Teun Bousema was appointed associate professor at Radboud Institute for Health Science in 2012. His research focuses on the biology and epidemiology of malaria transmission with current projects include epidemiological studies on the human infectious reservoir for malaria in Kenya and Burkina Faso and community-based interventions to reduce the transmission of P. falciparum. In 2013, Teun joined the prestigious Young Academy (De Jonge Akademie) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Teun Bousema has a diploma in Biomedical Sciences with specialisations in epidemiology and infectious diseases. After fieldwork in Mbita, western Kenya, he completed doctoral studies on the effects of drugs and immunity on the transmission of P. falciparum in 2007 (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands). Subsequently, he worked in Moshi, Tanzania, as post-doctoral epidemiologist on several research and capacity building projects. In 2008, he joined the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and is now a senior lecturer at LSHTM.