Teun Remmers

Curriculum Vitae | 247 Teun Remmers was born on March 1th 1988 in Rosmalen, the Netherlands. In 2009 he graduated from the Bachelor Physical Education at Fontys University of Applied Sport Sciences. Hereafter, he continued his studies at Maastricht University. He graduated from the Master of Science Physical Activity and Health: Sports and Physical Activity Interventions in 2011. In 2012 he obtained another Master of Science degree in Public Health and Epidemiology at Maastricht University. After his studies he started working as a researcher at the Department of Public Health at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. Here he collaborated on various research projects focusing on the primary prevention of overweight and obesity in children. In October 2013, he returned to Maastricht to work as a PhD candidate on a project studying environmental determinants of children's physical activity at the Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University. During his PhD trajectory, he collaborated with national and international colleagues on projects involving objective measurements of physical activity behavior and he performed various teaching activities at the departments of Epidemiology and Health Promotion. In addition, he acted as peer-reviewer for several scientific international journals. In December 2016, he started working as a lecturer and researcher at Fontys University of Applied Sport Sciences. Here he works on various projects in the field of physical education and health promotion.