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Maartje Basten is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is a psychologist and epidemiologist with a keen interest in mental health across the life course, specifically focusing on emotional and behavioral problems in preschool children and dementia in the elderly. She utilizes data from prospective cohort studies to explore longitudinal trends in mental health and the risk and protective factors associated with mental health issues, as well as their link to physical health. Maartje has a diverse educational background, with master's degrees in Human Movement Sciences and Clinical Psychology from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and she completed her PhD at the Erasmus UMC Rotterdam, focusing on the co-occurrence of internalizing and externalizing problems in preschool children. Her past research includes examining the long-term consequences of preterm birth on academic abilities and socioeconomic outcomes in adulthood. Currently, she leads the COvid-19 measures Child Outcomes (COCO) project, investigating the medium-term impacts of COVID-19 measures on the health and development of preschool children. She is also involved in teaching activities, coordinating courses in methodology and applied biostatistics for the premaster program in Health Sciences.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.