
Helene Schroé
Profile
Helene Schroé received her Master’s Degree in Physical Education and Movement Sciences in 2016 at Ghent University. During her master years, she developed a profound interest in health promotion, in particular by increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behaviour. Helene is currently working as a PhD student under supervision of prof. dr. Geert Crombez and prof. dr. Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij. The first aim of her PhD project is to evaluate an e- and m-health intervention ‘MyPlan 2.0’ (website and app) to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in adults. She uses self-regulation theory to guide people in their behaviour change process. More specifically, Helene aims to investigate which self-regulation techniques determine the effectiveness of the e- and m-health intervention. The second aim of her PhD is to develop a more personalised e- and m-health intervention with the help of artificial intelligence and decision support systems. In order to do so, she collaborates with experts from Computer Science Engineering.
Interests
- Health promotion
- E- and m-Health
- Physical activity
- Sedentary behaviour
- Self-regulation theory
- Personalised interventions
- Artificial intelligence and decision support systems

Meet the team
Meet our enthousiastic and lively team of professors, post-doctoral researchers, phd students and research assistants
Fleur Baert
Fleur graduated as a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University.
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
Geert Crombez
Geert Crombez is Professor of Health Psychology in the Department of Experimental-Health Psychology at Ghent University.
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.