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Lean Kramer, PhD

Lean Kramer, PhD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Professor Health Psychology and Technology @ UT

  • Education

    • Bornego College

      2007 - 2011
      Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (Havo) Economie & Maatschappij

    • Wageningen University & Research

      2018 - 2021
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Health Psychology

      Promoting health among older adults, especially regarding nutrition and loneliness, can contribute to an increase in healthy life years and life expectancy. eHealth services can be used as a tool to promote health. However, they are often not tailored and persuasive enough to be effective in changing lifestyle behaviors. Because all individuals have different needs and preferences, it is essential to understand what works for whom and why. Only then can effective eHealth tools be offered that… Show more Promoting health among older adults, especially regarding nutrition and loneliness, can contribute to an increase in healthy life years and life expectancy. eHealth services can be used as a tool to promote health. However, they are often not tailored and persuasive enough to be effective in changing lifestyle behaviors. Because all individuals have different needs and preferences, it is essential to understand what works for whom and why. Only then can effective eHealth tools be offered that, combined, support the health and the well-being of people in older age. This dissertation focused on a specific tool: the Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA). The aim was to provide insight into how to design and evaluate ECAs that support healthy living. Through a series of studies (co-design sessions with older adults, qualitative experiments, and an evaluation), we identified the different factors that explain ECAs potential success for healthy ageing. Show less

    • Hanze

      2011 - 2012
      Propedeuse Facility management

    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

      2015 - 2016
      Minor 5 Big Issues in Health

      Vijf belangrijke onderwerpen in de volksgezondheid werden besproken: gezondheid op het werk, seksuele gezondheid, lichaamsbeweging, voeding en drugs en verslaving. Elk vanuit verschillende standpunten: fysiologisch, psychologisch, maatschappelijk, sociaal-cultureel en ethisch.

    • Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

      2012 - 2016
      Bachelor's degree Psychologie

      See courses for an overview of all the courses I followed, see projects for the bachelor thesis.

    • University of Twente

      2016 - 2017
      Master's degree Health Psychology & Technology

      Health Psychology & Technology focuses on promoting healthy behaviour, adapting to illness, and improving care. The aim is to help use psychological insights to create innovative technological solutions (eHealth).See courses for an overview of all the courses I followed, see projects for the masterthesis.

  • Experience

    • UMCG

      Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
      Research intern

      I was involved in the evaluation pilot of the Tired-of-Cancer application, a program which support patients with cancer to learn to cope with their fatigue. The ToC application is part of the Health Psychology Research program, which aims to contribute to knowledge about psychological and social processes that enable or impede people’s adaptation to chronic somatic illness. As part of the internship, I also developed a protocol for the implementation and evaluation of logdata in eHealth applications. Show less

    • Viduet Health (formerly Medicine Men)

      Mar 2017 - Sept 2017
      Research Intern

      As part of my masterthesis I helped developing the platform Emma. Emma is an on online platform which aims to improve adherence and physical activity for people with different chronic illnesses. My role was to determine how behaviour change techniques can be implemented for the patient, as well as for the caregiver and care professional in order to develop a sustainable platform.

    • Wageningen University & Research

      Apr 2018 - Feb 2022

      My research mainly focuses on the development and evaluation of eHealth technologies to support health behavior change. As a PhD student I am working at the department Consumption and Healthy Lifestyles of the WUR. Here, I work together with an interdisciplinary team on a project called PACO. We design and evaluate an Embodied Conversational Agent for coaching community-dwelling elderly towards dietary behaviour change. We aim to gain fundamental insights into the acceptance, working mechanisms and persuasiveness of ECAs for health behavior change.

      • Researcher

        Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

      • PhD Student

        Apr 2018 - Nov 2021

    • University of Twente

      Feb 2022 - now
      Lecturer Health Pscyhology and Technology

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Good Clinical Practice (GCP-WMO)

      EMWO
      Oct 2018

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Research Assistent

      Issued by Rijksuniversiteit Groningen on Jan 2015
      Rijksuniversiteit GroningenAssociated with Lean Kramer, PhD