Research output per year
Research output per year
prof.dr.
Warandelaan 2, Tias Building, room T 503
5037 AB Tilburg
Netherlands
Research activity per year
Willem J. (Wijo) Kop, Ph.D. is Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. Until 2010 he was the Director of the Behavioral Cardiology Program at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
Dr. Kop received his Ph.D. from the Maastricht University, the Netherlands (1994) and has since developed a productive research career in behavioral cardiology. He has conducted various studies in Behavioral Medicine and Neuropsychology and has an M.Sc. in Epidemiology.
Currently, Dr. Kop investigates cardiovascular diseases and other disorders where fatigue and depression play a major role. His research focuses on the associationss of fatigue, depression and mental stress with the immune system and cardiac function. These studies involve psychological evaluation for depressive disorders and hostility using Structured Clinical Interviews, ambulatory monitoring techniques, as well as controlled procedures to induce mental stress. The general scope his research program is to identify the biological mechanisms by which psychological factors affect disease outcomes, and to what extent these relationships are mediated by health behaviors, such as physical activity. Dr. Kop has been Principal Investigator on several studies funded by the National Institutes of Health
Dr. Kop is actively involved in the fields of Psychosomatic and Behavioral Medicine and Health Psychology. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of the journal Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Kop has also served on several editorial boards of journals in his field of research, including Health Psychology and Brain, Behavior and Immunity and was a member of various NIH review panels and other international scientific review boards. Dr. Kop is the recipient of the 1998 Early Career Award of the American Psychosomatic Society and the 2002 Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology Award from the American Psychological Association.
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Collaborative research project (University of Maryland)
16 Aug 2010 → 1 May 2012
Editor psychosomatic medicine (American Psychomatic Society)
12 Jan 2010 → 31 Dec 2021
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
van Dijl, T. (Speaker), Videler, A. (Speaker) & Kop, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Professional
de Jonge, J. (Speaker), de Vroege, L. (Speaker), Videler, A. (Speaker) & Kop, W. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Professional
Elfeddali, I. (Speaker), Hoek, M. J. (Speaker), Videler, A. C. (Speaker), van Eck van der Sluijs, J. F. (Speaker) & Kop, W. J. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation › Professional
Kop, W. (Principal Investigator) & Roovers, T. (AIO)
1/11/22 → 1/07/23
Project: Research project
Eversdijk, M. (AIO), Habibovic, M. (Co-Investigator) & Kop, W. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/22 → 1/04/25
Project: Research project
Douma, E. (AIO), Kop, W. (Principal Investigator), Habibovic, M. (Co-Investigator) & Roovers, T. (AIO)
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
Kop, W. J. (Creator), Rutten, G. J. M. (Creator), de Morree, H. M. (Creator), Szabó, B. M. (Creator) & Rensma, P. L. W. (Creator), DataverseNL, 6 Sept 2018
DOI: 10.34894/ffzctd, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/FFZCTD
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Smaardijk, V. (Creator), Kop, W. J. (Creator), Maas, A. H. E. M. (Creator), Lodder, P. (Creator), van Gennep, B. (Contributor) & Mommersteeg, P. M. C. (Creator), DataverseNL, 19 Nov 2018
DOI: 10.34894/15bxvs, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/15BXVS
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