Erika Isolauri
MD, PhD, Professor of Paediatrics
eriiso@utu.fi +358 29 450 2258 +358 40 503 9852 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku |
Areas of experitise: Gastroenterology: gut microbiota; Nutrition: probiotics, obesity; Immunology: food allergy. Research programme Neonatal exposures, Adverse outcomes, Mucosal immunology and Intestinal microbiota (NAMI)
Dr Isolauri is Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Turku, and Chief Physician of Department of Paediatrics at Turku University Hospital and Head of the Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland.
She has received several Academic Honours (CV), including: the John Harris Prize from European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition; the Niilo Hallman price from the Foundation for Paediatric Research, Finland, an award from Institut Candia 1993 (France) and International Award for Modern Nutrition, Swiss Central Nutrition Association; the Nanna Svartz Lecture, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; and the Tissier Price Lecture at the Japan Bifidus Foundation. In 2010 she received the IDF Elie Metchnikoff Prize 2010 in the category Nutrition and Health. In 2016, and she received the Matti Äyräpää Award from The Finnish Medical Society Duodecim.
Author of 456 Scientific articles: she has written 278 Original publications, 112 Review articles/ Chapters in books, 66 Scientific articles in Finnish; in addition she has 180 invited Lectures in International Academic Meetings. H-index 93 (February 2021).
She has held University Teaching positions since 1986 (see CV), postdoctoral training in France and USA, and visiting professorships and official duties internationally.
She has supervised 25 doctoral theses (PhD) and acted as Opponent at the University of Helsinki and the University of Tampere, Finland; Université Paris XI, France; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and Wageningen Unversity, The Netherlands, and the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Dietary and clinical impacts of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (2010)
- Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dietary counselling with probiotics balance glucose metabolism during and after pregnancy (2010) Laitinen K, Isolauri E
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Early nutritional environment: focus on health effects of microbiota and probiotics (2010)
- Beneficial Microbes
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Effect of mother's weight on infant's microbiota acquisition, composition, and activity during early infancy: A prospective follow-up study initiated in early pregnancy (2010)
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ensisynnyttäjien näkemykset imeväisen ruokinnasta ja sen yhteydestä terveyteen (2010)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Imeväisen ruokinta ja yhteydet terveyteen: ensisynnyttäjien näkemykset (2010)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Impact of maternal probiotic-supplemented dietary counselling on pregnancy outcome and prenatal and postnatal growth: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study (2010)
- British Journal of Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Manufacturing process influences properties of probiotic bacteria (2010)
- British Journal of Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal dietary counselling initiated in early pregnancy modifies cord blood fatty acids (2010)
- Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
(Other publication) - Probiotics and the allergic response (2010) Probiotics: A Clinical Guide Isolauri E, Rautava S, Laitinen K, Salminen S
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Safety of lactobacillus GG probiotic in infants with very low birth weight: Twelve years of experience (2010)
- Clinical Infectious Diseases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The impact of perinatal probiotic intervention on the development of overweight and obesity: follow-up study from birth to 10 years (2010)
- International Journal of Obesity
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ravitsemusneuvonta koetaan tärkeäksi neuvolatyössä (2007)
- Lääkärilehti
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)