Organization profile

Organisation Profile

The Doctoral Programme in Population Health (DocPop), University of Helsinki, is multidisciplinary and includes a variety of scientific and methodological approaches. The research focuses on the causes and consequences of population health and wellbeing. The Programme combines a broad scope of relevant fields of health and medical sciences including public health, epidemiology, biostatistics, population genetics and genetic epidemiology, occupational health, general practice and primary health care, health services research, forensic medicine, public health nutrition, substance use disorders, geriatrics, sociology, social psychology and social pharmacy. The research within the Programme aims at health promotion and disease prevention at the population level.

DocPop belongs to the Doctoral School in Health Sciences (DSHealth) and has doctoral candidates from three different faculties: Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy and Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Profiles

Marja Airaksinen

marja.airaksinen@helsinki.fi

Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy - Professor
Helsinki One Health (HOH)
Drug Research Program
Clinical Pharmacy Group
Doctoral Programme in Drug Research - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Doctoral Programme in Population Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme

Person: UH, Teaching and research personnel, U4 Research and teaching staff

Kristiina Aittomäki

kristiina.aittomaki@helsinki.fi

Research Programs Unit
Doctoral Programme in Population Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Medicum - Prof. emer.
HUSLAB

Person: UH

Suvi Alenius

suvi.turkka@helsinki.fi

Person: Teaching and research personnel

Jari Petri Antero Arokoski

jari.arokoski@helsinki.fi

Department of Surgery - Professor
Doctoral Programme in Population Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
HUS Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation

Person: U4 Research and teaching staff

Max J O Åström

max.astrom@helsinki.fi

Doctoral Programme in Population Health

Person

Equipment

Research Infrastructure for Psychology and Logopedics (RIPL)

Laura Hokkanen (Manager), Laura Hokkanen (Operator), Tommi Makkonen (Operator) & Jaakko Kauramäki (Operator)

Department of Psychology and Logopedics

Facility/equipment: Research Laboratory

Projects

4 Not started
5 Finished
17 Active

EITfood Towards a smarter shopping list

Uusitalo, L., Vepsäläinen, H., Kinnunen, S. M., Meinilä, J. & Erkkola, M.

01/01/2020 → 31/12/2020

Project: Research project

EITfood See&Eat

Erkkola, M., Makkonen, R. K. & Skaffari, E.

01/01/2020 → 31/12/2020

Project: Research project

DAQI: Depression and anxiety in young adults: a quasi-experimental trial and web-based treatment intervention to reduce sickness absence and work disability

Kouvonen, A., Lahti, J., Harkko, J., Pietiläinen, O., Mänty, M., Sumanen, H., Rahkonen, O., Lallukka, T. & Konttinen, H.

SUOMEN AKATEMIA

01/09/2019 → 31/08/2021

Project: Research project

Insights into the underpinnings of sex differences in health and disease through human genomics

Tukiainen, T., Benoit-Pilven, C., Leinonen, J., Fu, Y. & Lehtonen, L.

Helsingin yliopisto

01/01/2019 → 31/12/2022

Project: University of Helsinki Three-Year Research Project

PAMilaisten elämä - elämänkulku, työ ja elintavat

Erkkola, M., Nevalainen, J., Saari, J., Rahkonen, O., Jallinoja, P. & Uusitalo, L.

01/01/2019 → …

Project: Research project

Publications

Body Mass Index Trajectory–Specific Changes in Economic Circumstances: A Person-Oriented Approach Among Midlife and Ageing Finns

Salmela, J., Lallukka, T., Mauramo, E., Rahkonen, O. & Kanerva, N., 22 May 2020, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 10

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

Epicardial transplantation of atrial appendage micrograft patch salvages myocardium after infarction

Xie, Y., Lampinen, M., Takala, J., Sikorski, V., Soliymani, R., Tarkia, M., Lalowski, M., Mervaala, E., Kupari, M., Zheng, Z., Hu, S., Harjula, A. & Kankuri, E., 7 Apr 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access

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Handling of allergen immunotherapy in the COVID-19 pandemic: An ARIA-EAACI statement

Klimek, L., Jutel, M., Akdis, C., Bousquet, J., Akdis, M., Bachert, C., Agache, I., Ansotegui, I., Bedbrook, A., Bosnic-Anticevich, S., Canonica, G. W., Chivato, T., Cruz, A. A., Czarlewski, W., Giacco, S. D., Du, H., Fonseca, J. A., Gao, Y., Haahtela, T., Hoffmann-Sommergruber, K. & 25 others, Ivancevich, J-C., Khaltaev, N., Knol, E. F., Kuna, P., Larenas-Linnemann, D., Melen, E., Mullol, J., Naclerio, R., Ohta, K., Okamoto, Y., O’Mahony, L., Onorato, G. L., Papadopoulos, N. G., Pawankar, R., Pfaar, O., Samolinski, B., Schwarze, J., Toppila-Salmi, S., Shamji, M. H., Ventura, M. T., Valiulis, A., Yorgancioglu, A., Matricardi, P., Zuberbier, T. & group, T. ARIA-MASK. S., 24 Apr 2020, In : Allergy : European journal of allergy and clinical immunology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

High-resolution population-specific recombination rates and their effect on phasing and genotype imputation

Hassan, S., Surakka, I., Taskinen, M. R., Salomaa, V., Palotie, A., Wessman, M., Tukiainen, T., Pirinen, M., Palta, P. & Ripatti, S., 2020, In : bioRxiv.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

Homophily in Personality Enhances Group Success Among Real-Life Friends

Laakasuo, M., Rotkirch, A., van Duijn, M., Berg, V., Jokela, M., David-Barrett, T., Miettinen, A., Pearce, E. & Dunbar, R., May 2020, In : Frontiers in Psychology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Open Access