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Sarah Maes

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Sarah Maes graduated as MSc in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University in 2009, obtained a degree in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Therapy in the same year and a degree in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2013. In the first ten years of her career, she worked as a clinical psychologist in a hospital as well as in a primary care practice, this in combination with giving mindfulness group training. In 2019 she started working as an assistant in the Ghent Health Psychology Lab, where she combines teaching, doctoral research and clinical work. She shares a mutual interest with her supervisor Stefaan Van Damme and co-supervisor Dimitri Van Ryckeghem in the underlying mechanisms of fatigue since it proved a difficult problem to treat in the patients she encountered.

Specifically, we have two objectives in this doctoral project. First, we aim to investigate if, regardless of the medical condition in which fatigue emerges, similar motivational underlying processes are at play. Also, the impact of executive control potentially moderating the association between motivation and fatigue will be investigated, and we will control for the effects of illness characteristics. Second, we aim to examine the content of self-report instruments typically used to assess fatigue in chronic medical conditions.

Interests

  • Medical psychology and motivational processes in fatigue
  • Neuropsychology
  • Clinical psychology
  • ACT and mindfulness
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Fleur Baert

Fleur graduated as a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University.
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Maya Braun

Maya obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University. After collecting experience in different areas of psychology during her student jobs, internships and theses, she joined the Health Psychology Lab of Ghent University as a doctoral student
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Melissa Ceuterick

Melissa Ceuterick is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University
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Geert Crombez

Geert Crombez is Professor of Health Psychology in the Department of Experimental-Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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Lena De Bonte

Lena obtained a Master of Science in criminological sciences (2021) and sociology (2023) from Ghent University. During her Bachelor's studies, she developed a keen interest in opioid use and the related stigma
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Marie De Breucker

I obtained my Master of Science in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology at Ghent University in 2021. During my six month research internship at the Ghent Experimental Psychiatry Lab, where I investigated an attentional bias to food in patients with anorexia nervosa, my interest in research was further enhanced, especially involving clinical populations.
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Annick De Paepe

Annick De Paepe is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Geert Crombez and Prof. Dr. Delfien Van Dyck at the Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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Britt Di Vita

Britt obtained a BSc degree in Speech and Language Pathology (2019), followed by a MSc degree in Theoretical and Experimental Psychology (2023) from Ghent University.
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Liesbet Goubert

Liesbet Goubert is Full Professor of Clinical Health Psychology in the Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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Laura Maenhout

Laura obtained a Master's degree in Educational Sciences, main subject Special Education, Disability Studies and Behavioural Disorders at Ghent University.
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Eleana Pinto

Eleana obtained her master degree in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation at the University of Padova (Italy). During her studies, she did her internship at the Neuroscience of Movement Lab (NEMO Lab, University of Padova).
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Emma Tack

Emma is a doctoral student at the Health Psychology Lab of Ghent University and the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy at the University of Antwerp.
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Marthe Tulpin

Marthe obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University. Her interest in the field of health psychology roots from the beginning of her studies, but deepened during working on her master’s thesis under supervision of prof. dr. Liesbet Goubert and prof. dr. Eline Van Hoecke.
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Maité Van Alboom

Maité graduated as a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University. During her studies she became increasingly interested in the field of Health Psychology.
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Justine Vanbavinckhove

Justine obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University in July 2022. During her studies and internship at a multidisciplinary pain center she became deeply interested in topics within the field of Health Psychology
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Gunther Van Bost

Gunther completed his Master in Science of Psychology at the University of Leuven. He did his internship at the University Hospital of Leuven under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Vandenbussche.
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Stefaan Van Damme

Stefaan Van Damme is Associate Professor in the Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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Marthe Van Overbeke

Marthe obtained her Master of Science in rehabilitation sciences and physiotherapy, in both musculoskeletal and internal disorders from Ghent University.
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Dimitri Van Ryckeghem

Dimitri Van Ryckeghem is a visiting professor in the Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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Elke Veirman

Elke Veirman obtained her Phd in clinical psychology, entitled 'Emotional intelligence in children and adolescents: in search of a theoretical framework and improved assessment methods.'

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