Research Group

Research Group “Living together with cancer”

The research group “Living together with cancer”  is multidisciplinary with psychologists, physicians, speech therapists, linguists, epidemiologists, e-health experts, communication scientists, health scientists, and a theologian.

The group consists of the chair Professor Irma Verdonck-de Leeuw, senior researcher Femke Jansen, assistant professor Karen Holtmaat, biostatisticus Birgit Lissenberg-Witte, Sandra Biemans (secretary) and 4 junior researchers (PhD students). See also tabs on the right.
For more information about the researchers who obtained their PhD degree, see tab PhDs.

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NEWSFLASHES

  • October 28, 2024 Zihao defended his thesis “Emotional Support and Mental Health: Investigating Interpersonal Emotion Regulation in Chinese and Dutch Contexts”, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam...

  • June 3, 2024 Lonneke Wijnhoven defended her thesis “Screening and diagnosing adjustment disorder after cancer diagnosis and treatment” verdedigd. RadboudUMC. prof dr JH Prins, prof dr IM Verdonck-de Leeuw, dr J Custers, dr F Jansen....

  • June 29, 2023 Angelina Santoso defended her thesis “Sleep quality in head and neck cancer patients“, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam...