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Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands

▪ Involved in the national implementation of suicide prevention e-learning modules in clinical psychology training programmes in the Netherlands, in all four levels of clinical education (bachelor-level, master-level, healthcare psychologists [GZ psychologen] in training, clinical (neuro)psychologists [klinisch (neuro)psychologen] in training).▪ Responsible for setting up studies to investigate the impact of structural skills training on competence and confidence in suicide prevention… Show more ▪ Involved in the national implementation of suicide prevention e-learning modules in clinical psychology training programmes in the Netherlands, in all four levels of clinical education (bachelor-level, master-level, healthcare psychologists [GZ psychologen] in training, clinical (neuro)psychologists [klinisch (neuro)psychologen] in training).▪ Responsible for setting up studies to investigate the impact of structural skills training on competence and confidence in suicide prevention. Includes quantitative methods such as a multi-university randomised controlled trial as well as qualitative methods such as focus groups and semi-structured interviews.▪ Supervising two clinical psychology master students on their master theses on predictors of stress and low mood in university students. Show less

Gent Area, Belgium

Thesis title: "Self-other distinction after early trauma and maltreatment: A neurobehavioural investigation".▪ Doctoral thesis investigating psychosocial functioning in adult women who experienced childhood abuse, with a particular focus on mentalising (theory of mind, or perspective-taking), empathy, comorbid psychopathology, and resilience.▪ Greatly honed my writing and listening skills through writing scientific articles and blog posts, presenting posters at international… Show more Thesis title: "Self-other distinction after early trauma and maltreatment: A neurobehavioural investigation".▪ Doctoral thesis investigating psychosocial functioning in adult women who experienced childhood abuse, with a particular focus on mentalising (theory of mind, or perspective-taking), empathy, comorbid psychopathology, and resilience.▪ Greatly honed my writing and listening skills through writing scientific articles and blog posts, presenting posters at international conferences, and conducting research with a sensitive population, requiring strong interpersonal skills to help the participant feel relaxed and able to open up. ▪ Developed my programming skills (R, MATLAB, Bash scripting). Programmed data processing scripts for cleaning individual participant log files and converting them to a single easily-analysable text file (R); scripts for processing and analysing fMRI and psychophysiological interaction (PPI) data (MATLAB); and scripts for data management and processing diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and structural MRI data (Bash). ▪ Learned new data analysis software (SPM, FSL, FreeSurfer) and methods (MRI/DTI, network modelling, SEM, Bayesian, qualitative analysis methods). ▪ Supervised 7 masters students with their theses and 5 visiting research interns. Included teaching statistical data analysis and programming, training in the use of a structured psychodiagnostic interview (MINI), giving constructive feedback on writing, and handling conflicts. Show less

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

▪ Developed programming skills in Python and learned SQL. Wrote python scripts to e.g., simulate patient health data for internal testing and wrote SQL queries for handling of big data and creating dashboards.▪ Investigated idiographic statistical methods for data-driven personalised psychotherapy. Created an interactive R shiny app to dynamically present time series and network analyses of psychological symptoms to therapists and clients with suggestions of what symptoms to then target in… Show more ▪ Developed programming skills in Python and learned SQL. Wrote python scripts to e.g., simulate patient health data for internal testing and wrote SQL queries for handling of big data and creating dashboards.▪ Investigated idiographic statistical methods for data-driven personalised psychotherapy. Created an interactive R shiny app to dynamically present time series and network analyses of psychological symptoms to therapists and clients with suggestions of what symptoms to then target in psychotherapy. In addition, I attended a summer school on complexity science, where I learned about techniques such as: phase transitions for predicting changes in mental health status, time series analysis, and recurrence quantification analysis.▪ Member of the cross-team validation initiative, investigating efficacy of digital mental health modules. Responsible for data processing, analysis, and visualisation in python (pandas/scikit-learn/seaborn), including use of machine learning techniques such as (linear/logistic) regression and decision trees.▪ Worked on developing a python-based recommender system to recommend e-mental health modules based on collaborative filtering.▪ Trained in compliance with GDPR due to handling of sensitive medical data. Show less

Sydney, Australia

▪ Worked with Prof. Zachary Steel (Black Dog Institute) on a systematic review of the effects of childhood victimisation on adult mental health. ▪ Worked with Prof. Derrick Silove (Liverpool Hospital) on a project analysing relationships between fear and worry and PTSD symptoms in an epidemiological dataset of East Timorese war survivors.▪ Additionally supervised on own thesis project, investigating relationships between severity of PTSD symptoms, frequency of intrusive future-oriented… Show more ▪ Worked with Prof. Zachary Steel (Black Dog Institute) on a systematic review of the effects of childhood victimisation on adult mental health. ▪ Worked with Prof. Derrick Silove (Liverpool Hospital) on a project analysing relationships between fear and worry and PTSD symptoms in an epidemiological dataset of East Timorese war survivors.▪ Additionally supervised on own thesis project, investigating relationships between severity of PTSD symptoms, frequency of intrusive future-oriented thoughts, and specificity/quality of future imagery. Show less

St Andrews, Uk

▪ After completion of my undergraduate dissertation project on relationships between somatisation, alexithymia, and repression of anxiety, my supervisor expressed an interest in expanding the study.▪ Recruited participants and collected extra data.▪ Supervised three other research assistants who joined the project to help collect data.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Master Of Science (M.Sc.)

Master Of Arts (Hons.)

High School