• MSc in Pharmacy, University of Kuopio,1986
  
• MSc in Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 1995
• LicSc in Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, 1996
• PhD in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 2004
• joined STATEAM, a research group led by Prof Risto Huupponen at the University of Turku, 2009
• Title of Docent in Epidemiology, University of Turku, 2012
• Visting Scholar, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 2015-2016
  
• Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and
  Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2016-2017
• Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, 2017-2019
• has worked as research director, senior adviser, senior researcher at the University of Turku 2009-2016, 2017-2018

Main research interests:

• understanding patterns and determinants of physician prescribing and medication adherence in
  cardiovascular diseases
• assessment of real-world effectiveness and safety of cardiovascular medications,
  using observational data from large healthcare utilization databases 

• has supervised seven PhD theses and over 20 Master’s theses of students with various backgrounds in
  pharmacy, medicine and public health.