Professor
Katri is the head of the Developmental Psychology Research Group. She is interested in a variety of early-life exposures, such as maternal stress and pregnancy complications, and the role these factors may play for the developing individual.
katri.raikkonen(a)helsinki.fi,
Senior Researcher
Marius is a university lecturer in developmental psychology, and has a PhD and docentship in psychology. Marius’ research interests include the developmental origins of mental health, including fetal programming.
marius.lahti-pulkkinen(a)helsinki.fi,
Senior Researcher
Polina's research field is life-course epidemiology. Her interest is to understand how maternal conditions during pregnancy shape life-course trajectories of mental health and to identify modifiable factors that can mitigate negative influences.
polina.girchenko(a)helsinki.fi,
Senior Researcher
Riikka has a PhD and docentship in developmental psychology, and background as a specialized child and youth psychologist. Riikka’s research interests include early parenthood, predictors of mental health and long-term development after preterm.
riikka.pyhala(a)helsinki.fi,
Senior Researcher
Li has a background in biochemistry and neuroscience. Her research activities have covered both clinical and preclinical studies on neuropsychiatric disorders, focusing on molecular mechanisms such as neuro-immune interactions. Her current project aims to characterize direct and indirect parental genetic influences on offspring’s behavioural and mental health problems using family-based genomic approaches.
li.tian(a)helsinki.fi,
Postdoctoral Researcher
Annaleena is a developmental psychologist interested in supporting the wellbeing of children and parents. She has completed her
annaleena.holopainen(a)helsinki.fi,
Doctoral Researcher
Soile is a doctoral researcher with a background in biomedicine, with a focus on genetics and molecular bioscience. Her research interests include the role of epigenetics in prenatal, infant, and early childhood development. Her PhD focuses on placental mechanisms that may mediate the effects of maternal exposures on child development.
soile.hytti(a)helsinki.fi,
Doctoral Researcher
Verna is a doctoral researcher and a psychologist with clinical work experience with children and families. Her research interests include adverse childhood experiences, prenatal programming, and childhood development. Her PhD focuses on the intergenerational effects of childhood maltreatment and pregnancy-related biological alterations.
verna.salo(a)helsinki.fi,
Doctoral Researcher
Tiina is a doctoral researcher and a psychologist with a background in social sciences. Her research interests include prenatal, infant and early childhood development, and her PhD focuses on the prenatal programming mechanisms of maternal depression and anxiety on later child development.
tiina.seikku(a)helsinki.fi,
Doctoral Researcher
Chenyao is a doctoral researcher with a background in molecular biology and biostatistics. His research focuses on maternal and child health, developmental and psychiatric epidemiology, and statistical analysis of longitudinal cohort data. His work involves data management, statistical modelling, and the study of prenatal factors in relation to child growth and later health outcomes.
chenyao.ni(a)helsinki.fi
Doctoral researcher
Anna is a psychologist and is interested in the developmental origins of mental health. Her research focus is the association of prenatal factors with later mental health.
Professor
Jari is a professor of clinical psychology, mental health, and mental health interventions and leads the
jari.lahti(a)helsinki.fi,
Professor
Kati is a professor of psychology in University of Tampere. She leads her own research group and collaborates closely with Depsy. Kati also has background as a specialized child psychologist.
kati.heinonen-tuomaala(a)tuni.fi,