Biography

Teun Bousema is full professor in the Epidemiology of Tropical Infectious Diseases at Radboud university medical center; he is honorary professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Teun holds a diploma in Biomedical Sciences with specialisations in epidemiology and infectious diseases. After fieldwork in Mbita, western Kenya, he completed his PhD on the effects of drugs and immunity on the transmission of P. falciparum in 2007 (cum laude/with honors; Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). Subsequently, he worked in Moshi, Tanzania, as post-doctoral epidemiologist on several research and capacity building projects. In 2008, Teun joined the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Since 2012, he is a member of Radboud Institute for Health Sciences and works on the biology and epidemiology of malaria transmission.

His current research projects include epidemiological studies on the human infectious reservoir for malaria in Uganda, Ethiopia, The Gambia and Burkina Faso and (community) interventions to reduce the transmission of P. falciparum.

Teun is a member of the prestigious Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2017 he received the prestigious Eijkman Medal for his contributions to Tropical Medicine; in 2019 he received the AMMODO science award for fundamental research.