Andrea Ganna

Phone+358504729820, +358294125750
Emailandrea.gannahelsinkifi

PL 20 (Tukholmankatu 8)
00014
Finland

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External positions

Instructor, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Fields of Science

3111 Biomedicine
112 Statistics and probability
1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology

Supervisor for doctoral programme

Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research

111 Article
11 Meeting Abstract
4 Comment/debate
3 Editorial
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Association and risk prediction of 19 complex diseases with polygenic scores and socioeconomic status
Hagenbeek, F. A., Richmond, A., Tamlander, M. A., Detrois, K. E., Yang, Z., Hartonen, T. S., McCartney, D. L., Palotie, A. V., Daly, M., Mäkelä, T. P., Kaprio, J. A., Partanen, J. A., Raivio, J. T. M., Punkka, E. J. T., Carpen, O. M., Aittomäki, A. U. K., Pussinen, P. J., Meretoja, T. J., Joensuu, H. T. & Karihtala, P. J. & 15 others, Juuri, E. L. K., Salminen, A. M., Salo, T. A., Rice, D. P. C., Nieminen, P. T., Palotie, U.-R., Åberg, F., Gordin, T. D., Finne, P., Turunen, J. A., Marioni, R., Martikainen, P., Mars, N., Ganna, A. & Ripatti, S., 11 Jun 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Communications Medicine.
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Clinical and genetic characterization of non-optimal triptan response among migraine patients
FinnGen Project, Brenna, E., Ferro, M., Sumelahti, M.-L., Cajuso, T., Ganna, A., Rossi, J. & Tikkanen, E., 1 Jan 2026, In: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache. 46, 1, p. 1-12 12 p., 03331024251414621.
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Complex genetic effects linked to plasma protein abundance in the UK Biobank
FinnGen, 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 15 p., 533.
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Environmental and treatment‐related factors associated with developmental outcomes in genetic epilepsies
Boßelmann, C. M., Ludwig, N. N., Holingue, C., Jimenez‐Gomez, A., Ganna, A., Perry, Μ. S., Arenivas, A. & Lal, D., 18 Jul 2026, In: Epilepsia. 16 p.
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Genetic architecture of lumbar spinal stenosis
Salo, V., Määttä, J., Takala, J., Heikkilä, A., Palotie, A., Daly, M., Riley-Gills, B., Jacob, H., Paul, D., Petrovski, S., Runz, H., John, S., Okafo, G., Lawless, N., Salminen-Mankonen, H., Plenge, R., Maranville, J., McCarthy, M., Ehm, M. G. & Auro, K. & 280 others, Longerich, S., Mälarstig, A., Klinger, K., Chatelain, C., Gossel, M., Estrada, K., Graham, R., Yang, R., O’Donnell, C., Mäkelä, T. P., Kaprio, J., Virolainen, P., Hakanen, A., Kilpi, T., Perola, M., Partanen, J., Pitkäranta, A., Raivio, T., Tikkanen, J., Serpi, R., Laitinen, T., Kosma, V.-M., Laukkanen, J., Hautalahti, M., Tuovila, O., Pakkanen, R., Waring, J., Rahimov, F., Tachmazidou, I., Chen, C.-Y., Ding, Z., Jung, M., Biswas, S., Pendergrass, R., Pulford, D., Raghavan, N., Huertas-Vazquez, A., Sul, J.-H., Hu, X., Hedman, Å., Rivas, M., Waterworth, D., Renaud, N., Obeidat, M., Ripatti, S., Schleutker, J., Arvas, M., Carpén, O., Hinttala, R., Mannermaa, A., Aalto-Setälä, K., Kähönen, M., Mäkelä, J., Kälviäinen, R., Julkunen, V., Soininen, H., Remes, A., Hiltunen, M., Peltola, J., Raivio, M., Tienari, P., Rinne, J., Kallionpää, R., Partanen, J., Abbasi, A., Ziemann, A., Smaoui, N., Lehtonen, A., Eaton, S., Lahdenperä, S., Bowers, N., Teng, E., Xu, F., Addis, L., Eicher, J., Li, Q. S., He, K., Khramtsova, E., Färkkilä, M., Koskela, J., Pikkarainen, S., Jussila, A., Kaukinen, K., Blomster, T., Kiviniemi, M., Voutilainen, M., Lu, T., McCarthy, L., Hart, A., Guan, M., Miller, J., Kalpala, K., Miller, M., Eklund, K., Palomäki, A., Isomäki, P., Pirilä, L., Kaipiainen-Seppänen, O., Huhtakangas, J., Mars, N., Lertratanakul, A., Viollet, C., Hochfeld, M., Gordillo, J. E., Farias, F., Bing, N., Pelkonen, M., Kauppi, P., Kankaanranta, H., Harju, T., Lahesmaa, R., Chen, H., Betts, J., Mishra, R., Mouded, M., Ngo, D., Niiranen, T., Vaura, F., Salomaa, V., Metsärinne, K., Aittokallio, J., Hernesniemi, J., Gordin, D., Sinisalo, J., Taskinen, M.-R., Tuomi, T., Hiltunen, T., Elliott, A., Reeve, M. P., Ruotsalainen, S., Chu, A., Reilly, D., Mendelson, M., Parkkinen, J., Meretoja, T., Joensuu, H., Mattson, J., Salminen, E., Auranen, A., Karihtala, P., Auvinen, P., Elenius, K., Pitkänen, E., Popovic, R., Fabre, M., Schutzman, J., Kulkarni, D., Porello, A., Loboda, A., Lehtonen, H., McDonough, S., Vuoti, S., Kaarniranta, K., Turunen, J. A., Ollila, T., Uusitalo, H., Karjalainen, J., Liu, M., Loomis, S., Strauss, E., Chen, H., Tasanen, K., Huilaja, L., Hannula-Jouppi, K., Salmi, T., Peltonen, S., Koulu, L., Choy, D., Wu, Y., Pussinen, P., Salminen, A., Salo, T., Rice, D., Nieminen, P., Palotie, U., Siponen, M., Suominen, L., Mäntylä, P., Gursoy, U., Anttonen, V., Sipilä, K., Laivuori, H., Kurra, V., Kotaniemi-Talonen, L., Heikinheimo, O., Kalliala, I., Aaltonen, L., Jokimaa, V., Vääräsmäki, M., Uimari, O., Morin-Papunen, L., Niinimäki, M., Piltonen, T., Kivinen, K., Widen, E., Tukiainen, T., Välimäki, N., Laakkonen, E., Tyrmi, J., Silven, H., Arffman, R., Savukoski, S., Laisk, T., Pujol, N., Kumar, J., Hovatta, I., Isometsä, E., Ollila, H., Suvisaari, J., Als, T. D., Mäkitie, A., Bizaki-Vallaskangas, A., Toppila-Salmi, S., Willberg, T., Saarentaus, E., Aarnisalo, A., Rahikkala, E., Aittomäki, K., Åberg, F., Kurki, M., Havulinna, A., Mehtonen, J., Hassan, S., Briotta Parolo, P. D., Zhou, W., Maasha, M., Lemmelä, S., Liu, A., Lehisto, A., Ganna, A., Llorens, V., Heyne, H., Rämö, J., Rodosthenous, R., Strausz, S., Palotie, T., Palin, K., Gracia-Tabuenca, J., Siirtola, H., Kiiskinen, T., Lee, J., Tsuo, K., Kristiansson, K., Hyvärinen, K., Ritari, J., Pylkäs, K., Karjalainen, M., Mantere, T., Kangasniemi, E., Heikkinen, S., Pitkänen, N., Lessard, S., Kallio, L., Wahlfors, T., Punkka, E., Siltanen, S., Kuopio, T., Jalanko, A., Shen, H.-Y., Kajanne, R., Aavikko, M., Cooper, H., Öller, D., Leinonen, R., Palin, H., Linna, M.-M., Kanai, M., Zheng, Z., Lahtela, L. E., Kaunisto, M., Kilpeläinen, E., Sipilä, T. P., Dada, O. A., Ghazal, A., Kytölä, A., Weldatsadik, R., Donner, K., Loukola, A., Laiho, P. & FinnGen, 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 13 p., 4920.
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6 Active
7 Finished

Nordforsk 2026-2028, Andrea Ganna
Ganna, A. (Project manager)
NordForsk
01/01/2026 → 31/12/2028
Project: External funding
Juselius 25-28, Andrea Ganna
Ganna, A. (Project manager), Ferro, M. (Participant) & Vartiainen, P. J. (Participant)
Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö @003701165704@
01/05/2025 → 30/04/2027
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Andrea Ganna, Erkon säätiö 2025-2026
Ganna, A. (Project manager), Viiri, L. E. (Participant) & Zguro, K. (Participant)
Jane ja Aatos Erkon säätiö
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Development and prospective validation of a deep learning model to detect abnormal clinical laboratory measurements in the entire Finnish population
Ganna, A. (Project manager), Burian, J. (Participant), Cajuso Pons, T. (Participant), Hartonen, T. (Participant), May-Wilson, S. (Participant) & Zhu, M. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
PRIMUS: Population-scale networks to improve disease diagnosis and treatment - Privacy-preserving meta-learning of user models on graphs
Ganna, A. (Project manager), Burian, J. (Participant), Demmler, J. C. (Participant), Eick, L. (Participant), Ferro, M. (Participant) & Zhu, M. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research Council of Finland: Targeted Academy Project

Charles J. Epstein Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Ganna, A. (Recipient), 2017
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Charles J. Epstein Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research
Ganna, A. (Recipient), 2018
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ELLIS (European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems) member
Ganna, A. (Recipient), 2022
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Fellowship of Excellence for Young Investigators
Ganna, A. (Recipient), 2017
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Leena Peltonen Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics
Ganna, A. (Recipient), 2022
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76 Invited talk
3 Academic visit to other institution
1 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
1 Academic visit at UH

Tal at Radical Health Festival
Ganna, A. (Speaker)
20 Jan 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
9th CeFH Symposium
Ganna, A. (Speaker)
19 May 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Genomic Medicine Sweden (GMS) Complex Diseases symposium
Ganna, A. (Speaker)
23 Jan 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
2026 Frontiers in Computational Biomedicine Seminar Series
Ganna, A. (Speaker)
28 Apr 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Sigrid Juselius Symposium: AI Transforming Life Sciences and Medicine
Ganna, A. (Speaker)
12 Jun 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Andrea Ganna

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