Marthe Tulpin
doctoral fellow
- Ghent Health Psychology Lab, Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology - UGent
- End-of-Life Care Research Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences – UGent/VUB
Principal investigators: Prof. Liesbet Goubert (PhD), Prof. Kim Beernaert (PhD) and Prof. Lesley Verhofstadt (PhD)
Research focus
When a parent has cancer, the entire family is affected. Even though many children grow up with a parent with cancer, they often feel lonely and struggle with unmet needs. In the PhD project, supervised by prof. Liesbet Goubert, prof. Kim Beernaert and prof. Lesley Verhofstadt, we aim to shed light on the experiences and needs of Adolescents and Young Adults living with a parent with cancer. Driven by the pursuit of profound insights, we performed in-depth interviews on their experiences in the contexts of family life, healthcare and education. By these means, we hope to raise awareness, inform and provide practical guidance to practitioners in each of these contexts to better support this often-overlooked group.
Biography
Master in Clinical Psychology.
In 2021, Marthe joined the Ghent Health Psychology lab (UGent) and the End-of-Life Care Research Group (UGent/VUB) as a PhD student. She is also Education Assistant at the department of Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology (PP05, UGent).
Key publications
- “A sincere ‘how are you?’ is already a sign of acknowledgement that you're there too.” - Interview study on the support needs of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with a parent with cancer, European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2024 (PMID: 38810585)
Contact & links
- Lab address: Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000 Ghent
- Ghent health Psychology (GHP) lab
- End-of-Life-Care Research Group
- Marthe Tulpin is interested to receive invitations for presentations or talks