Christa Van Ginneken Full professor Comparative Perinatal Development – Faculty of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences DVM – University of Ghent - 1994 PhD – University of Ghent - 2001 Ms Laboratory Animal Sciences – University of Ghent 2002 Certified Pig Practioner – University of Ghent 2013 Since 1994, Christa Van Ginneken is involved in teaching gross morphology in the veterinary bachelor curriculum and laboratory animal sciences in Life Science master programs at the University of Antwerp. At the University of Antwerp, she leads the research group of Comparative Perinatal Development, where she hosts the research line on pig studies. Her research interest is studying the impact of prenatal events affecting body weight (intra-uterine growth restriction, prematurity) on the development of the neonatal and suckling piglets. Research projects having the piglet as subject focus on agricultural/veterinary sciences (e.g. farrowing management, artificial rearing), and on the piglet as a translational model (e.g. necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants). She is a member of the European Veterinary Anatomists and Laboratory Animal Science Associations.