Program Director
Mikko Niemi
Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics
Biomedicum 2C 307
Haartmaninkatu 8
00014 University of Helsinki
tel. +358 50 428 0998
mikko.niemi@helsinki.fi
Recent and ongoing advances in the methods in genomic and pharmacokinetic analyses, as well as the facilitating changes in the legislative environment open up novel possibilities to investigate the individualization of drug therapies. The Individualized Drug Therapy Research Program brings together groups involved in basic, translational and clinical drug research. The synergistic interdisciplinary combination of experts in in vitro and animal models, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, systems pharmacology and modeling, as well as clinical research in major therapeutic areas forms a cutting-edge center of individualized drug therapy.
Principal Investigators
- Janne Backman - Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics
- Erkki Isometsä
- Michael Jeltsch - Lymphangiogenesis Research and Antibody Development
- Katri Koli - Growth Factor Group
- Sirpa Loukovaara - Translational Diabetic Retinopathy and Fibrovascular Complications
- Marjukka Myllärniemi - Lung Factor
- Klaus Olkkola
- Pekka Rauhala
- Kim Vettenranta
Associated Clinical Researchers
- Martti Färkkilä
- Jukka Kanerva
- Heli Malm
- Kimmo Porkka