Teun Bousema#
| Membership Number: | 5582 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.teunbousema.nl/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-2666-094X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Full Professor. Chair title: Epidemiology of Tropical Infectious Diseases, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
- 2019 - present Honorary Professor; Department of Immunology & Infection, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, United Kingdom
- 2012 - 2018 Associate Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen
- 2009 - 2015 Senior Lecturer; Department of Immunology & Infection, LSHTM, London, UK
- 2007 - 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher; Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Center, Moshi, Tanzania
- 2003 - 2007 PhD student, Radboud university medical center, The Netherlands & International Center for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Mbita, Kenya
Fields of Scholarship
- Spatial epidemiology
- Immunology
- Infectious diseases
- Epidemiology
- Malaria
- Diagnostics
Honours and Awards
- 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant (5-year fellowship)
- 2019 Ammodo Science Award - Ammodo & Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). National award for unfettered fundamental scientific research that is awarded every 2 years to 8 excellent researchers across all disciplines in the Netherlands. Award: 300.000 euro
- 2017 Radboud Science Award. Award for public outreach activities at primary schools
- 2017 Eijkman Medal for Contributions to Tropical Medicine. Biannual award of the Dutch Society for extraordinary contributions to the field of Tropical Medicine & International Health
- 2016 Dutch Research Council (NWO) VIDI award (5-year fellowship)
- 2015 ERC Starting Grant (5-year fellowship)
- 2015 Shortlisted New Scientist Talent (top 5)
- 2013 Elected Member of the prestigious Young Academy of the Royal Society of Science and Arts (KNAW), Netherlands
- 2012 Winner Merial Award for groundbreaking Parasitology research in Belgium & the Netherlands
- 2007 Winner ‘Young Talent Award’ Nijmegen University Centre for Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen
- 2000 Award for most promising epidemiology student; Biomedical Sciences, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
