Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten is a Professor in Biological Psychology and Deputy Director of Centre-UB. She is also the Director of Graduate Research in the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham.
Her interdisciplinary research investigates the impact of behaviour on physical and psychological health. She explores determinants of different types of behaviour, including physical activity and stress, and uses advanced statistical methods throughout her work. She works with populations to co-produce interventions to support behaviour change to achieve benefits for physical and psychological health. She specifically focusses on clinical populations (including rheumatoid arthritis) and on under-represented populations (including ethnic minorities, people from sociodemographically disadvantaged communities).
She aims to support equal access to behaviour change programmes for all people, regardless of their individual characteristics or contextual circumstances. She has strong national and international collaborations with healthcare professionals, patient organisations, and community groups who are co-applicants on funding applications.