Lena De Bonte
Profile
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. Her master’s thesis in criminology was focused on the experiences of clients of opiate substitution treatments with intra-group stigma. Studying sociology allowed her to apply a health perspective to this subject and develop an interdisciplinary point of view. In the context of her master’s thesis in sociology, she investigated the discourse of pharmacists and general practitioners about clients of opiate substitution treatments.
In October 2023, Lena joined the Ghent Health Psychology Lab as a PhD student. Her doctoral research, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Liesbet Goubert and Dr. Melissa Ceuterick, centers on healthcare providers' viewpoints regarding the utilization of opioid medication and the associated social stigma related to opioids in the broader population. Mixed methods will be applied to attain an in-depth insight into opioid-related public and provider stigma through an interdisciplinary perspective. This research project will be conducted in close collaboration with Dr. Fleur Baert and Justine Vanbavinckhove.
Interests
- Health psychology
- Public and provider stigma
- Opioid medication
- Chronic pain
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
Melissa Ceuterick
Melissa Ceuterick is a postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University
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.
