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Professor Palma Chillon
Department of Physical Education and Sport
Faculty of Sport Sciences
University of Granada , Spain
Crta Alfacar s/n. 18071. Granada, Spain.
Founder researcher of the PROFITH research Group and President of RIIDASS (Ibeo-American Network of Researchers in Active Commuting, Health and Sustainability).

Palma Chillón has a Bachelor degree on Physical Activity and Sport Sciences (1999), a Bachelor degree on Occupational Therapy (2005) and Phd in Physical Activity and Health (2005), at the University of Granada (Spain).

Her professional career started as a Physical Education Teacher in Junta de Andalucía (2000-06) and followed as a teacher in the School of Sport Sciences at University of Granada (2005-currently), where she is now Full Professor. She has visited as a researcher the University of North Carolina (USA) (2009/10), the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) (2013), the Pontificia Católica Universidad de Valparaíso (Chile) (2017-17) and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) (2023-24).

Her main interest areas are physical activity and Physical Education in young people. Regarding physical activity, the research focuses on active behaviours when commuting to school through the study of the determinants and benefits of active commuting, elaboration of valid and feasible tools and designing school-based intervention programs. Regarding Physical Education, the research focuses on promotion health within the school curricula and the bilingüism in Physical Education.