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Maya Braun, Postdoctoral Researcher
JMaya studied clinical psychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Ghent University (2015 – 2020), and is studying statistical data analysis at Ghent University (2021-). She defended her dissertation titled “Personalized recommendations beyond the black box: the development and evaluation of an ontology of action and coping plans for physical activity.” at Ghent University in June 2024, obtaining her interdisciplinary PhD in Psychology and Computer Science Engineering.
After finishing her PhD, she continued to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ghent Health Psychology lab. Her research interests focus on (health) behaviour change, digital health and personalization, and the definition and measurement of psychological constructs.
Maya joined the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care at the University of Zurich in October 2024 as a postdoctoral researcher, where she will work on the APRICOT project. The aim of this project is to expand the existing behaviour change intervention ontology, and develop tools and resources to build adoption of and engagement wit the ontology.
Fun fact: I make my own jewellery, and especially earrings – and I almost never wear any that I haven’t made myself! 🙂
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