People

Meet the people of the Ruminant Health research group!
Päivi Rajala-Schultz, Professor

Päivi is a veterinary epidemiologist, with her DVM degree from College of Vet Med in Helsinki and PhD from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, USA. She has spent most of her academic career as a faculty member at The Ohio State University, College of Vet Med in Columbus, OH, USA. Her research interests are in dairy production medicine. Overall goal of the research has been and is to identify and develop management practices that will improve dairy cattle health and well-being and enhance sustainability and profitability of dairy industry. Current research interests are especially in udder health and milk quality, with particular focus in dry cow management and dry cow treatments.

Heli Simojoki, Associate Professor

I'm associate professor of Ruminant health, which is a joint professor of Veterinary Faculty and Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. My research interest is infectious diseases in cattle. One of the most effective tools lower the antimicrobial usage and better welfare for cattle is decrease morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases. 

 

Mari Hovinen, Clinical Instructor
Eeva Mustonen, Clinical Instructor
Suvi Taponen, Clinical Instructor
Riitta Niemi, Clinical Instructor
Minna Kujala-Wirth, Clinical Instructor

Minna's publications

Aino Riihimäki, Hospital Veterinarian
Doctoral Researchers

Our doctoral researchers work in different research projects. 

Karoliina Hagner: Dairy cow mortality

Hertta Pirkkalainen: Hoof health in dairy herds

Muusa Takala: Streptococcus uberis mastitis

Atte Sandelin's dissertation: Epidemiological studies on morbidity, mortality and growth on Finnish calf rearing farms