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Wendy Janssens is a Full Professor in Development Economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Research Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. She serves as the director of the HERA institute for Health Economics Research Amsterdam and is an academic board member at the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health Development. Her research focuses on using mobile technology to advance universal health coverage for mothers and children in Kenya, alongside evaluating maternal mental health interventions. Janssens has been awarded numerous research grants, including studies on digital finance and women's empowerment, social norms related to child marriage in Pakistan, and health insurance interaction with microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa. She has extensive experience in designing and coordinating multidisciplinary research programs that offer policy advice to both national and international organizations, such as Oxfam Novib and the World Bank. Her extensive publications and contributions span various topics, including access to healthcare, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and the role of gender in decision-making within households.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.