Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam UMC represents one of the 7 unique University Medical Centers in the Netherlands, where teaching, research and patient care are fully integrated in one organisation. The research priorities of Amsterdam UMC are organised in 8 large and world-class interfaculty research institutes. In these institutes, researchers from different disciplines, closely collaborate to establish a truly applied, translational research programme that addresses current challenges in society.
The research group “Child and Adolescent Public Health” lies within the Department of Public and Occupational Health, and has an excellent, international track record in high-quality research on child health, determinants, measurement and analysis of movement behaviours, and development and evaluation of interventions, including co-creation and participatory action research.
The team at Amsterdam University Medical Centers
MAI CHIN A PAW
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CHAIR PROFESSOR
University Research Chair Professor and chair of the Child and Adolescent Public Health research group. Her main research topic is physical activity and sedentary behaviour epidemiology in young people with a specific focus on innovations in research methodology.
TEATSKE ALTENBURG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Assistant professor with ample expertise in research related to child physical activity and sedentary behaviour, applying different methodologies such as experimental research and co-creation.
KUNSHAN GOH
PhD Student
Evidence-based co-creation of the urban environment together with youth
KATRINA MESSIHA
PhD Student
Theory-based principles for co-creation in Public Health
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