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Tine Vervoort

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Tine Vervoort is an Associate Research Professor at the Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology. Dr. Vervoort came to her career as a research psychologist interested in pediatric psychology with a background in psychiatric (child/adolescent) nursing (BSc — 1998) and clinical psychology (MSc — 2003). She became intrigued in pediatric pain research during her clinical psychology internship (2001) at the Bath Centre for Pain Services (UK) where she worked on a newly developed adolescent chronic pain programme. Having completed her PhD in clinical psychology on social determinants of child pain expression (2008 — Ghent University) she has systematically conceptualized the dynamic interaction between children in pain and caregivers in terms that facilitate empirical study of family socialization and social context as determinants of child pain experience. Drawing upon an affective-motivational account of pain, she has developed a theoretically integrative and clinically informative program of research addressing:

  1. (social) determinants of child pain expression and experience;
  2. the role and interrelationship of child pain-related attention and memory biases;
  3. the role of observer pain-related appraisals and emotion regulation in understanding observers' emotional and behavioural responses
  4. mechanisms underlying racial and gender/sex disparities in (child) pain care;

Dr. Vervoort has an extensive network of national and international collaborations in Canada (IWK Children's Hospital in Halifax; University of (Northern) British Columbia, Vancouver; University of Guelph; University of Calgary; Alberta Children's hospital research institute), the United States (University of Indianapolis), the UK (Oxford University) and elsewhere. Her work has been presented at numerous international congresses and published within internationally peer-reviewed papers. She is likewise the recipient of a number of prestigious national and international awards/grants including the EFIC Grünenthal Award (EGG — 2009) for innovative and exploratory clinical pain research, the IASP Ulf Lindblom Young Investigator Award (2014) for outstanding contributions to clinical pain research and the the Early Career Grant of the IASP Pain in Childhood (2019). She also coordinates and works as clinical psychologist within her own multidisciplinary clinical practice PRAKTIJK50. She is also the proud mother of 4 boys.

Interests

  • Interpersonal dynamics of pain
  • Children
  • Parents
  • Emotion (regulation)
  • Empathy
  • Memory bias
  • Attention bias
  • Disparities in pain care
  • Racism
  • Gender/sex
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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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Ama Kissi

Ama Kissi obtained her PhD in clinical psychology under the supervision of Prof. dr. Geert Crombez, Prof. dr. Jan De Houwer, and Dr. Sean Hughes.
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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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Sarah Maes

Sarah Maes graduated as MSc in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University, obtained a degree in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Cognitive Therapy in the same year and a degree in Clinical Neuropsychology.
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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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Aline Wauters

Aline obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University. During her law studies at Ghent University, Aline gradually became more interested in theories on interpersonal dynamics and psychology.

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