People
Principal investigators, Post-doctoral researchers, Doctoral researchers and Biostatisticians.
Marko Elovainio

Marko Elovainio, PhD, Professor 

Professor of psychological development and wellbeing

Professor Elovainio has a special interest in social epidemiology, occupational health psychology and research on the risk factors of depression, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and inter-generational transmission of health and wellbeing.

He is leading the Social ties and health and PSYSO NETWORK studies and the coordinator of the Health Professionals follow up study and co-coordinator of the Finnish Adoption (FInAdo) study and Young Finns –psychology –study. 

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ORCID: 0000-0002-1401-1910

Laura Pulkki-Råback

Laura Pulkki-Råback, PhD, University Lecturer

Lecturer of psychological development and wellbeing

Doctor Pulkki-Råback has a special interest in life-course epidemiology, socioeconomic differences in health, and development of lifestyle-related disorders. She has over 130 peer-reviewed publications and several academic appointments.

She is co-leader of the Psychosocial Factors Sector in the Young Finns Study. This is a cohort study following up 3,596 Finnish individuals from childhood to adulthood, with a focus on the development of cardiometabolic health factors over the lifespan.

She is leader of the Psychosocial Factors Sector in the Special Turku Intervention Study, which is an randomized-controlled intervention examining how an early-initiated lifestyle intervention affects cardio-metabolic risks over the lifespan.

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3242-4863

Christian Hakulinen

Christian Hakulinen, PhD, University Researcher

 

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ORCID: 0000-0001-8629-9960

 

Kaisla Komulainen

Post-doctoral researcher, PhD

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ORCID: 0000-0001-8629-9960

Doctoral Researchers and Biostatisticians

Doctoral Researchers

  • Sarianna Barron-Linnankoski
  • Laura Cachón
  • Anna-Riitta Heikkilä
  • Vilja Helminen
  • Jari Lipsanen
  • Krista Liskola
  • Isaac Moshe
  • Julia Rimmington
  • Hanni Rönnlund
  • Kira Sarasjärvi
  • Tarja Weckström

Biostatisticians

  • Mai Gutvilig
  • Ripsa Niemi