Dr. M.S.C. (Milou) Sep

Role

Postdoctoral researcher

Biography

Milou is a multidisciplinary specialist in brain and mental health. She studied biomedical sciences and psychology at Utrecht University. After obtaining the master's programs in Neuroscience & Cognition and Clinical Psychology at Utrecht University, she received a personal grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) to carry out her personally - designed doctoral research with Dr. Elbert Geuze (BRAIC) and Prof. dr. Dr. Marian Joëls (UMC Utrecht).

From 205 till 2019, Milou has investigated whether stressful memories linked to environmental information can predict vulnerability to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition to clinical research at the Brain Research and Innovation Centre of the Ministry of Defence, she also conducted preclinical research at the Translational Neuroscience department of the UMC Utrecht Brain Center.

Overview of projects within the BRAIC

• Stress And Memory (SAM)
• Traits, Anxiety and Generalization (TAG)
• Trauma and Remembrance in Animal models and Clinical studies Evaluated (TRACE)
• Trauma In Context (TIC)

Publications

The publications of Milou Sep can be found at  Google Scholar