Cosima Nimphy obtained her bachelor’s degree (cum laude) in psychology from Leiden University. She went on to study Clinical and Health Psychology and completed the research master MSc (cum laude) in 2019. Funded by Dr. Evin Aktar’s NWO Veni grant, she is currently conducting her PhD on “Breaking the transmission of social anxiety from parents to children”. Her co-promotors are Prof. Bernet Elzinga and Prof. Willem van der Does.