Researchers

Our Stress in Action consortium consists of 60+ scientists with multidisciplinary backgrounds. The consortium is affiliated with five universities (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Groningen and University of Twente) and their University Medical Centers (Amsterdam UMC, UMCG and Erasmus MC). Consortium members are listed below alphabetically.

Members

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George Aalbers
Amsterdam UMC

Postdoc

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Iris Arends
UMCG

Mid-career researcher

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Meike Bartels 
VU

Professor in Genetics and Wellbeing

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Merel van den Berg
UT

PhD student

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Eric Boersma
Erasmus MC

Professor of Clinical Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases 

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Mariette Boon
Erasmus MC

Assistant Professor

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Laura Bringmann
RUG

Associate Professor

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Caroline Broeder
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student

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Ute Bültmann
UMCG

Professor of Work and Health

Shannon Dickson
Erasmus MC

PhD student

Lauraine Eekels
VU

Research officer

Luca Frösler
UT

XR Developer

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Nina van Gerwen
Erasmus MC

PhD student

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Eco de Geus
VU

Professor of Biological Psychology

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Martin Gevonden 
VU

Assistant Professor

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Ellen Hamaker
UU

Professor of Longitudinal Data Analysis

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Manon Hillegers
Erasmus MC

Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

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Mark Hoogendoorn
VU

Professor in Artificial Intelligence

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Bertus Jeronimus
RUG

Associate Professor

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Peter de Jonge
RUG

Professor of Developmental Psychology

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Armağan Karahanoğlu
UT

Assistant professor

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Maryam Kavousi
Erasmus MC

Associate Professor

Anita Keller
RUG

Associate Professor

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Lino von Klipstein
RUG

Postdoc

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Peter ten Klooster
UT

Associate Professor

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Jan-Willem van ‘t Klooster
UT

Associate Professor

Jannis Kraiss
UT

Assistant Professor

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Susanne Kuckuck
Erasmus MC

PhD student

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Femke Lamers
Amsterdam UMC

Associate Professor

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Robin Lengton 
Erasmus MC

PhD student

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Geke Ludden
UT

Professor in Interaction Design

Annemarie Luik
Erasmus MC

Assistant Professor

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Els Maeckelberghe
UMCG

Associate Professor

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Julius März
Erasmus MC

PhD student

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Aniket Mazumder
VU

Data technician

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Malin Meyer
RUG

PhD student

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Jeroen Mulder
UU

Postdoc

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Solomiia Myroniuk 
RUG

PhD student

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Matthijs Noordzij
UT

Professor in Health Psychology and Technology

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Noluthando Ntlapo
Erasmus MC

PhD student

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Jasmin Pasteuning
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student

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Brenda Penninx
Amsterdam UMC

Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology

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Fridtjof Petersen
RUG

PhD student

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Wouter Peyrot
Amsterdam UMC

Assistant professor

Emma Pruin
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student

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Felix Reichelt
UMCG

PhD student

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Birna van Riemsdijk
UT

Associate professor

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Dimitris Rizopoulos
Erasmus MC

Professor in Biostatistics

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Annelieke Roest
RUG

Assistant Professor

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Marcos Ross
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student

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Liesbeth van Rossum
Erasmus MC

Professor of Medicine

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Melisa Saygin 
VU

PhD student

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Susanne Scheibe
RUG

Professor in Organizational Psychology

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Antje Schmitt
RUG

Associate Professor

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Myrte Schoenmakers 
VU

PhD student

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Milou Sep 
Amsterdam UMC

Postdoc

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Magdalena Sikora
UT

PhD student

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Harold Snieder
UMCG

Professor of Genetic Epidemiology

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Artemis Stefani
VU

Postdoc

Monique Tabak
UT

Professor in Personalised eHealth Technology

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Anaïs Thijssen
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student

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Bülent Ündes 
VU

PhD student

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Thomas Vaessen
UT

Assistant Professor

Bernard Veldkamp
UT

Professor of Research Methodology, Measurement and Data Analysis

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Sjors van de Ven 
VU

PhD student

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Dulce Viegas Calçada
Amsterdam UMC

Data manager

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Christiaan Vinkers 
Amsterdam UMC

Professor of Stress and Resilience

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Lianne de Vries
Erasmus MC

Postdoc

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Ying Wang
UT

Assistant professor

Sten Willemsen
Erasmus MC

Statistician

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Yong Zhang
RUG

PhD student

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Nan Zhao
RUG

PhD student

Nan Zhao is a PhD student in the Department of Developmental Psychology at the University of Groningen. He holds a master’s degree in Psychological Science from the University of Gothenburg. His research interests include the association between mental and physical health, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. His PhD project focuses on the relationship between stress and cardiometabolic diseases.

Xiaochang Zhao
UT

PhD student

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Noa van Zwieten 
Amsterdam UMC

PhD student