Sanne Booij

Dr. Sanne Booij is a researcher at the University of Groningen, affiliated with the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Medical Sciences. She holds a PhD and is a senior researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation. Her work focuses on stress, psychological resilience, depression, and mental health interventions. She has supervised multiple PhD students and contributed to projects like the MIRORR study and lifestyle interventions for severe mental illness. Key awards include the BCN Research School Summary Prize (2017) and the BCN PhD Research Grant (2010).

Education: BSc from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; MSc and PhD from University of Groningen (2015). Research interests include daily-life stress biomarkers, resilience measurement, and virtual reality therapy for psychosis. Recent projects examine stress reactivity, multidomain lifestyle interventions, and predictive clinical models. Awards reflect contributions to lay summaries and thesis excellence.

Publications highlight clinical applications, such as latent class analysis in psychiatric populations and pilot trials for lifestyle interventions. Her work integrates actigraphy, cortisol dynamics, and digital tools to assess mental health outcomes. Supervision includes projects on symptom networks, circadian rhythms, and depression recurrence. Collaborations span international teams and interdisciplinary approaches.