Sanne van Luenen is assistant professor in the Clinical Psychology unit at the Institute of Psychology. She also coordinates the Caring Universities project in Leiden.

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Sanne van Luenen is assistant professor in the Clinical Psychology unit at the Institute of Psychology. She also coordinates the Caring Universities project in Leiden.

Research on eHealth

Van Luenen is researching the effectiveness of eHealth interventions for mental health problems among students (within the Caring Universities project) and among people living with HIV (as a follow-up to her PhD research). Using these online interventions can improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accessibility of mental health care.   
eHealth has a number of advantages over face-to-face interventions. It reaches more people and allows them to work on their treatment at a time and place that is convenient for them.

eHealth in people with HIV and depressive symptoms

During her PhD, Van Luenen conducted a randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an online self-help programme for people with HIV and depressive symptoms. She is currently conducting follow-up research.

Caring Universities

Within Caring Universities, universities and colleges work together to identify and improve student well-being with specifically designed and supervised eHealth programmes. Within this project, Van Luenen conducts research, including into the effectiveness of the programmes and how the interventions can be improved.

Education

Van Luenen teaches within various courses at the bachelor's and master's level of (Clinical) Psychology. She also supervises students during their internships and thesis.

Short CV

Van Luenen completed a degree in nursing in 2006 and worked as a district nurse at ActiVite until 2014. In 2013, she obtained the Research Master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology at Leiden University.

From 2014 to 2019, she completed her PhD at Leiden University with a study on the effectiveness of an eHealth intervention for people with HIV and depressive symptoms. After this, she was a postdoc at Leiden University Medical Center and at Leiden University. Since 2020, she has been working as a lecturer and project manager at Leiden University, and since December 2022, Van Luenen has been an assistant professor at Leiden University.

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