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Research output per year
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Curriculum vitae (2024)
Full name: Sanna Katriina Salmi
Earlier surname: Toppila
Born in 1970, Kajaani (/Helsinki), Finland
Current position: Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio and the Wellbeing services county of North Savo 1.8.2023-. Director of Airway Research Group, Inflammation Center, Division of Allergy, Helsinki University Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa & Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, 1.1.2011-. Specializing to Pulmonology and Allergy 2022-
Education and training
Bachelor of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 31 Dec 1992
Licentiate of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 28 May 1998
Doctor of Medical Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 22 Aug 2000
Specialist degree in Medicine, Otorhinolaryngology, University of Tampere, Tampere, 2 May 2006
Docent in Otorhinolaryngology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 20 Jun 2013
Most important previous professional appointments:
Senior Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist, Division of Allergy, Inflammation Center, Helsinki University Hospital 1.1.2011-
Research Associate, University of Helsinki 1992-2000
Postdoc in Professor Wytske Fokkens´ Laboratory, University of Amsterdam 2004
House Officer 1997-2006 (Satakunta Central Hospital, Helsinki and Tampere University Hospitals, etc.)
Assistant Professor, University of Tampere 2007-10
Research awards, honors, grants
Member of the study group and author in a Medix price -awarded publication in 2010: Joenväärä S. et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2009;124:135-142
Editorial Board Memberships
Associate Editor of Clinical and Translational Allergy (an official journal of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) 2018- (IF 4)
Associate Editor of Rhinology (an official journal of the European Rhinologic Society) 2024- (IF 6)
Allergy (The European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) 2014- (IF 12)
Finnish medical journal (Suomen Lääkärilehti) 2016-19
Positions of responsibility & Memberships in scientific societies
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunol (EAACI), Chair of the ENT Section Board 2022-24; Secretary 2019-22, Board member 2017-19
Finnish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Board Member 2022-24
Treasurer of the Portrait Committee of Professor Risto Renkonen, Dean of Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 1.9.2020-22
Finnish Society of Rhinology -Consociatio Rhinologicae Fennicae, Chair, Treasurer, Secretary , 2006-17
2019- Member of Collegium Oto-Rhino-Laryngologicum Amicitiae Sacrum (CORLAS)
Foundation for Allergy Research, Board member, 2014-15, 2019-
Memberships: European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, European Rhinology Society, The Finnish Doctors Association, Finnish Medical Association Duodecim, The Finnish Society of Allergology and Immunology, Finnish Society of Immunology, Finnish Society of Otorhinolaryngology, Finnish Society of Rhinology -Consociatio Rhinologicae Fennicae
Director of Helsinki Airway Research Group:
Seven supervised PhD Thesis; currently supervising six registered PhD studies
Research funding since 1999 (in average 70 000 €/year). Current research funding from the GSK grant, Sanofi grant, State funding for university-level health research, the Allergy Foundation, Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation, the Finnish Anti-tuberculosis Association Foundation, the Finnish Society of Allergology and Immunology.
Areas of expertise: inflammatory airway diseases: clinical care & trials, epidemiology, pathogenesis and genomics.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Toppila Salmi, S. (Project manager) & Rouvinen, E. M. (Participant)
Allergiatutkimussäätiö C/o Vt Kirsi Peltonen
01/03/2025 → 30/04/2027
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Toppila Salmi, S. (Project manager)
Allergiatutkimussäätiö C/o Vt Kirsi Peltonen
01/03/2023 → 29/02/2028
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Toppila Salmi, S. (Project manager), Kauppi, P. (Participant), Laulajainen-Hongisto, A. (Participant), Hammaren-Malmi, S. (Principal Investigator), Hafren, L. (Participant), Mäkelä, M. (Participant), Mäkitie, A. (Participant), Fokkens, W. (Participant), Reitsma, S. (Participant), Sillanpää, S. (Participant), Karjalainen, J. (Participant), Sahlman, J. (Participant), Kiviranta, J. (Participant), Halme, P. (Participant), Kilpeläinen, M. (Participant), Alakärppä, A. (Participant), Tiitto, L. (Participant) & Virkkula, P. M. (Project manager)
01/05/2018 → …
Project: Research project
Toppila Salmi, S. (Project manager), Pekkanen, J. (Participant), Karjalainen, J. (Participant), Dhaygude, K. (Participant), Kankainen, M. (Participant), Ojala, T. (Participant), Haahtela, T. (Participant), Renkonen, R. (Participant), Mäkelä, M. (Participant), Mäkitie, A. (Participant), Kauppi, P. (Participant), Virkkula, P. (Participant), Cardell, L.-O. (Participant), Bisgaard, H. (Participant), Bonnelykke, K. (Participant), Siroux, V. (Participant) & Bousquet, J. (Participant)
01/03/2018 → …
Project: Research project
Koskinen, A. I. M. (Principal Investigator), Laulajainen-Hongisto, A. H. (Principal Investigator), Kauppi, P. (Project manager), Mäkitie, A. (Participant), Mäkelä, M. (Participant), Renkonen, R. (Participant), Lokki, M.-L. (Participant), Hammaren-Malmi, S. (Participant), Hytönen, M. L. (Participant), Virkkula, P. M. (Participant), Blomgren, K. (Participant), Vento, S. (Participant), Pekkanen, J. (Participant), Myller, J. (Participant), Numminen, J. (Participant), pajala, K. (Participant), Sahlman, J. (Participant) & Toppila Salmi, S. (Project manager)
01/09/2016 → …
Project: Research project
Toppila Salmi, S. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Toppila Salmi, S. (Chair of organizing committee)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Toppila Salmi, S. (Supervisor)
Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Toppila Salmi, S. (Speaker: Presenter)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Toppila-Salmi, S. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
30/07/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Toppila-Salmi, S. & Pekkanen, J.
30/04/2020 → 06/05/2020
10 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
02/05/2020
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
01/05/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
30/04/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media