Team People and Well-being

Tim Vanhoomissen (Phd) is experienced as a researcher within Social Psychology & Environmental Psychology. He is currently research manager of the People and Well-being Research Group.

Tom Van Daele (PhD) is research coordinator Psychology and technology in the People and Well-being research group. As a clinical psychologist, he conducts research on the added value of technology within mental health care.

Dorien Vandenborre (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher at the People and Well-being Expertise Centre since 2015. She has expertise in neurogenic communication disorders and qualitative research (in-depth interviews).

Wessel van de Veerdonk (Msc) is research coordinator for Prevention and empowerment in the Human and Welfare Research Group. His research focus is currently on optimal preventive health care specifically for people with reduced access.

Elias Bosteels (MSc) has been valorisation officer in the People and Wellbeing research group since 2022. He has expertise in clinical neuropsychology and child and adolescent psychology.

Fien Buelens (MSc) is a researcher and business developer in the People and Well-being research group, research line Psychology and technology. From her expertise, she facilitates the connection between research and practice.

Karolien Adriaens (PhD) is a researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Safeguarding Sport & Society.  As a clinical psychologist she is working on  research projects on harassment and abuse in sports and child maltreatment

Ivo Frans Bernaerts is a psychologist-researcher with a PhD in participation and co-determination at the Open University of the Netherlands. His research focuses, among other things, on the development of psychodiagnostic tools.

Sylvie Bernaerts (PhD) is a researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Psychology and technology. Her areas of expertise are immersive technology and artificial intelligence in (mental) health care.

Isabelle Cuykx (Communication Sciences - Msc) is a researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group, research line Prevention and empowerment. Her work includes the project 'Immersive Technology in Healthcare Training'.

Annelies De Bruyne is a researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group, research line Prevention and empowerment. She works at the interface between formal and informal care, and wants to contribute to the socialization of care.

Mieke Decuyper (PhD) his a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research, research line Safeguarding Sport & Society. She has expertise in personality diagnostics and the development and standardisation of psychodiagnostic instruments.

Remko De Duytsche is a researcher the research group People and Well-being, research line Prevention and empowerment. From his expertise as a nurse and teacher, he collaborates on the project Immersive Technology in Healthcare Training.

Ann De Mey (MScN) is a researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group, research line Prevention and empowerment. From her expertise in health care, she collaborates on the research project 'Samen aan Z'.

Wendy de Vaal is a researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Prevention and empowerment. Her focus is currently on “Samen aan Z,” an Interreg Flanders-Netherlands research project.

Nele De Witte (PhD) is a researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Psychology and technology. Her areas of expertise include wearables and XR. She is also the scientific coordinator of LiCalab.

Wendy D'haenens (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2016. She is an expert in subjective and objective evaluation of hearing, (classroom) acoustics and ICF (WHO) applications within speech therapy

Kurt Eggers has a BA in medicine, MA in speech therapy and audiology and PhD in biomedical sciences (KULeuven) and Developmental Psychology (U Tilburg). He is a researcher/teacher of stuttering and brodling at Thomas More.

Astrid is a researcher (PhD) in language and reading didactics and has a passion for everything to do with early literacy and early reading. Since 2006, she has actively sought to bridge the gap between scientific research and educational practice.

Noortje Hermans (MSc), as a Neuro- and Rehabilitation Psychologist within the People and Well-being Research Group, takes a closer look at neuropsychological diagnostic tools.

Steven Joris (MSc) has been a researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2017. He has expertise in diagnostics, test psychology and mental health policy.

Annelies Labaere is a speech therapist and lecturer at Thomas More Antwerp. Together with a team of enthusiastic colleagues, she shapes the voice and speech curricula, coordinates the postgraduate voice course and also conducts research.

Felien Laureys has been part of the People and Well-being research group since early 2023. She co-supports a project on violence and transgressive behaviour in (adult) athletes within the research line on transgressive behaviour.

Heleen Leysen (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group since 2014. She has expertise in language development disorders in multilingual children.

Joanna Maranhão is a guest Researcher in the research group People and Well-being, research line 'Safeguarding Sport & Society'. 

Charlotte Mostaert (MSc) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-Being Research Group since 2010. She has expertise in language development disorders and multilingualism.

Sabine Nelis has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group since 2018

Kirsten Schraeyen (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the Human and Well-being Research Group since 2004. She has expertise in oral and written language development disorders in a multilingual context.

Researchers

Jorien Smets holds a PhD from KU Leuven and wrote a doctoral thesis on 'cognitive processes in depression and post-traumatic stress disorder'. As a researcher, she was involved in several projects of the expertise centre People and Well-being.

Marlies Tierens (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2012. She has expertise in intelligence measurement, cognitive (highly) giftedness, test development and adaptation.

Eva Van Assche (PhD) is a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group, research line Psychology and technology. She focuses on how digital technologies (e.g., applications, websites) can contribute to mental health care.

Liesbet Van Bos is a researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group, research line Prevention and empowerment. Her focus is currently on co-creative research.

Jean-Philippe van Dijck (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2016. He has expertise in cognitive skills, mathematical skills and cognitive neuropsychology.

Sabine Van Eerdenbrugh (PhD) has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2014. An expert in stuttering, she is a member of the international LPTC and EBPracticeNet (Cebam).

Dinska Van Gucht (PhD) has worked as a lecturer within the Applied Psychology programme since 2013 and teaches General Psychology and Health Psychology.

Marlon Van Loo is a researcher in the People and Well-being Research Group, research line Prevention and empowerment.

Lieve Van Nieuwenhuysen is a researcher with the research group People and Well-being, research line Prevention and empowerment. From her expertise, she focuses on the interface between formal and informal care.

Cédric Vanneste is part of the People and Well-being research group. He participates in research on transgressive behaviour within various contexts. Within the scope of undergraduate theses, he supervises research on exhibitionism, among others.

Katrijn Van Parijs has been a lecturer-researcher in the People and Well-being research group since 2013. She has expertise in diagnostics, test psychology, intelligence and neuropsychology.

Helena Verhelle is a researcher in the research group People and Well-being, research line Safeguarding Sport & Society. She focusses on the prevalence and prevention of harassment and abuse in sports and higher eduction. 

Tine Vertommen (PhD) is research coordinator of Safeguarding Sport & Society  in the People and Well-being research group. As a criminologist she conducts research on the prevalence and prevention of harassment and abuse in sports.