People

Principal investigators, Post-doctoral researchers, Doctoral researchers and Biostatisticians.
Marko Elovainio

Professor of psychological development and wellbeing

Professor Elovainio has a special interest in social epidemiology, occupational health psychology and research on the risk factors of depression, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and inter-generational transmission of health and wellbeing.

He is leading the Social ties and health and PSYSO NETWORK studies and the coordinator of the Health Professionals follow up study and co-coordinator of the Finnish Adoption (FInAdo) study and Young Finns –psychology –study. 

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ORCID: 0000-0002-1401-1910

Laura Pulkki-Råback

Lecturer of psychological development and wellbeing

Doctor Pulkki-Råback has a special interest in life-course epidemiology, socioeconomic differences in health, and development of lifestyle-related disorders. She has over 130 peer-reviewed publications and several academic appointments.

She is co-leader of the Psychosocial Factors Sector in the Young Finns Study. This is a cohort study following up 3,596 Finnish individuals from childhood to adulthood, with a focus on the development of cardiometabolic health factors over the lifespan.

She is leader of the Psychosocial Factors Sector in the Special Turku Intervention Study, which is an randomized-controlled intervention examining how an early-initiated lifestyle intervention affects cardio-metabolic risks over the lifespan.

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3242-4863

Christian Hakulinen

University Researcher

 

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ORCID: 0000-0001-8629-9960

 

Kaisla Komulainen

Post-doctoral researcher

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ORCID: 0000-0001-8629-9960

Jussi Alho

Post-doctoral researcher

Isaac Moshe

Post-doctoral researcher

Mai Gutvilig

Biostatistician

Ripsa Niemi

Biostatistician

Sarianna Barron-Linnankoski

Doctoral researcher

    Laura Cachón

    Doctoral researcher

    Anna-Riitta Heikkilä

    Doctoral researcher

    Vilja Helminen

    Doctoral researcher

    Jari Lipsanen

    Doctoral researcher

    Krista Liskola

    Doctoral researcher

    Julia Rimmington

    Doctoral researcher

    Hanni Rönnlund

    Doctoral researcher

    Kira Sarasjärvi

    Doctoral researcher

    Tarja Weckström

    Doctoral researcher