Birth date: May 27th, 1975
High school graduate: June 4th, 1994, Paltamo High School, Paltamo, Finland
Education: M.Sc., 2008, Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. Thesis: Statistical power and type I error rates of family-based association tests
A research assistant in National Public Health Institute of Finland, Helsinki, Department of Human Molecular Genetics. 1996-1998 Work description: Computer upport and statistical analyses of genetic materials and genotype data.
A research assistant in University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics. 1998-2001 Work description: Computer support and statistical analyses of genetic materials and genotype data.
A research scientist in National Public Health Institute of Finland (Biomedicum), Helsinki, Department of Molecular Medicine. 2001- Work description: Statistical analyses of genetic materials and genotype data.
American Society of Human Genetics, 49th Annual Meeting, 10/19-10/23/1999 San Francisco, California, USA.
4th International Meeting On The Genetic Epidemiology Of Complex Traits Churchill College, Cambridge, England 4 - 7 April 2004
GenomEUtwin Scientific Meeting. Rome, 13–14 December, 2004
HUGO's 11th Human Genome Meeting, Helsinki Fair Centre, Helsinki, Finland, Wed 31 May to Sat 03 June 2006
International Genetic Epidemiology Society, 15th Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg Beach, Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, November 16-17, 2006
GenomEUtwin Scientific Meeting. Rome, 13–15 December, 2006
Linkage disequilibrium in medical genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland, 12/9-12/12/1997.
26th Advanced Course: Human Genome Analysis: Genetic analysis of multifactorial diseases, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, England 26 July - 1 August 2000
GenomEUtwin workshop on methodology of genetic epidemiology, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands, September 15-19, 2003. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands.
Course on statistics in genetics. Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. August. 26-30, 2002. Teacher's assistant.
GenomEUtwin Workshop: Statistical Genetics Short Course featuring Mendel and SimWalk2. Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland. September 8th - 12th 2003. Teacher's assistant.
Workshop and Symposium on New Approaches for The Discovery and Analysis of Genes Underlying Complex Diseases. ILCHUN Molecular Medicine Institute, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, KOREA, January 30th - February 1 2004. Teacher's assistant.
Genetic Analysis Course, University of Helsinki, Department of Genetics, April 26 – May 13, 2004. Teacher's assistant.
Study design issues for gene mapping in complex traits. Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia. May 24th - 26th, 2004.
Logical Reasoning in Human Genetics. National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, September 19 - 23, 2004. Teacher's assistant.
Genetic epidemiology applied to sport sciences, University of Porto, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Portugal. January 3rd-7th, 2005.
FEBS Advanced Course, Modern Approach in Genome Analysis for Medical Application, Biomedical Research and Study Centre University of Latvia. Riga, Latvia, June 5 -18, 2005.
Genetic epidemiology applied to sport sciences, University of Porto, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Portugal. March 13th-17th, 2006.
Logical Reasoning in Human Genetics & Genetic Epidemiology. Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland, August 14th -18th, 2006. Teacher's assistant.
Practical Bioinformatics Module IV: Gene Mapping. Helsinki Biomedical Graduate School (HBGS), Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland, September 2006.
Geenikartoituskurssi, CSC - Tieteellinen laskenta Oy, 30.- 31.10.2006
Genetic mapping of quantitative traits, University of Porto, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Portugal, March 19th-23rd, 2007
EMBO Practical Course on Genome-wide SNP Association studies, Biomedicum, Helsinki, Finland, 27.8.-31.8.2007
HUGO's 11th Human Genome Meeting, Helsinki Fair Centre, Helsinki, Finland, Wed 31 May to Sat 03 June 2006
Columbia Genome Center, University of Columbia, New York, USA (2003)
The Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland (2006)
Genetic Epidemiology Course, Tampere School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland (2006)
Doctoral course in association mapping, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, Finland (2006)