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Wendy Albers is a Researcher at Tranzo within the TS Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University. She holds a hospitality contract indicating active research engagement. Her work focuses on addressing victimization and its impact on societal participation among individuals with severe mental illness, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being. Albers completed her doctoral thesis in 2025 titled Beyond victimization: Understanding and addressing victimization and discrimination as barriers to societal participation of individuals with severe mental illness.
Research Interests: Her expertise spans mental health interventions, victimization mitigation, and strategies to enhance social participation for marginalized populations. Key areas include process evaluations of assertive community treatments, risk management for vulnerable groups, and the design of patient-centered interventions.
Publications: Her recent work emphasizes empirical studies on victimization reduction, including a cluster randomized controlled trial (2021) and a process evaluation (2022) of new interventions. These studies highlight her focus on translating research into actionable healthcare practices.
Collaborations: Albers frequently collaborates with institutions on interdisciplinary projects, presenting at both scientific and professional conferences. Her activities include speaking engagements on recovery perspectives post-supported accommodation and profiling victimization dynamics in mental health contexts.
Labs/Teams: Engaged in Tranzo’s research initiatives, she contributes to teams advancing mental health equity and participatory research methodologies. Her work bridges clinical practice and community-based interventions to improve societal inclusion for individuals with severe mental illness.
