ISDP 2025 Meeting @ San Diego, USA
ISDP 2025: 58th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology will be held in San Diego on November 12-14, 2025. More information on: https://isdp.org/current/
About Us
The International Fetal and Infant Brain and Behavior (I-FIBB) Network, is an interest group of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology with interests in advancing research and researchers in conducting investigations of prenatal, perinatal and early postnatal human development. The overall purpose is to benefit the youngest members of our society. Members of the network conduct methodologically sound and ethical research on the fetus, perinate and newborn. They share information and expertise with network members. They work together to attract and support new investigators of prenatal, perinatal and early postnatal development.
Who we are
The Network was founded by Prof. William (Bill) Fifer. As of 2018, Dr. Marion I. van den Heuvel is the Director of the Network. Bill is still involved in the Network as co-director. Additionally, the network consists of several active student representatives.
Dr. William Fifer | Founder & Co-director
William Fifer is a Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics and the Associate Director of the Institute for Developmental Sciences at Columbia University. He and his team are involved in multiple longitudinal birth cohort studies investigating the effects of prenatal adverse exposures, sleep health, autonomic nervous system regulation and subsequent resilience or risk for altered neurodevelopmental trajectories underlying sudden infant death syndrome and autism spectrum disorders.Marion I. van den Heuvel, PhD | Director
Marion van den Heuvel is the director of I-FIBB and currently Program Director of ISDP. She works as an Associate Professor at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Marion’s research focuses on the First 1000 Days of a child’s life, integrating developmental psychobiology with neuropsychology, social work and health sciences.Nadya Ali | Student Representative
Nadya Ali is a PhD candidate at the Zero Poverty Lab, department of Cognitive Neuropsychology at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on the adverse effects of poverty on neurodevelopment in the first 1000 days of life.
Kathy Ayala | Student Representative
Kathy Ayala is a Ph.D. Candidate in Yale University's Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program. Under the mentorship of Dr. Helena Rutherford, her research focuses on the neurodevelopmental dynamics between parents and their children during pregnancy and the postpartum period.Latest News
ISDP 2024 Meeting @ Chicago, USA
ISDP 2024: 57th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology will be held in Chicago on October 2-4, 2024.
Work of our network members
Highlighted Projects
ClockWork Postpartum Weight Management Pilot Study
Health and Behaviors in Transition (HABIT)
Brabant Study
IUGR Risk Selection Study
Living to the full during pregnancy
