Peter de Jonge

Peter de Jonge was trained as a clinical psychologist and psychometrician and received his Ph.D. in Psychiatry in 1999. He was appointed Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the University Medical Center Groningen in 2008 and Professor and Head of Developmental Psychology at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands in 2016. He has (co-)authored over 280 papers and supervised more than 30 Ph.D. theses. His areas of interest include depression and anxiety, psychopathology in lifespan...See more

Peter de Jonge was trained as a clinical psychologist and psychometrician and received his Ph.D. in Psychiatry in 1999. He was appointed Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the University Medical Center Groningen in 2008 and Professor and Head of Developmental Psychology at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands in 2016. He has (co-)authored over 280 papers and supervised more than 30 Ph.D. theses. His areas of interest include depression and anxiety, psychopathology in lifespan perspective and psychiatric co-morbidity. He is founder of the project 'HowNutsAreTheDutch?' and he has received several research grants and prizes, including the prestigious VICI award on 'Deconstructing Depression'. See less