Nienke Vulink

Nienke Vulink is a Psychiatrist and researcher at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her thesis was on Neurobiology and treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Over the years she’s used genetics, brain scan and treatment studies to research several compulsive disorders. One of her BDD studies showed that 3-10 % of all patients seen by plastic surgeons, dermatologists and dental surgeons meet all BDD criteria, which led to her teaming up with AMC’s dermatology department to start up a Psychodermatology department. She is also co-founder of the Dutch Hoarding group, president of the Dutch Society of Psychodermatology and Member of the board of the European Society of Dermatology and Psychiatry. Furthermore, she’s currently getting her MBA Health Care Management, since 2014 got promoted to Head of Outpatient Clinic of AMC’s Psychiatry department and since 2015 member of the board of the department of Psychiatry.