Chantal is a Senior Lecturer in Health Psychology within the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, at the University of Aberdeen. She joined the Health Psychology Group in 2020.
Chantal gained a Research Masters, majoring in Social Psychology and minoring in Methodology from the University of Amsterdam in 2008. She defended her PhD thesis at Utrecht University in 2013. She then did postdoctoral research at the National Institute of Health and the Environment (RIVM) in the Netherlands at the Centre for Infectious Disease Control and Prevention in the department for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV.
Her research utilises mixed methods, that included experimental studies, questionnaire and interview studies, and mathematical modeling. Her interest is mainly in sexual health behaviour, infectious disease prevention, and self-control. Chantal works with Prof Diane Dixon, Prof Marie Johnston, and Prof Gill Hubbard (University of Highlands and Islands) on the CSO funded CHARIS project looking at transmission reducing behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Chantal also contributes significantly to teaching on the Health Psychology masters here in Aberdeen.
Observations of communication practices between HIV-positive men who have sex with men and HIV-nurses during HIV consultation regarding sexual health counseling: a qualitative study
de Munnik, S., den Daas, C., Ammerlaan, H. S., Kok, G., de Wit, J. B. F., Vervoort, S. C. J. M.
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC
Looking back at Covid-19 Government restrictions: Were local lockdown regions with tighter restrictions less adherent before the restrictions and more adherent after?
den Daas, C., Johnston, M., Hubbard, G., Dixon, D.
Translational Behavioral Medicine, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 732–737
Relatively high interest but limited active engagement in HIV cure research: Awareness, interest, and information-seeking among affected communities in the Netherlands
Noorman, M. A., de Wit, J. B. F., Marcos, T. A., Stutterheim, S. E., Albers, T., Jonas, K., den Daas, C.
Journal of Virus Eradication, vol. 10, no. 4, 100570
Engagement of HIV-negative MSM and partners of people with HIV in HIV cure (research): exploring the influence of perceived severity, susceptibility, benefits, and concerns
Noorman, M. A., de Wit, J. B., Marcos, T. A., Stutterheim, S. E., Jonas, K. J., den Daas, C.
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, vol. 36, no. s1, pp. 211-222
Beyond community engagement: perspectives on the meaningful involvement of people with HIV and affected communities (MIPA) in HIV cure research in The Netherlands
Marcos, T. A., Jonas, K. J., Noorman, M. A., den Daas, C., de Wit, J. B., Stutterheim, S. E.
HIV Research and Clinical Practice, vol. 25, no. 1, 2335454
