Tellervo Korhonen

Tellervo Korhonen

Docent

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2838-3085
1974 …2024

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Curriculum vitae

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

M.Sc. University of Helsinki, Finland, 1995

Ph.D. University of Kuopio, Finland, (Public Health) 1999

CURRENT POSITION:

Visiting Researcher 2023 -

Finnish Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Helsinki

Associate Professor in Public Health, 2009 –

University of Helsinki

PREVIOUS POSITIONS:

Senior Researcher, FIMM, University of Helsinki 2016 - 2022

University Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, 2010 - 2016

Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare & University of Helsinki, 2007 – 2010

Post-doctoral reseacher, University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health, 2005 - 2007

Post-doctoral researcher, Harvard University, Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Research, Boston, USA, 2002 - 2005 

Post-doctoral researcher, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Physiology, Helsinki, 2001 - 2002

Researcher,National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki, 1995 - 2000

 RESEARCH FUNDING

Academy of Finland, 2002 - 2004 (Researcher training and research abroad)

Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, 2002 - 2003 (Exercise and Nicotine Replacement Treatment for Female Smokers)

Academy of Finland, 2005 - 2006 (Subsidy for researcher’s return in Finland)

Paavo Nurmi Foundation, 2006 (Cigarette smoking and depressive symptoms)

Juho Vainio Foundation, 2006 (Smoking and depression among Finnish twins)

Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2007 (Genetic influences on the association between depression & nicotine dependence)

Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation, 2008 - 2009 (Association of smoking patterns with chronic obstructive disease)

Paavo Nurmi Foundation, 2008 (Impact of smoking cessation and exercise on cardiovascular risk factors)

Academy of Finland, 2018-2020 (Understanding raising prevalence of depression: DEPIS Consortium)

Juho Vainio Foundation, 2021 - 2023 (Smoking behavior and abdominal obesity)                                                                                                           

Fields of Science

  • 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health
  • Twin study
  • Smoking
  • Nicotine dependence

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.
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  • Life-Course Associations Between Smoking and Depressive Symptoms. A 30-Year Finnish Follow-up Study

    Kiviruusu, O., Berg, N., Piirtola, M., Viertiö, S., Suvisaari, J., Korhonen, T. & Marttunen, M., Jan 2024, In: Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 26, 7, p. 843–851 9 p.

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  • A Nationally Representative Study of the Hardening Hypothesis Among Educational Groups Over Four Decades

    Ruokolainen, O., Piirtola, M., Korhonen, T., Rahkonen, O. & Härkänen, T., 19 Aug 2023, In: Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 25, 9, p. 1538–1546 9 p.

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  • A genome-wide association study of total child psychiatric problems scores

    Neumann, A., Nolte, I. M., Pappa, I., Ahluwalia, T. S., Pettersson, E., Rodriguez, A., Whitehouse, A., van Beijsterveldt, C. E. M., Benyamin, B., Hammerschlag, A. R., Helmer, Q., Karhunen, V., Krapohl, E., Lu, Y., van der Most, P. J., Palviainen, T., St Pourcain, B., Seppälä, I., Suarez, A., Vilor-Tejedor, N., & 41 othersTiesler, C. M. T., Wang, C., Wills, A., Zhou, A., Alemany, S., Bisgaard, H., Bonnelykke, K., Davies, G. E., Hakulinen, C., Henders, A. K., Hyppönen, E., Stokholm, J., Bartels, M., Hottenga, J-J., Heinrich, J., Hewitt, J., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L., Korhonen, T., Kaprio, J., Lahti, J., Lahti-Pulkkinen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Middeldorp, C. M., Najman, J. M., Pennell, C., Power, C., Oldehinkel, A. J., Plomin, R., Räikkönen, K., Raitakari, O. T., Rimfeld, K., Sass, L., Snieder, H., Standl, M., Sunyer, J., Williams, G. M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Boomsma, D. I., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Hartman, C. A. & Tiemeier, H., 22 Aug 2022, In: PLoS One. 17, 8, 23 p., e0273116.

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  • Cancer in twin pairs discordant for smoking: The Nordic Twin Study of Cancer

    Nordic Twin Study Canc NorTwinCan, Korhonen, T., Hjelmborg, J., Harris, J. R., Clemmensen, S., Adami, H-O. & Kaprio, J., 1 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Cancer. 151, 1, p. 33-43 11 p.

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  • Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use

    Saunders, G. R. B., Wang, X., Chen, F., Jang, S-K., Liu, M., Wang, C., Gao, S., Jiang, Y., Khunsriraksakul, C., Otto, J. M., Addison, C., Akiyama, M., Albert, C. M., Aliev, F., Alonso, A., Arnett, D. K., Ashley-Koch, A. E., Ashrani, A. A., Barnes, K. C., Barr, R. G., & 198 othersBartz, T. M., Becker, D. M., Bielak, L. F., Benjamin, E. J., Bis, J. C., Bjornsdottir, G., Blangero, J., Bleecker, E. R., Boardman, J. D., Boerwinkle, E., Boomsma, D., Boorgula, M. P., Bowden, D. W., Brody, J. A., Cade, B. E., Chasman, D., Chavan, S., Chen, Y-D. I., Chen, Z., Cheng, I., Cho, M. H., Choquet, H., Cole, J. W., Cornelis, M. C., Cucca, F., Curran, J. E., de Andrade, M., Dick, D. M., Docherty, A. R., Duggirala, R., Eaton, C. B., Ehringer, M. A., Esko, T., Faul, J. D., Silva, L. F., Fiorillo, E., Fornage, M., Freedman, B., Gabrielsen, M. E., Garrett, M. E., Gharib, S. A., Gieger, C., Gillespie, N., Glahn, D. C., Gordon, S. D., Gu, C. C., Gu, D., Gudbjartsson, D. F., Guo, X., Haessler, J., Hall, M. E., Haller, T., Harris, K. M., He, J., Herd, P., Hewitt, J. K., Hickie, I., Hidalgo, B., Hokanson, J. E., Hopfer, C., Hottenga, J., Hou, L., Huang, H., Hung, Y-J., Hunter, D. J., Hveem, K., Hwang, S-J., Hwu, C-M., Iacono, W., Irvin, M. R., Jee, Y. H., Johnson, E. O., Joo, Y. Y., Jorgenson, E., Justice, A. E., Kamatani, Y., Kaplan, R. C., Kaprio, J., Kardia, S. L. R., Keller, M. C., Kelly, T. N., Kooperberg, C., Korhonen, T., Kraft, P., Krauter, K., Kuusisto, J., Laakso, M., Lasky-Su, J., Lee, W-J., Lee, J. J., Levy, D., Li, L., Li, K., Li, Y., Lin, K., Lind, P. A., Liu, C., Lloyd-Jones, D. M., Lutz, S. M., Ma, J., Magi, R., Manichaikul, A., Martin, N. G., Mathur, R., Matoba, N., McArdle, P. F., McGue, M., McQueen, M. B., Medland, S. E., Metspalu, A., Meyers, D. A., Millwood, I. Y., Mitchell, B. D., Mohlke, K. L., Moll, M., Montasser, M. E., Morrison, A. C., Mulas, A., Nielsen, J. B., North, K. E., Oelsner, E. C., Okada, Y., Orru, V., Palmer, N. D., Palviainen, T., Pandit, A., Park, S. L., Peters, U., Peters, A., Peyser, P. A., Polderman, T. J. C., Rafaels, N., Redline, S., Reed, R. M., Reiner, A. P., Rice, J. P., Rich, S. S., Richmond, N. E., Roan, C., Rotter, J., Rueschman, M. N., Runarsdottir, V., Saccone, N. L., Schwartz, D. A., Shadyab, A. H., Shi, J., Shringarpure, S. S., Sicinski, K., Skogholt, A. H., Smith, J. A., Smith, N. L., Sotoodehnia, N., Stallings, M. C., Stefansson, H., Stefansson, K., Stitzel, J. A., Sun, X., Syed, M., Tal-Singer, R., Taylor, A. E., Taylor, K. D., Telen, M. J., Thai, K. K., Tiwari, H., Turman, C., Tyrfingsson, T., Wall, T. L., Walters, R. G., Weir, D. R., Weiss, S. T., White, W. B., Whitfield, J. B., Wiggins, K. L., Willemsen, G., Willer, C. J., Winsvold, B. S., Xu, H., Yanek, L. R., Yin, J., Young, K. L., Young, K. A., Yu, B., Zhao, W., Zhou, W., Zollner, S., Zuccolo, L., Project, T. B. J., Batini, C., Bergen, A. W., Bierut, L. J., David, S. P., Taliun, S. A. G., Hancock, D. B., Jiang, B., Munafo, M. R., Thorgeirsson, T. E., Liu, D. J. & Vrieze, S., 22 Dec 2022, In: Nature. 612, 7941, p. 720-+ 14 p.

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