contribution to child obesity Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant

Potential Supervision Topics

Dr Schoenaker’s research focusses on examining short- and long-term cardiometabolic health of women with a previous high-risk pregnancy and their children, and on developing strategies to improve women’s health as part of preconception care. Dr Schoenaker’s research uses existing national longitudinal studies among women and children, and she is currently planning new studies. Research projects can therefore include epidemiological analyses of existing data, as well as contributing to data collection.

Topics for research projects include (but are not limited to):
- Examining cardiometabolic health of mothers with prior gestational diabetes and their children/teenagers
- Examining the influence of in-utero and early life factors on childhood diet and lifestyle and adiposity
- Examining associations between preconception diet and lifestyle in relation with pregnancy outcomes and subsequent maternal health

Outreach Overview

My Professional Service activities include the following:

Peer Reviewer: Reviewer of funding applications for NHMRC (External Assessor in 2017), Icelandic Research Fund (External Assessor in 2018), Wellcome Trust (External Assessor in 2019), and Diabetes Australia (External Assessor in 2019). Reviewer of manuscripts for >35 international journals including: The BMJ, Diabetes Care, BJOG, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Current Developments in Nutrition, and International Journal of Epidemiology (https://publons.com/researcher/1192746/danielle-schoenaker/). Reviewer of conference abstracts for annual scientific meetings of the following societies: International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (2019 - ), Australasian Epidemiological Association (2018 - ), Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (2017 - ), American Society for Nutrition (2015 - ), and Public Health Association of Australia (2015 - ).

Guest Editor for Nutrients Special Issue on Nutrition Before and During Pregnancy for the Prevention of Pregnancy Complications (2019-2020): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/Prevention_Pregnancy_Complications.

Committee membership: Co-Chair of the Communication Working Group for the Oceania Nutrition Leadership Program (ONLP) (2019 - ), member of the Network Working Group for ONLP (2016 - ), and member of the Organising Committee for the Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) Queensland branch (2016).
Organiser of Events: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health Inaugural Scientific Meeting (2016), and the Research Higher Degree Student Conference, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland (2014 and 2015).

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of Queensland, School of Public Health, The role of diet in the prevention of maternal pregnancy complications 2013 - 2017
M.Sc. in Nutritional and Public Health Epidemiology, Wageningen University | Netherlands, Human Nutrition 2009 - 2011
B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics, HAN University of Applied Sciences | Netherlands 2004 - 2008

Awards And Honors

Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2018
Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Epidemiological Association, 2016
Award for Research Excellence , conferred by School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, 2016
Conference Travel Award , conferred by Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society, 2015
International Travel Award, conferred by The University of Queensland, 2015

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diseases
Cohort Studies
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
Diabetes
Epidemiology
Lifestyle
Maternal Health
Nutrition
Reproductive Health

Full Name

Danielle Schoenaker

Mailing Address

University of Wollongong

Northfields Avenue, Building 32

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Geographic Location

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Located In Facility

Science, Medicine and Health (SMAH)

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7652-990X (confirmed)

Scopus Id

55177039400

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Service

Outreach Overview

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Top Publications

Research Areas

Affiliation

Member Of

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Funding

Investigator On

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Service

Outreach Overview

Background

Education And Training

Awards And Honors

Keywords

Contact

Full Name

Mailing Address

Geographic Location

Located In Facility

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Visualisations

Research Areas