prof. dr. R.A. (Robert) Schoevers

PhD projects, with (expected) year of promotion

Version: May 2025

1. Celien Tigchelaar: "Liquid Gold", RUG, 2nd promotor (2025)
2. Sanne Apeldoorn “Oral ketamine for Treatment Resistant Depression” RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
3. Mike Jentsch: "Biomarker panel research and development for MDD diagnostics", RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
4. Jolien Veraart; “ketamine for depression; mechanisms”, RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
5. Astrid Lugtenburg; “depression and cognitive decline” RUG, 2nd promotor (2025)
6. David Wedema; "Storytelling and Training to Advance Individual Recovery Skills", RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
7. Gerben Ruesink; “the pleasure circle; a neurobiological view”, 1st promotor, (2026)
8. Annemiek Kamstra: "Is residential dialectical behaviour therapy and prolonged exposure (DBT-PE) (cost)effective for patients with severe PTSD and co-morbid (personality)disorders?", RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
9. Jurriaan Strous: "ketamine for suicidality; markers and mechanisms" (2026)
10. Gijs Roelandt: "ketamine for suicidality; clinical aspects" (2027)
11. Martijn Godschalk: "oral esketamine versus ECT for patients with treatment resistant depression" (2027)
12. Rosalie Fleurbaaij: "oral esketamine versus ECT for patients with treatment resistant depression" (2027)
13. Juliana Lima Constantino; "using real world data to improve the outcome of depression treatments" (2027)
14. Sara Massetti: “mechanisms of antidepressant treatment, a cross-species perspective” (2028)
15. Juliana Dean: "predicting the course of depression in clinical care" (2028)
16. Rutger Boesjes: "sleep and depression; clinical and preclinical studies" (2028).
17. Stephan Tap: “psychedelic assisted treatment for end-of-life distress” (2028)
18. Akib Khan: “mechanisms of psychedelic-assisted treatments (2029)
19. FINISHED PROJECTS FROM HERE.......... Joost Breeksema: "Exploring inner depths: a qualitative investigation of patients’ lived experiences with psychedelic treatments of depression” RUG, 1st promotor (2024)
20. Stella Druiven “Chronotype, depression, and circadian treatment strategies: Bridging the gap between epidemiology and clinical practice” RUG, 1st promotor (2025)
21. Lino von Klipstein “The experience sampling method in mental health care: integrating research and practice” RUG, 2nd promotor (2024)
22. Julian Burger: "the future of case formulation in clinical psychology", RUG, 2nd promotor, 2023 (cum laude)
23. Ernst Horwitz “Boundaries, transitions: Autism Spectrum Disorder in adolescents and adults” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2023
24. Madelien van de Beek “Mental health problems in Moroccan-Dutch people: a mixed-methods study into social determinants, experiences and explanations” RUG, 1st promotor, 2022
25. Date van der Veen “Anxiety in late-life depression” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2022
26. Kaying Kan “Going beyond cost-effectiveness: analyzing routine mental healthcare data and stakeholders' perspectives to improve depression care” RUG, 1st promotor, 2021
27. Anouk de Wit “Can hormones get you down? studies on sex steroids and depression” RUG, 1st promotor, 2021 (cum laude)
28. Lian Beijers "Parsing the heterogeneity of Major Depression: Biological subtyping and other statistical approaches to unravel the causes of Major Depression" RUG, 1st promotor, 2021
29. Iris Jonker “Inflammation as a transdiagnostic factor in the development of psychopathology and somatic symptoms” RUG, 1st promotor, 2021
30. Petra Havinga; "Breaking the cycle? intergenerational transmission of depression/anxiety and opportunities for interventions" RUG, 1st promotor, 2020
31. Dennis Raven; "Where’s the need? the use of specialist mental health services in adolescence and young adulthood" RUG, 2nd promotor, 2020
32. Hanneke Geugies “Learning from reward and prediction: insights in mechanisms related to recurrence vulnerability and non-response in depression” RUG, 1st promotor, 2020
33. Ella Bekhuis “A body-mind map: epidemiological and clinical aspects of the relation between somatic, depressive and anxiety symptomatology” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2020 (cum laude)
34. Ans Hovenkamp-Hermelink “The long-term course of anxiety disorders: An epidemiological perspective” RUG, 1st promotor, 2020
35. Stefan Knapen “Rhythm & Blues” RUG, 1st promotor, 2019
36. Anne van Gils “Developing e-health applications to promote a patient-centered approach to medically unexplained symptoms” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2019
37. Huifang Yin “Epidemiology and treatment of mental disorders in a rapidly developing urban region in China: a study of prevalence, risk factors and e-applications” RUG, 1st promotor, 2019
38. Chengao Yang "An inflamed mood: studies on the role of inflammation in the pathophysiology and treatment outcome of major depressive disorder", RUG, 1st promotor, 2019
39. Claudia van Borkulo " Symptom network models in depression research" RUG, 1st promotor, 2018 (cum laude)
40. Marije Swets “Obsessive compulsive symptoms in psychotic disorders” UVA Amsterdam, 2nd promotor, 2018
41. Mia Scheffers; “Body image, psychopathology and psychomotor therapy” 2018 RUG, 1st promotor.
42. Karlijn Becking “MDD, Bipolar depression and inflammatory dysregulation” RUG, 1st promotor, 2018
43. Katelijne van Emmerik – van Oortmerssen “ADHD and Substance Use Disorder” RUG, 1st promotor, 2018
44. Sjoerd van Belkum; “Neuromodulation and depression” RUG, 1st promotor, 2018
45. Anne Looijmans; “Lifestyle interventions in psychiatry” RUG, 1st promotor, 2018
46. Mirjam Simoons ”Monitoring Outcomes of Psychiatric Pharmacotherapy (MOPHAR)” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2018
47. Koen Hogenelst “Serotonin manipulations and social behavior” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2017
48. Erin van Buel “Towards a neurobiological view of depression” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2017
49. Tjalling Holwerda “Loneliness, depression and mortality” Amsterdam VU, 1st promotor, 2017
50. Hanna van Loo; “Data-driven subtypes of major depressive disorder”, RUG, 1st promotor, 2015 (cum laude)
51. Radboud Marijnissen "The weight of subclinical vascular disease & neuroticism in late-life depression, RUG, 2nd promotor, 2014
52. Marrit de Boer “Antipsychotic treatment and sexual functioning: From mechanisms to clinical practice” RUG, 1st promotor, 2014
53. Nadine Troquete “START-ing Risk Assessment and Shared Care Planning in Out-patient Forensic Psychiatry.: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial” RUG, 2nd promotor, 2014
54. Jaap Peen “Mental health and urbanization: An investigation of urban-rural and innner-city differences in psychiatric morbidity” Amsterdam VU, copromotor, 2009
55. Henricus Van “Exploring predictive factors in the treatment of major depression” Amsterdam VU, copromotor, 2008
56. Saskia de Maat “On the effectiveness of psychoanalytic psychotherapy” Amsterdam VU, copromotor, 2007  
57. Simone Kool “Comorbidity of Major Depression and Personality Disorders” Amsterdam UVA, copromotor, 2005