معرفی
Frederick Daenen is a postdoctoral researcher at the End-Of-Life Care Research Group of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) since March 2023, focusing on palliative care integration in clinical settings. He holds a PhD in Psychology from Ghent University (2022) and master’s degrees in Psychology: Theory & Research (2017) and Philosophy (2015) from KU Leuven. His work spans pain-related injustice mechanisms in children, advance care planning, and existential care for COPD patients.
- Education:
- PhD in Psychology, Ghent University (2022)
- MSc in Psychology: Theory & Research, KU Leuven (2017)
- MA in Philosophy, KU Leuven (2015)
Research Interests: His work combines health psychology with existential care, emphasizing social justice in pain perception, advance care planning in hematology, and physician end-of-life preferences. Key themes include:
- Pain-related injustice in pediatric populations
- Existential and emotional dimensions of palliative care
- Clinical implementation of palliative models in COPD and hematology
- Relationship between just-world beliefs and pain outcomes
Projects: Active in EU PAL-COPD (international stepped wedge RCT) and COFII (palliative care integration in oncology). Collaborates on PROPEL studies across Europe, North America, and Australia.
Publications: 9 peer-reviewed articles and datasets on child pain injustice, physician end-of-life practices, and palliative care implementation. Top keywords from Scopus-indexed works: Pain (100%), Advance Care Planning (81%), Chronic Pain (56%), Hematology (13%).
