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Vera Bouwman is a dedicated researcher and PhD candidate at Utrecht University's Department of Clinical Psychology within the Social and Behavioural Sciences faculty since September 2020. Her work is centered at the Martinus J. Langeveld Building (Heidelberglaan 1, Room H1.29) where she conducts cutting-edge research on anxiety disorders and treatment response prediction.
Her educational background includes a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology (2016) and a Research Master's degree in Social and Health Psychology earned cum laude (2018), both from Utrecht University. Following her studies, she gained valuable research experience as a research assistant (2018-2019) in the Experimental Psychopathology lab.
Bouwman's research focuses on implementing experimental approaches to predict anxiety-related treatment response through dynamical system models. Her work aims to identify dynamic early warning signals that indicate individual readiness for change, with the ultimate goal of understanding why and when psychological change is most likely to occur in clinical settings. This innovative approach bridges theoretical models with practical clinical applications.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent focus on fear generalization, anxiety disorders, and emotional memory modification. Her research shows a clear trajectory toward developing predictive models for treatment response, with increasing sophistication in methodology from her early work on memory modification through to her current focus on dynamical systems approaches to anxiety treatment.
Bouwman's research is supported by significant funding, currently working on a NWO VIDI grant awarded to Dr. Elske Salemink for the project 'Time for change. Sensitivity to experimental perturbations as a predictor of anxiety improvement in treatment'. Previously, her work contributed to a NWO VICI grant awarded to Prof. Dr. Iris Engelhard.
She is supervised by an esteemed team including Dr. Elske Salemink (primary supervisor), Prof. Dr. Iris Engelhard, and Dr. Lynn Mobach. Her work is closely associated with the Experimental Psychopathology lab at Utrecht University, where she continues to develop her expertise in experimental approaches to understanding and treating anxiety disorders.
