🚨 Exciting news: the protocol paper of our prospective cohort study has just been published! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... A short thread about the background, aim and methods of our study 🧵:

The coffee read: #Nederland #Universiteit #AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #HogerOnderwijs www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

Exciting news: the TIDE study, my study about premenstrual exacerbation (PME) of depression, has started! In the coming year, we aim to include 60 participants with depression and a regular menstrual cycle to examine the prevalence and trajectories of PME in depression. 📈👩🏼‍🏫

This paper is a great read! It addresses the overlap between mental health and reproductive changes in women/females thoughout the lifespan, while addressing the role of biological factors, stigma and social factors. Very necessary in the current climate📄👏🏻! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A very fun discovery today: while ago I contributed to a local newspaper article about contraceptive choices, and apparently the newspaper printed the article with its (gorgeous) cover art as part of a promo on an Amsterdam tram! Love to see it @parool.nl

Our talented interns turned one of our recent papers into this nice infographic🤩. Check it out!

On 15 April we delivered our petition and letter to Dutch parliamentarians: stand up against censorship of sex, gender and diversity in health research and education, and protect gender- and diversity-sensitive healthcare! #Science4EveryBody @smoertelt.bsky.social @hormonogo.bsky.social

Our project is now on BlueSky @affirmrelation.bsky.social! Be sure to follow so you can stay up to date on our projects on gender-affirming hormones, social health and well-being🥳🏳️‍⚧️

Inexplicably, US administration has launched an unprecedented assault on science, on research institutions & on vital international organizations & initiatives. An assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere; the global community must unite 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We did a thing today….have a look at our opinion piece in @volkskrant.nl today with a lost of more than 300 first supporters. We need to protect the focus on #sex and #gender in #healthcare everywhere! #WomenInStem @radboudumc.bsky.social

We (a group of Dutch researchers) wrote an opinion article calling to protect academic freedom and research on sex and gender. The article was co-signed by over 300 academics, healthcare professionals and stakeholders, and it was published in a national newspaper (de Volkskrant) today!

ATTENTION: ALL JOURNAL EDITORS. Have the courage that Jocalyn Clark and Kamran Abbasi at the BMJ have displayed here. Call all this out for what it is. And then refuse to comply. www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Hi all, I finally moved to Bluesky 👋! I am a Postdoctoral researcher at the Amsterdam UMC, at the Department of Medical Psychology, with a specific interest in the effects of gonadal hormones on well-being. I'll introduce my research and work 🧵: