Liisa Myllykangas

RESEARCH

The aim of my research is to 1) identify genetic risk factors for common neurodegenerative disorders in the population-based and neuropathologically characterized Vantaa 85+ Study,  and 2) to characterize familial forms of neurodegenerative disorders both genetically and neuropathologically.

POSITION TITLE

Clinical instructor, Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki

Adjunct professor in Applied Neuropathology, University of Helsinki 

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 2012-2015

Academy of Finland 2016-2020