Who are we?

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

Co-Director, Principal Investigator

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

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

PhD Students:

§   Lotte Brinkhof ('Promoting preventive interventions based on resilience network for aging individuals in urban settings')  [involved as co-director]

Email: c.l.bockting@amsterdamumc.nl

Hanan Bozhar

PhD Candidate

PhD Project: Understanding affective and addictive disorders in adolescents in an urban background using a life-course complex systems approach


Project Applicants: dr. Susanne de Rooij (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC); dr. Helle Larsen (FMG)


Project Team: dr. Susanne de Rooij; dr. Helle Larsen; dr. Tanja Vrijkotte; dr. Anja Lok, prof. dr. Claudi Bockting 

Lotte Brinkhof

PhD Candidate

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


Project Applicants: dr. Harm Krugers (FNWI); prof. dr. Richard Ridderinkhof (FMG)


Project Team: prof. dr. Jaap Murre; dr. Sanne de Wit, prof. dr. Claudi Bockting, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers

dr. C. (Christian) Bröer

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG, group: Political Sociology: Power, Place and Difference

PI: Qualitative and interpretive approaches to the social context of interventions, perceptions of problems and interventions and involvement of stakeholders

Email: c.broer@uva.nl

Prof. dr. S. (Stanley) Brul

Associate PI

Faculty of Science, FNWI

PhD Student: Vacancy [More information TBA]

Email: s.brul@uva.nl

Prof. Angélique Cramer

Associate Professor

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


Email: a.o.j.cramer@amsterdamumc.nl

Prof. dr. D. A. J. P. (Damiaan) Denys

Principal Investigator

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

PI: Autonomy and psychiatric disorder

Email: d.denys@amsterdamumc.nl

Maarten van den Ende

Phd Candidate

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

Project Applicants: dr. Michael Lees (FNWI); dr. Sacha Epskamp (FMG)

Project Team: prof. dr. Han van der Maas, prof. dr. Peter Sloot, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers

Prof. dr. H.L.J. (Han) van der Maas

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Programme group Psychological Methods

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

MSc. A. (Adam) Finnemann

Associate Phd

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Email: a.t.k.finnemann@uva.nl

dr. R. J. (Ruth) van Holst

Principal Investigator

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

PI: Autonomy and psychiatric disorders

PhD Student: Karoline Huth

Email: r.j.vanholst@amsterdamumc.nl

Karoline Huth

PhD Candidate

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

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

Vera Korenblik

PhD Candidate

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PI: Statistical and computational modeling, more specifically network analysis of symptoms of common mental disorders over time in relation to context and interventions

PhD Students: 

§   Alessandra Mansueto ('Urban mental health and modelling symptom networks. From network analysis to interventions')

§   Maarten van den Ende ('Computational modelling of psychological and social dynamics in urban mental health conditions: the case of addictive substance use')

Email: mail@sachaepskamp.com 

dr. H. J. (Harm) Krugers

Associate PI

Faculty of Science, FNWI SILS, BP Group

PhD student: Lotte Brinkhof

Email: H.Krugers@uva.nl

dr. H. (Helle) Larsen

Associate PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PhD Student: Hanan Bozhar

Email: H.Larsen@uva.nl

dr. M. H. (Mike) Lees

Associate PI

Faculty of Science, FNWI, Informatics

PhD Student: Maarten van den Ende

Email: M.H.Lees@uva.nl

MD. dr A. (Anja) Lok

Associate PI

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

PhD Students: Junus van der Wal, Hanan Bozhar, Vera Korenblik


Email: a.lok@amsterdamumc.nl

MSc. J. C. (Can) Lokman

Associate PhD

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Email: c.lokman@amsterdamumc.nl

dr. J. (Judy) Luigjes

Co-supervisor

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

PhD Student: Karoline Huth

Email: j.luigjes@amsterdamumc.nl

Alessandra Mansueto

PhD Candidate

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


Project Applicants: prof. dr. Reinout Wiers (FMG); prof. dr. Julia van Weert (FMG)


Project Team: dr. Sacha Epskamp; dr. Barbara Schouten, prof. dr. Reinout Wiers

dr. M. (Maarten) Marsman

Associate PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PhD Student: Karoline Huth ('Networks of addiction and depression in multi-ethnic urban settings')

Email: M.Marsman@uva.nl

MSc. L. S. (Brechtje) de Mooij

Post Doc

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Programme group: Preventive Youth Care

Email: L.S.deMooij@uva.nl

dr. J. D. (Joram) Mul

Associate PI

Faculty of Science, FNWI-SILS

PhD Student: Amber Koert

Email: j.d.mul@uva.nl

Prof. dr. J.M.J. (Jaap) Murre

Associate PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PhD student: Lotte Brinkhof

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

dr. M. (Mary) Nicolaou

Principal Investigator

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

PI: Social determinant of mental health problems at macro level

PhD Student: Junus van der Wal

Email: m.nicolaou@amsterdamumc.nl

Prof. dr. B. (Bram) Orobio de Castro

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG, Developmental psychopathology

PI: Interventions in a group-setting, including school- and family setting

Email: b.castro@uva.nl

Prof. dr. G.J. (Geertjan) Overbeek

Asssociate PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Programme group: Preventive Youth Care

Email: G.J.Overbeek@uva.nl

Prof. dr. K. R. (Richard) Ridderinkhof

Asssociate PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PhD Student: Lotte Brinkhof

Email: k.r.ridderinkhof@uva.nl

dr. S. R. (Susanne) de Rooij

Co-supervisor

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


PhD student: Hanan Bozhar


Email: s.r.derooij@amsterdamumc.nl

dr. A. (Anouk) Schrantee

Associate Post Doc

Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam UMC (location AMC), Radiology & Nuclear Medicine)

PhD Student: Amber

Email: a.g.schrantee@amsterdamumc.nl

dr. B. C. (Barbara) Schouten

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PI: Adapting and testing interventions for vulnerable groups, including ethnic minorities

PhD Student: Alessandra Mansueto

Email: B.C.Schouten@uva.nl

Prof. dr. K (Karien) Stronks

Principal Investigator

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

PI: Ethnicity and common mental health problems

PhD Student: Junus van der Wal

Email: k.stronks@amsterdamumc.nl

Junus van der Wal

PhD Candidate

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


Project Applicants: prof. dr. Claudi Bockting (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC); prof. dr. Karien Stronks (Amsterdam UMC, location AMC)


Project Team: dr. Mary Nicolaou, dr. Anja Lok, prof. dr. Claudi Bockting

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

Co-Director, Principal Investigator

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. V. (Vitor) Vasconcelos 

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Science, Institute for Advanced Studies

TT: Assistant Professor in Data-driven Systems Dynamics

Email: vvvasconcelos@gmail.com

dr. S. (Sanne) de Wit

Associte PI

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG-PSY

PhD student: Lotte Brinkhof

Email: S.deWit@uva.nl

dr. R. (Rixt) van der Veen

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Science, FNWI

​PI: The impact of (early) life experiences on coping in a complex environment

Email: r.vanderveen@uva.nl

dr. G. (Gerlieke) Veltkamp

Principal Investigator

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, FMG

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

Email: g.veltkamp@uva.nl

Anneke Vuuregge

PhD Candidate

PhD Project: Working Out Urban Stress

Project Applicants: assistant professor Joram Mul (FNWI-SILS); assistant professor Anouk Schrantee (Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC -Radiology & Nuclear Medicine)


Project Team: prof. dr. Paul Lucassen, prof. dr. Claudi Bockting

Ludo Westerveld

Coordinator

dr. A. (Alvin) Junus

PostDoc

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

Project: 

Email: a.junus@amsterdamumc.nl


Lisa Esquibel

Management assistant

UMH Management team


Email: assistent.umh@amsterdamumc.nl