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.
- Imeväisen ravitsemuksen merkitys lihavuuden kehittymisessä (2015)
- Lääkärilehti
- Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and its SpaC pilus adhesin modulate inflammatory responsiveness and TLR-related gene expression in the fetal human gut (2015)
- Pediatric Research
- Mode of delivery-impact on risk of noncommunicable diseases (2015)
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Neonatal Antibiotic Exposure Alters Compositional Gut Microbiota Development During the First 6 Months of Life (2015)
- FASEB Journal
- Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG therapy and microbiological programming in infantile colic: a randomized, controlled trial (2015)
- Pediatric Research
- Role of probiotics in reducing the risk of gestational diabetes (2015)
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
- Secretor Status Is Strongly Associated with Microbial Alterations Observed during Pregnancy (2015)
- PLoS ONE
- Severity of atopic disease inversely correlates with intestinal microbiota diversity and butyrate-producing bacteria. (2015)
- Allergy
- The impact of early gut microbiota modulation on the risk of child disease – alert to accuracy in probiotic studies (2015)
- Beneficial Microbes
- Elective caesarean section is associated with low adiponectin levels in cord blood (2014)
- Neonatology
- Gut microbiota as an epigenetic regulator: pilot study based on whole genome methylation analysis (2014)
- mBio
- Long-term monitoring of the human intestinal microbiota from the 2nd week to 13 years of age (2014)
- Anaerobe
- Maternal dietary counseling during pregnancy and infant fatty acid profiles (2014)
- International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
- Maternal dietary counseling reduces total and LDL cholesterol postpartum (2014)
- Nutrition
- Prebiotic and probiotic supplementation prevents rhinovirus infections in preterm infants: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial (2014)
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Timing of complementary feeding and the risk of atopic eczema. (2014)
- Acta Paediatrica
- Diet and blood lipids in 1-4 year-old children (2013)
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
- Eating behavior influences diet, weight, and central obesity in women after pregnancy (2013)
- Nutrition
- Effect of probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and breast-feeding on the allergic sensitization in the infantile eczema Reply (2013)
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Effect of probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and breast-feeding on the allergic sensitization in the infantile eczema Reply (2013)
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology