RESEARCH

Aims:

1) To study the whole spectrum of common neurodegenerative diseases and associated genetics  in the population-based and neuropathologically assessed Vantaa 85+ Study

2) To characterize familial forms of neurodegenerative disorders both genetically and neuropathologically

POSITION TITLE

Associate professor of neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Medicum, University of Helsinki

Chief consultant, HUS Diagnostic Center, Helsinki University Hospital

DEGREES

M.D. University of Helsinki, 2000

Ph.D. University of Helsinki, Department of Pathology, 2002

Specialist in Pathology, University of Helsinki 2013 

Specialist in Neuropathology, University of Helsinki 2017

RESEARCH TRAINING

Pre-doctoral training:

1996-2002 Graduate student, Neuropathology laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki

1998 Special Project Associate, Neurogenetics Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, FL, USA

Post-doctoral training: 

2002-04 Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

2004- 2008 Researcher and Group leader, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

MAJOR FUNDING SOURCES

Academy of Finland 2016-2020, 2021-2025

Helsinki University Hospital Competetive Fund 2020-2021, 2022-24

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation 2024-2026