Nina Kupper Ph.D. is associate professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Before her appointment at Tilburg University she worked at the Georgia Prevention Institute, Georgia Regents University, Augusta (GA), US.

Dr. Kupper received her Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2005), focusing on the behavioral genetics of ambulatory cardiovascular functioning. Since then, her research career has centered on explanatory mechanisms in behavioral cardiology.

Currently, Dr. Kupper investigates individual differences in association with stress physiological mechanisms in patients with heart disease. At the moment, several studies are running (THORESCI, PSYCHE) in which she investigates psychological risk and protection factors and related biobehavioral mechanisms in association with cardiovascular disease progression after percutaneous coronary intervention.

With respect to the educational program at Tilburg University, Dr. Kupper lectures in the Medical Psychology master program, and the Individual Differences & Assessment Research Master. 

Dr. Kupper is actively involved in the field of Psychosomatic Medicine, being associate editor at Biopsychosocial Science & Medicine (previously Psychosomatic Medicine) and serving on the editorial board of General Hospital Psychiatry. 

Completed advisorship (promotor): 

        Stefanie Duijndam (2020), Sophie van den Houdt (2024).

Ongoing advisorship (promotor): 

        Manon Enting, Carmen Nimtz, Ellen Boumans, Charlotte Verhagen, Abbie Bailey

Completed co-advisor (co-promotor) of:

Robert Smith (2009), Hester Duivis (2012), Madelein Hoogwegt (2014), Dionne Kessing (2015), Eveline van Montfort (2018), Paul Lodder (2023), Saar van Pottelberghe (2025)

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