Justine Vanbavinckhove
Status: PhD researcher
Justine obtained her Master of Science in Clinical Psychology at Ghent University in July 2022. During her studies and internship at a multidisciplinary pain center she became deeply interested in topics within the field of Health Psychology, particularly psychosocial influences on chronic pain and its broader impact on physical and mental wellbeing. Her master’s thesis focused on public stigma in the context of chronic pain and related gender differences.
In October 2022, Justine started working as a PhD researcher at Ghent University. Her doctoral research, supervised by her promotor Prof. Dr. Liesbet Goubert (department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology) and co-promotors Prof. Dr. Peter Pype (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) and Dr. Melissa Ceuterick, investigates opioid-related structural stigma in chronic pain management through an interdisciplinary perspective.