Ansioluettelo

Personal data
Born March 21, 1959, Finland

Education
Graduate (high school) May 31, 1978
MD (University of Helsinki, Finland) June 29, 1984
PhD, Medical Sciences (University of Helsinki, Finland) May 26, 1987
Licensed physician in Finland July 22, 1987
Specialist in Clinical Microbiology March 18, 1997
Docent in Medical Microbiology September 22, 1998
Specialist Qualification in Management (“JET”) May, 2006
Special Competence in medical education December 29, 2010

Previous research and teaching positions
Research fellow (research and teaching positions) at the Department of Virology,
University of Helsinki, Finland 1982-1983, 1984-1986, 1989-1990, 1993-1995
Senior lecturer at the Department of Virology, 1996-1999, 2000, 2002-2005, 2007-

Research fellow (SITRA) 1983-1984

Research assistant (Academy of Sciences of Finland) 1986-1988
Senior research fellow (Academy of Sciences of Finland) 2000-2001

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle WA 1990-1993
Visiting Scientist, Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Seattle WA 2000-2002

Head of Infection Pathogenesis Laboratory, Department of Viral Diseases and Immunology, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, 2005-2008

Other
Member of the "CHLAMYDIA" group, Socialstyrelsen (National Medical Board) Stockholm, Sweden 1985-1987
Consultant, Labquality, Helsinki, Finland 1989- 2003; 2010-

Clinical Microbiology
Supervisor of Chlamydia Laboratory in the Clinical Microbiology Service of Department of Virology, University of Helsinki 1993-1997
Specialist in Clinical Microbiology, Diagnostic Laboratory of Helsinki University Central Hospital and HUSLAB 1997-2000, 2002-2005, 2007-

Tutkimuksen ja opetuksen kuvaus

Tutkimuksen avainsanoja:klamydiainfektiot, mikrobi-isäntäsolu - vuorovaikutus

Opetuksen avainasanoja: lääketieteellinen mikrobiologia, kliininen virologia, klamydiainfektiot, opetuksen kehittäminen, sähköiset oppimateriaalit, verkko-opetus