Elisabeth Widen

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Fields of Science

1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology

164 Article
7 Review Article
5 Meeting Abstract
1 Chapter
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- 1 Comment/debate
- 1 Letter

Chat-based digital clinic encourages individuals at high risk of coronary heart disease to contact physician
Aaltonen, E., Mars, N., Ruotsalainen, S., Ripatti, R., Aro, J., Leinikka, M., Heikkilä, I., Hotakainen, K., Widén, E. & Ripatti, S., Apr 2026, In: American Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 26, 3 p., 101506.
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Dietary intervention and BMI reduction in individuals at the extremes of genetic predisposition to higher BMI: a randomized controlled trial
FinnGen, Rodosthenous, R. S., Viiri, L. E., Carson, A. M., Cajuso, T., Corbetta, A., Jones, S., Brenna, E., Makkonen, E., Virolainen, M., Korkeala, N., Widen, E., Ripatti, S. & Ganna, A., 13 Jul 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 1, 8 p., 8611.
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Evaluating the impact of communicating high polygenic risk for coronary artery disease on the health behaviour of young overweight adults: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Põld, A., Toompere, K., Elken, A., Viigimaa, M., Irs, A., Nohrin, L. C., Fischer, K., Milani, L., Alavere, H., Alloja, J., Pärna, K., Traks, T., Kalda, R., Widen, E., Ripatti, S. & Jürisson, M., 9 Jan 2026, In: Scientific Reports. 16, 1, 13 p., 4907.
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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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Impact of Preeclampsia Duration on Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Risk
FINNPEC Core Investigator Group, FinnGen, Keitaanpää, N., Tyrmi, J. S., Toivonen, E., Kivelä, A., Heinonen, S., Jääskeläinen, T., Laivuori, H., Kere, J., Kivinen, K., Pouta, A., Palotie, A., Daly, M., Riley-Gills, B., Viollet, C., Berton, A., Tsai, E. A., Ding, Z. & Holzinger, E. & 83 others, Plenge, R., Maranville, J. C., McCarthy, M., Pendergrass, R., Davitte, J., Chen, C.-Y., Aksit, M. A., Vlahiotis, A., Klinger, K., Chatelain, C., Blankenstein, J., Estrada, K., Graham, R. C., ́Donnell, C. O., Renaud, N., Mäkelä, T. P., Ruddock, M., Kallio, L., Hakanen, A., Kilpi, T., Partanen, J., Raivio, T., Kekonen, T., Serpi, R., Siltanen, S., Mannermaa, A., Laukkanen, J., Mäkelä, J., Tuovila, O., Waring, J., Rahimov, F., Tachmazidou, I., Tuoken, H., Biswas, S., Sun, B. B., Obeidat, M. ́., Lee, J. H. C., Niemi, M., Schleutker, J., Arvas, M., Carpen, O., Hinttala, R., Kettunen, J., Aalto‐Setälä, K., Koskela, S., Lauronen, J., Aittomäki, K., Pussinen, P., Meretoja, T., Joensuu, H., Karihtala, P. J., Rice, D., Nieminen, P., Gordin, D., Finne, P., Raivio, M., Tienari, P., Färkkilä, M., Koskela, J., Pikkarainen, S., Paul, D. S., Sinisalo, J., Tuomilehto, J., Hiltunen, T. P., Mattson, J., Salminen, E., Ollila, T., Hannula‐Jouppi, K., Heikinheimo, O., Kalliala, I., Aaltonen, L. A., Isometsä, E., Immonen, I., Ranta, S., Scheperjans, F., Vaura, F., Mars, N., Pitkänen, E., Kivinen, K., Widen, E., Tukiainen, T., Kivelä, A. S. E. & Mäkitie, A., Feb 2026, In: Hypertension. 83, 2, 11 p., e25054.
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1 Finished
3 Active

Neurodegenerative diseases and their ris
Widen, E. (Project manager), Riekkinen, V. K. (Participant) & Yang, Z. (Participant)
Pipistrel Foundation c/o Jonathan Knowles
01/10/2025 → 31/12/2027
Project: Other funder
Inherited mechanisms of impaired female reproduction - from discovery towards clinical translation
Widen, E. (Project manager), Metsäranta, N. A. C. (Participant), Sokolova, M. (Participant), Uski, I. (Participant) & Wei, W. (Participant)
Academy of Finland
01/09/2024 → 31/08/2028
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
NORPOD - Nordic EMBL postdoc program
Kaunisto, M. (Project manager), D'haene, E. E. (Participant), Palomino Echeverria, S. (Participant), Tabassum, R. (Participant), Vähä-Koskela, M. (Participant), Widen, E. (Participant) & Xia, L. (Participant)
NordForsk, Aarhus Universitet Instit. for Kommunikation og Kultur
01/01/2024 → 31/12/2028
Project: Other funder
CoECDG: Center of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics-from Discovery to Precision Medicine
Widen, E. (Project manager), Hagenbeek, F. A. (Participant), Junna, N. (Participant), Ramste, A. K. (Participant), Sokolova, M. (Participant), Uski, I. (Participant) & Wei, W. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2025
Project: Research Council of Finland: Centre of Exellence

9 Peer review of manuscripts
6 Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
4 Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
3 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
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Lecture at Integrative Health Biosciences course: Polygeeniset (CVD)-riskitekijät ja Kardiokompassidemo
Widen, E. (Invited speaker)
3 Nov 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
"Mitä FINNGEN on opetta-nut kansansairauksista?"
Widen, E. (Invited speaker)
23 Jan 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE (Organisational unit)
Widen, E. (Assessment)
2024
Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
Yleisöluento: Sukupolvien Ketjut Tämän Päivän Geenitutkimuksessa
Kaunisto, M. (Chair of organizing committee), Aavikko, M. (Speaker: Chair), Palotie, A. (Speaker: Presenter), Pirinen, M. (Speaker: Presenter), Widen, E. (Speaker: Presenter) & Donner, K. M. (Speaker: Presenter)
9 Oct 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Talks
Supervision of Doctoral thesis: Ilona Uski
Widen, E. (Supervisor)
2024 → …
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis

TV-program Arto Nyberg in YLE TV1: Interview in TV Program "Arto Nyberg) in Finnish National TV
Widen, E.
18/04/2010
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Interview in Finnish National Radio 1, Reseptori Science Program
Widen, E.
01/04/2010
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media

Elisabeth Widen

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Chat-based digital clinic encourages individuals at high risk of coronary heart disease to contact physician

Dietary intervention and BMI reduction in individuals at the extremes of genetic predisposition to higher BMI: a randomized controlled trial

Evaluating the impact of communicating high polygenic risk for coronary artery disease on the health behaviour of young overweight adults: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Genetic architecture of lumbar spinal stenosis

Impact of Preeclampsia Duration on Long-Term Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Neurodegenerative diseases and their ris

Inherited mechanisms of impaired female reproduction - from discovery towards clinical translation

NORPOD - Nordic EMBL postdoc program

CoECDG: Center of Excellence in Complex Disease Genetics-from Discovery to Precision Medicine

Lecture at Integrative Health Biosciences course: Polygeeniset (CVD)-riskitekijät ja Kardiokompassidemo

"Mitä FINNGEN on opetta-nut kansansairauksista?"

Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE (Organisational unit)

Yleisöluento: Sukupolvien Ketjut Tämän Päivän Geenitutkimuksessa

Supervision of Doctoral thesis: Ilona Uski

TV-program Arto Nyberg in YLE TV1: Interview in TV Program "Arto Nyberg) in Finnish National TV

Interview in Finnish National Radio 1, Reseptori Science Program

Elisabeth Widen

Personal profile

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