Last weekend, researchers from GUTS joined colleagues from DREAMS at the Amsterdam UMC stand during the Kwaku Festival in Amsterdam. Together, they engaged with festival visitors around an important topic: stress and mental health.

Throughout the festival, visitors had the opportunity to learn more about stress, mental health and the research being conducted in these areas. By bringing research to a lively public setting like Kwaku, the team could connect with people outside the university and make scientific knowledge more accessible through informal conversations.

The activity was a collaboration between GUTS, DREAMS and Amsterdam UMC, with contributions from Lucres Nauta-Jansen, Adrian Bontje, Carmen-Silva Sergiou, Romina Alizadeh, Maaike Oosterling and Britt van Wijk.

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by the stand and joined the conversation!

Want to get a glimpse of the atmosphere at Kwaku? Check out the LinkedIn post for a fun video from the festival.