Jana Hirzinger didn't expect that her background in Pyschology would fit in so well in a research master programme. 'I can say that this programme only increased my passion for research.'
‘Before starting the Research Master Genes in Behaviour and Health at the VU Amsterdam, I did a Bachelor in Psychology at the same university. During my Minor, I realized that, yes, I am interested in psychiatric outcomes, but I'm even more interested in analyzing the genetic and environmental factors that influence those outcomes. So this was the perfect Master's program for me: learning several programming languages and different kinds of genetic analyses. I can say that this program prepared me well for a PhD in Statistical Genetics and only increased my passion for research.’
