Anne Marije Kaag

Anne Marije Kaag is an Assistant Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences and the Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology. She is also associated with the IBBA research group and the Gender research network at VU.

• Research Focus: Sex/gender differences in addiction (alcohol, cannabis, behavioral addictions), neuroimaging (MRI/fMRI), physiological biomarkers (HRV, skin conductance), and novel interventions (3MDR, deep TMS).
• Education: PhD in Addiction and Psychiatric Disorders, with emphasis on gender bias in research.
• Recent Publications: Explored alcohol cue-reactivity, cannabis-brain connectivity links, transgender treatment barriers, brain-age gaps in addiction, and 3MDR smoking cessation protocols.

Scientific Awards:

• Distinguished Women In Science Travel Fund (2018)
• Young Investigator Grant (2022)
• ZonMw Gender in Health Fellowship (2019)
• ZonMw Gender in Research Award (2019)
• ZonMW GGZ Research Fellowship (2021)

Teaching includes courses like Research Tool Kit and Neuropsychiatry. She supervises bachelor’s and master’s theses on substance use disorders and gender differences in mental health.