2012- PhD student at the Department of Medicine, Institute of Movement and Sport Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2009-2010 MSc in Paediatric Exercise and Health, Children’s Exercise and Health Research Center, School of Sports and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, England

2003-2005 Diploma in Physical Education 2, Institute of Exercise and Health Science, University of Basel, Switzerland

2001-2003 Diploma in Physical Education 1, Institute of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland

Professional Experience

2012- Researcher and lecturer at the School of Teacher Education, University of Applied Science and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Brugg

2007 -2011 Researcher at the Department of Physical Activity and Health, Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, Switzerland

2006 Physical Education Teacher, Fachmaturitätsschule Basel, Switzerland

Peer reviewed articles

• Dössegger A, Ruch N, Jimmy G, Braun-Fahrländer C, Mäder U, Hänggi J, Hofmann H , Puder J, Kriemler S, Bringolf-Isler B. Reactivity to Accelerometer Measurement of Children and Adolescents. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (in press), http://journals.lww.com/acsm-msse/Abstract/publishahead/Reactivity_to_Accelerometer_Measurement_of.98199.aspx 
• Ruch N, Hänggi J, Tuch C, Mäder U. Validation of the ActiSmile Physical Activity Feedback Device in Activity Assessment. International Journal of Computer Science in Sport (2013), http://iacss.org/index.php?id=144
• Ruch N, Joss F, Jimmy G, Melzer K, Hänggi J, and Mäder U. Neural network versus activity-specific prediction equations for energy expenditure estimation in children. Journal of Applied Physiology, (2013), http://jap.physiology.org/content/early/2013/08/26/japplphysiol.01443.2012.long
• Hänggi J, Phillips L, Rowlands AV. Validation of the GT3X ActiGraph in children and comparison with the GT1M ActiGraph. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, (2012), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2012.05.012

Congress abstracts

• Hänggi J, Doherty A, Foster C. Is All Screen-time Sedentary? Feasibility Of Wearable-cameras To Assess Different Types Of Screen-time. 3rd International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, ICAMPAM, Amherst, USA, 2013.
• Hänggi J, Tuch C, Laukkanen R, Ruch N Validation of a wrist-worn activity monitor in the estimation of energy expenditure during daily activities. 3rd International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, ICAMPAM, Amherst, USA, 2013.
• Hänggi J, Philipps L, Rowlands AV. Comparison of the GT3X ActiGraph with the GT1M ActiGraph for assessment of activity in children and validation of the GT3X inclinometer function. 2nd International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, ICAMPAM, Glasgow, Scotland 2011.

• Ruch N, Joss F, Hänggi J and Mäder U. Validity of the ActiSmile worn at two measurement sites by children. 16th European College of Sport Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2011.

• Ruch N,  Hänggi J and Mäder U. Effectiveness of Polar Activity Computer on physical activity in daily life. 16th European College of Sport Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2011.

• Jimmy G, Hänggi J, Mäder U. Comparison of children's physical activity according to a parent proxy-questionnaire and accelerometry. Abstract 2009 Annual Conference of the ISBNPA Lisbon, Portugal, 2009.

• Jimmy G, Hänggi J, Mäder U. Validation of a parent physical activity questionnaire for 5-10 year-old children. Abstract Annual Conference and Meeting of HEPA Europe Glasgow, Scotland, 2008.

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PhD Project

Physical activity behaviour and screen-time in primary school aged children. 

Supervisors:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Taube, Department of Medicine, Movement and Sport Science, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Elke Gramespacher, Professur für Bewegungsförderung und Sportdidaktik im Kindesalter, School of Teacher Education, University of Applied Science and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

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