Tytti Vuorinen
tyvuori@utu.fi Kiinamyllynkatu 13 Turku |
Clinical Virology, Medical Microbiology, CNS and respiratory virus infections
Doctor of Medical Sciences (PhD),
Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku 1996,
Specialist in Clinical Microbiology,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku2002
Docent in Virology, University of
Turku 2005
Special competence in medical
education, Finnish Medical Association 2009
Pedagogical studies
for university teacher (60 ects) , Faculty of Education, University of Turku 2012
Head of virus diagnostic laboratory, University of Turku 2009-2015,
Chief physician Medical MIcrobiology, Turku University Hospital 2015-
Activities in the Medical Faculty: Vice
Chair, Department of Microbiology and Pathology 2008-2010
Member of a sub-committee for developing
professional education in medicine,
2000-2005
Member of a developing
education taskforce for undergraduates in dentistry, 2003-2007
Quality assurance
supervisor, Institute of Microbiology and Pathology, 2005-2010
My
scientific interest due to my background of medical education is mainly based
on viral pathogenesis and clinical virology. My
special interest has been on Picornaviruses,
which are important human pathogens. Enteroviruses cause respiratory
infections, meningitis, encephalitis and myocarditis and rhinoviruses are the
most common cause of common cold. Viral
infections in wheezing children have been one major clinical project with international collaboration. On
this field we have published several important findings (e.g. efficacy of
prednisolon in early wheezing caused by rhinoviruses, the first wheezing episode with rhinovirus predict later ashtma development, hyperactive immune response in asthmatics to repeated rhinovirus infection).
I
have been involved in teaching medical students since I started my carrier at the department of
Virology. During my carrier as a teacher, I have realized that learning is a continuous lifetime process and I have tried to adopte more cognitive and constructive models of learning and teaching.
I
have participated in development of PBL teaching in medical microbiology and
setting up a teacher tutor system in medical faculty. I have written a guide
for teachers about tutoring of students. I have published one pedagogic
peer-reviewed article in Finnish.
- Herpesvirus infections in adenoids in patients with chronic adenotonsillar disease (2022)
- Journal of Medical Virology
- Long-Lasting T Cell Responses in BNT162b2 COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinees and COVID-19 Convalescent Patients (2022)
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Low pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Finnish health care workers: a prospective cohort study (2022)
- Infectious Diseases
- Multicenter evaluation of the GenomEra SARS-CoV-2 assay kit (2022)
- PLoS ONE
- Sindbis virus outbreak and evidence for geographical expansion in Finland, 2021 (2022)
- Eurosurveillance
- The In Vitro Replication, Spread, and Oncolytic Potential of Finnish Circulating Strains of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (2022)
- Viruses
- The long-term prognostic value of serum 25(OH)D, albumin, and LL-37 levels in acute respiratory diseases among older adults (2022)
- BMC Geriatrics
- A Combination of N and S Antigens With IgA and IgG Measurement Strengthens the Accuracy of SARS-CoV-2 Serodiagnostics (2021)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Associations Between IFI44L Gene Variants and Rates of Respiratory Tract Infections During Early Childhood (2021)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Burden of influenza during the first year of life (2021)
- Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses
- Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection During the First Year of Life (2021)
- Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Clinical correlates of rhinovirus infection in preschool asthma (2021)
- Allergy
- Corrigendum: Mechanism of Rhinovirus Immunity and Asthma (2021)
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Double-Antigen Lateral Flow Immunoassay for the Detection of Anti-HIV-1 and -2 Antibodies Using Upconverting Nanoparticle Reporters (2021)
- Sensors
- Efficacy of inhaled salbutamol with and without prednisolone for first acute rhinovirus-induced wheezing episode (2021)
- Clinical and Experimental Allergy
- IL-6 and other biomarkers as predictors of severity in COVID-19 (2021)
- Annals of Medicine
- Incidence Trends for SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Beta Variants, Finland, Spring 2021 (2021)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Koronainfektion laboratoriodiagnostiikka: Miten laboratorio valitsee menetelmät? (2021)
- Lääkärilehti
- Mechanism of Rhinovirus Immunity and Asthma (2021)
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary trajectory of emerging echovirus 30, Europe (2021)
- Emerging Infectious Diseases