Below you can find my current research projects & topics. Click on a title to find out more.
Clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-P)
The CHR-P paradigm identifies individuals who show early signs of psychosis before a psychotic disorder develops, with the goal of predicting and preventing/delaying transition to psychosis.
Delineating psychosis & autism
Collective research efforts into the overlap & differences in neurobiological, cognitive and behavioural features along both the autism and psychosis spectrum.
Dopamine in social learning and decision making (So Dope)
To understand how dopaminergic dysfunction may shape social learning and decision-making, we study patients with Parkinson’s disease on and off dopaminergic medication.
Forensic Outpatient Cognitive Understanding Study (FOCUS)
The FOCUS study aims to map cognitive functioning in forensic outpatients and examine its associations with aggression and treatment outcomes.
Harmonising transdiagnostic and cross-cultural social cognition
Research to understand and optimize the use of social cognition measures across different clinical and cultural subpopulations.
NeuroImaging Correlates of Tobacco-smoking in Early psychosis (NICOTINE)
Study of the neurobiological underpinnings and consequences of smoking in early psychosis using longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data.
Prevention of mental health disorders in adults with autism
Project focused on mental healthcare use and prevention of relapse after treatment in (young) adults with autism.
Improving IPS interventions to help people with a serious mental illness find jobs. Together with clients and professionals, we create tools to make IPS more effective and accessible.