Our team

Prof. dr. C.L. (Claudi) Bockting

Co -director + Board Member

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry / IAS

PI: Micro factors and interventions in common mental health problems and severe psychiatric disorders

Email: c.l.bockting@amsterdamumc.nl

Prof. dr. R.W.H.J. (Reinout) Wiers

Co -director + Board Member

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PI: Developing and testing personalized interventions

PhD Students: Alessandra Mansueto, Hanan Bozar, Lotte Brinkhof, Maarten van den Ende, Karoline Huth

Email: R.W.H.J.Wiers@uva.nl

Dr. H. (Harm) Krugers

Co -director + Board Member

Faculty of Science, FNWI SILS, Brain Plasticity Group

PhD student: Lotte Brinkhof

Email: H.Krugers@uva.nl

Dr. B.C. (Barbara) Schouten

Board Member

Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, FMG

Email: B.C.Schouten@uva.nl

Prof. dr. J.L.T.M. (Johan) Bollen

Board Member

Faculty of Science, FNWI

Email: j.l.t.m.bollen@uva.nl

Prof. dr. S.E. (Susanne) la Fleur

Board Member

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC)

Email: s.e.lafleur@amsterdamumc.nl

UMH Management Team

Rosalie Nelissen

Program Manager

Email: programmamanager-umh@uva.nl

Melek Uzun

Management assistant

Email: assistent.umh@amsterdamumc.nl

UMH Assistant Professors

Rixt van der Veen

Faculty of Science, FNWI

Email: r.vanderveen@uva.nl

Jonas Dalege

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: J.Dalege@uva.nl

Evi-Anne van Dis

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC

Email: e.a.m.vandis@amsterdamumc.nl

UMH PostDocs

René Freichel

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: r.freichel@uva.nl

Adam Finnemann

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: adam.finnemann@gmail.com

Fernanda Sousa Duarte

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: f.sousaduarte@uva.nl

Spela Dolinsek

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: s.dolinsek@uva.nl

Jonas Schlicht

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: j.a.schlicht@uva.nl

UMH PhD Candidates

Lisa Bouwman

PhD Project: Living in a complex environment: effects of (early) life context and drug exposure on social status and stress coping behavior.

Project Team: dr. Rixt van der Veen (FNWI), prof. dr. Paul Lucassen (FNWI), prof. dr. Reinout Wiers (FMG)

Email: e.m.bouwman3@uva.nl

Theogene Uwizeyimana

PhD Project:Study the effectiveness and sustainability of online psychotherapy guided by lay counsellors for major depressive disorder in low-resource settings

Project Team: prof. dr. Claudi Bockting, Dr. Nadia Van der Spek

Email: t.uwizeyimana@amsterdamumc.nl

Emily Poort

PhD Project: Innovating interventions: A genetically informed multi-level framework for identifying and addressing substance (ab)use risk factors

Project Team: Prof. dr. Karin Verweij (AUMC, Psychiatry), Dr. Saar Mollen (FMG, Communication Science), Dr. Margot van de Weijer (AUMC, Psychiatry), Jorien Treur (AUMC, Psychiatry)

Email: e.a.poort@amsterdamumc.nl

Valeria Epelbaum

PhD Project: Understanding the Dynamics of Suicide: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Inform Intervention Strategies in an Urban Context

Project Team: Dr. Derek de Beurs (FMG, Clinical Psychology), Dr. Valeria Krzhizhanovskaya (FNWI, Informatics Institute)

Email: v.epelbaum@uva.nl

Rutger van der Linden

PhD Project: Artificial Intelligence for the Personalization of Mental Health Interventations

Project Team: Prof. dr. Mark Hoogendoorn (Vrije Universiteit), prof. dr. Reinout Wiers (FMG), prof. dr. Claudi Bockting (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC)

Email: r.a.vander.linden@vu.nl

Susanne Hazenberg

PhD Project: Exposure to cannabis during pregnancy: The transgenerational effects on the dopamine system, prefrontal cortex and stress coping behavior.

Project Team: Dr. Rixt van der Veen (FNWI), Dr. Simone Mesman (FNWI), Prof Dr. Marten Smidt (FNWI), Prof Dr. Paul Lucassen (FNWI), Dr. Pascal Chameau (FNWI), Dr. Susanne de Rooij (AUMC), Dr. Evi-Anne van Dis (AUMC).

Email: s.e.m.hazenberg@uva.nl

Kasia Lasek

PhD Project: STRIDE-4-MH Project – Stress Tolerance and Resilience by Integrating Digital and Exercise training-based interventions for Mental Health of Dutch students

Project Team: Dr. Joram Mul (FNWI-SILS, Fit Brain Lab and Brain Plasticity group), Dr. Sanne de Wit (FMG, Clinical Psychology and Habit Lab), Dr. Sascha Struijs, (Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit)

Email: k.t.lasek@uva.nl

Nina Vos

PhD Project: Happiness and mental well-being among young adults in Amsterdam: Assessing urban risk factors and evaluating protective interventions.

Project Team: Sjoerdje van Heerden (Amsterdam municipality), Dr. Helle Larsen (FMG, Psychology), Prof. dr. Reinout Wiers (FMG, Psychology)

Email: n.j.vos@uva.nl

Shakuntala Ramnath

PhD Project: Designing Social Connection: Computer Modeling to Establish Quality Social Connections in Urban Mental Health Interventions

Project Team: dr. Nadia van der Spek (Amsterdam UMC, Psychiatry), dr. Mike Lees (FNWI, Informatics Institute)

Email: s.madhuramnath@amsterdamumc.nl

UMH Principal Investigators and PhD supervisors

Nida Gizem Yilmaz

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-Communication Science

Email: n.g.yilmaz@uva.nl

Ruth van Holst

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry

Email: r.j.vanholst@amsterdamumc.nl

Valeria Krzhizhanovskaya

Faculty of Science, FNWI-IvI

Email: v.krzhizhanovskaya@uva.nl

Helle Larsen

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: H.Larsen@uva.nl

Mike Lees

Faculty of Science, FNWI, Informatics

Email: M.H.Lees@uva.nl

Annemiek Linn

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-Health Communication

Email: a.j.linn@uva.nl

Derek de Beurs

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: d.debeurs@uva.nl

Judy Luigjes

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), Psychiatry

Email: j.luigjes@amsterdamumc.nl

Han van der Maas

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: H.L.J.vanderMaas@uva.nl

Maarten Marsman

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: M.Marsman@uva.nl

Saar Mollen

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-Communication Science

Email: s.mollen@uva.nl

Joram Mul

Faculty of Science, FNWI-SILS

Email: j.d.mul@uva.nl

Jaap Murre

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: J.M.J.Murre@uva.nl

Mary Nicolaou

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), Public Health

Email: m.nicolaou@amsterdamumc.nl

Bram Orobio de Castro

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG, Developmental psychopathology

Email: b.castro@uva.nl

Geertjan Overbeek

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: G.J.Overbeek@uva.nl

Richard Ridderinkhof

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: k.r.ridderinkhof@uva.nl

Susanne de Rooij

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), Epidemiology and Data Science

Email: s.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl

Barbara Schouten

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: B.C.Schouten@uva.nl

Ellen Smets

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Medical Psychology and Amsterdam Public Health

Email: e.m.smets@amsterdamumc.nl

Marten Smidt

Faculty of Science, FNWI-SILS

Email: m.p.smidt@uva.nl

Nadia van der Spek

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry

Email: n.vanderspek@amsterdamumc.nl

Karien Stronks

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. , Public Health

UMH Board member 2019 – 2023

Email: k.stronks@amsterdamumc.nl

Sascha Struijs

Faculty of Behavioral and Movement Sciences (Vrije Universiteit), Clinical Psychology

Email: s.y.struijs@vu.nl

Vitor Vasconcelos

Faculty of Science, Institute for Advanced Studies

Email: vvvasconcelos@gmail.com

Prof. dr. ir. A.G. (Alfons) Hoekstra

Faculty of Science, FNWI

UMH Board member

Email: A.G.Hoekstra@uva.nl

Karin Verweij

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry

Email: karin.verweij@amsterdamumc.nl

Margot van de Weijer

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry

Email: m.p.vandeweijer@amsterdamumc.nl

Sanne de Wit

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

Email: S.deWit@uva.nl

Jorien Treur

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. Psychiatry

Email: j.l.treur@amsterdamumc.nl

Peter Sloot

Faculty of Science, FNWI, Informatics Institute

UMH Board member 2019 – 2023

Email: P.M.A.Sloot@uva.nl

Paul Lucassen

Faculty of Science, FNWI, Brain Plasticity Group

UMH Board member 2019 – 2024

Email: P.J.Lucassen@uva.nl

UMH Alumni

Junus van der Wal

PhD Project: Understanding the dynamics of depression in high-risk urban populations using a complex systems approach

Project Team: prof. dr. Claudi Bockting (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC); prof. dr. Karien Stronks (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC); dr. Mary Nicolaou, dr. Anja Lok

Gerlieke Veltkamp

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG

PI: Social context of interventions, perceptions of problems and interventions and involvement of stakeholders

Alvin Junus

Projects: Early intervention of suicidality in young people; dementia and mental health in urban-dwelling older adults.

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), dept. of Psychiatry

Karoline Huth

PhD Project: Networks of addiction and depression in multi-ethnic urban settings

Project Team: dr. Ruth van Holst (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC), dr. Judy Luigjes (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC), dr. Maarten Marsman (FMG)

Email: k.b.s.huth@uva.nl

Alessandra Mansueto

PhD Project: Using network science to study familiar and individual mental health issues in urban settings

Project Team: dr. Sacha Epskamp; dr. Barbara Schouten, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers; prof. dr. Julia van Weert (FMG)

Email: a.c.mansueto@uva.nl

Maarten van den Ende

PhD Project: Computational modelling of psychological and social dynamics in urban mental health conditions: the case of addictive substance use

Project Team: prof. dr. Han van der Maas, prof. dr. Peter Sloot, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers; dr. Michael Lees (FNWI); dr. Sacha Epskamp (FMG)

Email: m.w.j.vandenende@uva.nl

Lotte Brinkhof

PhD Project: Promoting preventive interventions based on resilience network for aging individuals in urban settings

Project Team: prof. dr. Jaap Murre; dr. Sanne de Wit, prof. dr. Claudi Bockting, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers, dr. Harm Krugers (FNWI); prof. dr. Richard Ridderinkhof (FMG)

Email: l.p.brinkhof@uva.nl