Tuula Vasankari
Professor of practice, MD, PhD
Areas of expertise
Tuberculosis, COPD, respiratory diseases, smoking cessation
Biography
Chief
executive officer in Filha since 2011; responsible of all activities of
Filha, leader of Filha tuberculosis activities
Professor
at Turku University, Faculty of medicine, since 2016
Chairman
in the National advisory group for tuberculosis treatment since 2007
Member
of the National expert group for follow up of the Finnish National
Tuberculosis program since 2007
Member
of the National expert group for TB control since 2007
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From
2002 to 2011 Senior doctor/consultant in Turku University Hospital (TYKS), special
responsibility in tuberculosis
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From
2005 to 2011 Senior researcher in National
institute for health and welfare
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Research
Research in the field of TB epidemiology, epidemiology of obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer and smoking
Publications
- Association of impaired pulmonary function and objectively measured physical activity in a population study (2025) Lopmeri, Maria; Mattila, Tiina; Tokola, Kari; Vasankari, Tommi; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Lahti, Jouni; Vasankari, Tuula
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Comparative study of lung cancer care and survival outcomes across the Nordic countries (2025) Khalife, Ghida; Waris, Juho; Bødtger, Uffe; Isaksson, Johan; Neumann, Kirill; Harðardóttir, Hrönn; Andersén, Heidi; Jekunen, Antti; Lovén, Maria; Vasankari, Tuula; Nurmi-Rantala, Susanna; Torkki, Paulus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Increasing incidence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea in the Finnish population: A cohort study from 2005 to 2019 (2025) Peuranheimo, Peik; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Ollgren, Jukka; Strausz, Satu; Vasankari, Tuula; Ruoranen, Toni; Ollila, Hanna M.; Hillamaa, Anne; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Mattila, Tiina
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Increasing sleep apnoea burden in the elderly in Finland from 1996 to 2018: A national registry study (2025)
- Respiratory Medicine and Research
Hasala, Hannele; Mattila, Tiina; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi; Vasankari, Tuula; Herse, Fredrik; Leskelä, Riikka-Leena; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Erhola, Marina; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Haahtela, Tari
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Kommentaari : taistelu tupakoinnin turmelusta vastaan jatkuu (2025) Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Koronainfektion aiheuttamat pitkäaikaismuutokset keuhkoissa (2025) Lindahl, Anna; Aro, Miia; Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Lääkkeille vastustuskykyistä MDR-tuberkuloosia esiintyy Suomessakin - diagnosointi ja hoito on vaativaa (2025) Soini, Hanna; Mentula, Silja; Vasankari, Tuula
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Methodology for the Development of the Allergic Rhinitis and Its Impact on Asthma (ARIA)-EAACI 2024–2025 Guidelines: From Evidence-to-Decision Frameworks to Digitalised Shared Decision-Making Algorithms (2025) Bousquet, Jean; Sousa‐Pinto, Bernardo; Vieira, Rafael José; Schünemann, Holger J.; Zuberbier, Torsten; Bognanni, Antonio; Togias, Alkis; Samolinski, Boleslaw; Valiulis, Arunas; Williams, Sian; Bedbrook, Anna; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa; Jose Torres, Maria; Shamji, Mohamed H.; Morais‐Almeida, Mário; Canonica, G. Walter; de las Vecillas, Leticia; Dykewicz, Mark S.; Jacomelli, Cristina; Klimek, Ludger; Leemann, Lucas; Lourenço, Olga; Palamarchuk, Yuliia; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Savouré, Marine; Toppila‐Salmi, Sanna K.; Ventura, Maria Teresa; Yepes‐Nuñez, Juan Jose; Cruz, Alvaro A.; Ciprandi, Giorgio; Gemicioglu, Bilun; Giovannini, Mattia; Gradauskiene, Brigita; Jartti, Tuomas; Jeseňák, Miloš; Kuna, Piotr; Kvedariene, Violeta; Larenas‐Linnemann, Désirée E.; Latiff, Amir H. A.; Mohammad, Yousser; Ohta, Ken; Mahesh, Padukudru A.; Pali‐Schöll, Isabella; Pfaar, Oliver; Regateiro, Frederico S.; Roche, Nicolas; Sofiev, Mikhail; Taborda‐Barata, Luís; Suppli Ulrik, Charlotte; Valentin Rostan, Marylin; Viegi, Giovanni; Zhang, Luo; Antó, Josep M.; Haahtela, Tari; Cherrez‐Ojeda, Ivan; Ivancevich, Juan Carlos; Khaltaev, Nikolai; Yorgancioglu, Arzu; Abdullah, Baharudin; Al‐Ahmad, Mona; Al‐Nesf, Maryam Ali; Amaral, Rita; Asllani, Julijana; Bergmann, Karl‐C; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Blaiss, Michael S.; Braido, Fulvio; Camargos, Paulo; Carreiro‐Martins, Pedro; Casale, Thomas; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Fiocchi, Alessandro G.; Giuliano, Antonio F. M.; Christoff, George; Cirule, Ieva; Correia‐de‐Sousa, Jaime; Costa, Elisio M.; Del Giacco, Stefano; Devillier, Philippe; Dokic, Dejan; Hossny, Elham; Iinuma, Tomohisa; Irani, Carla; Ispayeva, Zhanat; Julge, Kaja; Kaidashev, Igor; Bennoor, Kazi S.; Kraxner, Helga; Kull, Inger; Kulus, Marek; Kupczyk, Maciej; Kurchenko, Andriy; La Grutta, Stefania; Miculinic, Neven; Tuyet, Lan Le Thi; Makris, Michael; Milenkovic, Branislava; Lee, Sang Min; Montefort, Stephen; Moreira, André; Mullol, Joaquim; Nadif, Rachel; Nakonechna, Alla; Neffen, Hugo E.; Niedoszytko, Marek; Nyembue, Dieudonné; O'Hehir, Robyn; Ogulur, Ismail; Okamoto, Yoshitaka; Olze, Heidi; Palomares, Oscar; Panzner, Petr; Patella, Vincenzo; Pawankar, Ruby; Pitsios, Constantinos; Popov, Todor A.; Puggioni, Francesca; Quirce, Santiago; Ramonaité, Agné; Recto, Marysia; Repka‐Ramirez, Maria Susana; Roberts, Graham; Robles‐Velasco, Karla; Rottem, Menachem; Salapatas, Marianella; Sastre, Joaquin; Scichilone, Nicola; Sisul, Juan Carlos; Solé, Dirceu; Soto‐Martinez, Manuel E.; Sova, Milan; Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn; Todo‐Bom, Ana; Tsaryk, Vladyslav; Tsiligianni, Ioanna; Urrutia‐Pereira, Marilyn; Valovirta, Erkka; Van Ganse, Eric; Vasankari, Tuula; Wallace, Dana; Wang, De Yun; Worm, Margitta; Yusuf, Osman M.; Zidarn, Mihaela; Gil‐Mata, Sara; Marques‐Cruz, Manuel; Mahboub, Bassam; Ansotegui, Ignacio J.; Romano, Antonino; Artesani, Maria Cristina; Barreto, Bruno; Becker, Sven; Beghe, Bianca; Bouchard, Jacques; Bourgoin‐Heck, Melisande; Brussino, Luisa; Buhl, Roland; Calvo‐Gil, Mario; Dahl, Victoria Cardona; Vizuete, José Antonio Castillo; Charpin, Denis; Chavannes, Niels H.; Chełmińska, Marta; Cheng, Lei; Chkhartishvili, Ekaterine; Chong‐Neto, Herberto Jose; Choudhury, Deepa; Chu, Derek; Cingi, Cemal; Compalati, Enrico; Cvetkovski, Biljana; Da Silva, Jane; D'Amato, Gennaro; Davies, Janet; Di Bona, Danilo; Dimou, Maria V.; Teixeira, Maria Do Ceu; Doulaptsi, Maria; Pérez, José Miguel Fuentes; Gawlik, Radoslaw; Goksel, Ozlem; Gómez, Maximiliano R.; Gonzalez Diaz, Sandra N.; Gotua, Maia; Grigoreas, Christos; Grisle, Ineta; Guzman, Maria Antonieta; House Tan, Rachel; Hyland, Michael; Ierodiakonou, Despo; Karavelia, Aspasia; Kisiel, Marta; Kosnik, Mitja; Kritikos, Vicky; Lombardi, Carlo; Martini, Matteo; Meço, Cem; Mesonjesi, Eris; Mihaltan, Florin; Moniuszko, Marcin; Naclerio, Robert; Neisinger, Sophia; Ordak, Michal; Paoletti, Giovanni; Perdomo‐Flores, Edgar Arturo; Pham‐Thi, Nhan; Prokopakis, Emmanuel; Yeverino, Daniela Rivero; Rolla, Giovanni; Romantowski, Jan; Rouadi, Philip W.; Rukhadze, Maia; Sakurai, Daiju; Salameh, Laila; Sarquis Faradiba, Serpa; Kosak, Tanja Soklic; Soyka, Michael; Sozinova, Olga; Specjalski, Krzysztof; Tomic‐Spiric, Vesna; Vachova, Martina; van Hage, Marianne; Koyuncu, Ilgim Vardaloglu; Vichyanond, Pakit; Wagenmann, Martin; Ko, Fanny Wai San; Werminghaus, Pascal; Xepapadaki, Vicky Paraskevi; Xiang, Yi‐Kui; Fonseca, João A.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Muutokset sisäilmaan liittyvissä ongelmissa, oireissa, käsityksissä ja uutisoinnissa vuosien 2018 ja 2022 välillä : Kansallisen sisäilma ja terveys -ohjelman väliarviointi ja suunnitellut jatkotoimet (2025) Pekkanen, Juha; Salmela, Anniina; Kulha, Kristiina; Lampi, Jussi; Lappalainen, Sanna; Mäki, Sari; Sainio, Markku; Tulenheimo-Eklund, Elina; Vasankari, Tuula; Vuokko, Aki; Hyvärinen, Anne
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Sodat ja tuberkuloosi (2025) Anttila, Veli-Jukka; Soini, Hanna; Vasankari, Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Temporal changes in blood biomarkers associated with sleep apnoea severity: a retrospective cohort study in Finland (2025) Hellen, Mira; Ruoranen, Toni; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Vasankari, Tuula; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Mattila, Tiina; Ollila, Hanna M.; Strausz, Satu
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- The Burden of COPD with Type 2 Inflammation in North-West Continental Europe (2025)
- International Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Sandelowsky, Hanna; Løkke, Anders; Kocks, Janwillem; Grøttum, Helle; Bakke, Per; Vasankari, Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Use of nicotine products and withdrawal support among personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces (2025) Danielsson, Maria; Lammi, Aleksi; Sandström, Per; Siitonen, S; Ruohola, Juha-Petri; Ollgren, Jukka; Pylkkänen, Liisa; Vasankari, Tuula
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Use of putative hepatoprotective agents as an adjunct to anti-TB treatment in Europe (2025)
- International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
O. Kirakosyan; M. Reimann; A.B. Andersen; A. Bjarnason; A. Bakos; A.M. Dyrhol-Riise; A.M. McLaughlin; C. Nita; D. Pieridou; D. Chesov; E.V. Davidaviciene; G. Gunther; H. Atshemyan; I. Muylle; I. Solovic; J. Bruchfeld; K. Manika; L. Kuksa; L.R. Codecasa; M. Stosic; M. Skowroski; M.J. Makek; M. Frechet Jachym; M. Knappik; M. Santin N. Yatskevich; O. Konstantynovska; O. Akkerman; P. Svetina; P. Viiklepp; R. Duarte; S. Zeynel; T. Togonidze; T. Vasankari; V. Parris; S¸ . Ozkara; C. Lange; T.T. Brehm
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Attribution of smoking to healthcare costs in the postoperative interval (2024) Gräsbeck, Helene L.; Reito, Aleksi R. P.; Ekroos, Heikki J.; Aakko, Juhani A.; Hölsä, Olivia; Vasankari, Tuula M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Concepts for the development of person-centred, digitally-enabled, Artificial Intelligence-assisted ARIA care pathways (ARIA 2024) (2024)
- Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
Bousquet, Jean; Schünemann, Holger J.; Sousa-Pinto, Bernardo; Zuberbier, Torsten; Togias, Alkis; Samolinski, Boleslaw; Bedbrook, Anna; Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa; Hofmann-Apitius, Martin; Litynska, Justyna; Vieira, Rafael J.; Anto, Josep M.; Fonseca, Joao A.; Brozek, Jan; Bognanni, Antonio; Brussino, Luisa; Canonica, G. Walter; Cherrez-Ojeda, Ivan; Cruz, Alvaro A.; Vecillas, Leticia de las; Dykewicz, Mark; Gemicioglu, Bilun; Giovannini, Mattia; Haahtela, Tari; Jacobs, Marc; Jacomelli, Cristina; Klimek, Ludger; Kvedariene, Violeta; Larenas-Linnemann, Desiree E.; Louis, Gilles; Lourenço, Olga; Leemann, Lucas; Morais-Almeida, Mario; Neves, Ana Luisa; Nadeau, Kari C.; Nowak, Artur; Palamarchuk, Yuliia; Palkonen, Susanna; Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G.; Parmelli, Elena; Pereira, Ana Margarida; Pfaar, Oliver; Regateiro, Frederico S.; Savouré, Marine; Taborda-Barata, Luis; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna K.; Torres, Maria J.; Valiulis, Arunas; Ventura, Maria Teresa; Williams, Sian; Yepes-Nuñez, Juan J.; Yorgancioglu, Arzu; Zhang, Luo; Zuberbier, Jaron; Abdul Latiff, Amir Hamzah; Abdullah, Baharudin; Agache, Ioana; Al-Ahmad, Mona; Al-Nesf, Maryam Ali; Al Shaikh, Nada A.; Amaral, Rita; Ansotegui, Ignacio J.; Asllani, Julijana; Balotro-Torres, Maria Cristina; Bergmann, Karl-Christian; Bernstein, Jonathan A.; Bindslev-Jensen, Carsten; Blaiss, Michael S.; Bonaglia, Cristina; Bonini, Matteo; Bossé, Isabelle; Braido, Fulvio; Caballero-Fonseca, Fernan; Camargos, Paulo; Carreiro-Martins, Pedro; Casale, Thomas; Castillo-Vizuete, José-Antonio; Cecchi, Lorenzo; Teixeira, Maria do Ceu; Chang, Yoon-Seok; Loureiro, Claudia Chaves; Christoff, George; Ciprandi, Giorgio; Cirule, Ieva; Correia-de-Sousa, Jaime; Costa, Elisio M.; Cvetkovski, Biljana; de Vries, Govert; Del Giacco, Stefano; Devillier, Philippe; Dokic, Dejan; Douagui, Habib; Durham, Stephen R.; Enecilla, Maria Lourdes; Fiocchi, Alessandro; Fokkens, Wytske J.; Fontaine, Jean-François; Gawlik, Radoslaw; Gereda, Jose E.; Gil-Mata, Sara; Giuliano, Antonio FM.; Gotua, Maia; Gradauskiene, Brigita; Guzman, Maria Antonieta; Hossny, Elham; Hrubiško, Martin; Iinuma, Tomohisa; Irani, Carla; Ispayeva, Zhanat; Ivancevich, Juan Carlos; Jartti, Tuomas; Jeseňák, Miloš; Julge, Kaja; Jutel, Marek; Kaidashev, Igor; Bennoor, Kazi S.; Khaltaev, Nicolai; Kirenga, Bruce; Kraxner, Helga; Kull, Inger; Kulus, Marek; Kuna, Piotr; Kupczyk, Maciej; Kurchenko, Andriy; La Grutta, Stefania; Lane, Stephen; Miculinic, Neven; Lee, Sang Min; Le Thi Tuyet, Lan; Lkhagvaa, Battur; Louis, Renaud; Mahboub, Bassam; Makela, Mika; Makris, Michael; Maurer, Marcus; Melén, Eric; Milenkovic, Branislava; Mohammad, Yousser; Moniuszko, Marcin; Montefort, Stephen; Moreira, Andre; Moreno, Pablo; Mullol, Joaquim; Nadif, Rachel; Nakonechna, Alla; Navarro-Locsin, Cecilia Gretchen; Neffen, Hugo E.; Nekam, Kristof; Niedoszytko, Marek; Nunes, Elizabete; Nyembue, Dieudonné; O’Hehir, Robyn; Ollert, Markus; Ohta, Ken; Okamoto, Yoshitaka; Okubo, Kimihiro; Olze, Heidi; Padukudru, Mahesh Anand; Palomares, Oscar; Pali-Schöll, Isabella; Panzner, Petr; Palosuo, Kati; Park, Hae S.; Passalacqua, Giovanni; Patella, Vincenzo; Pawankar, Ruby; Pétré, Benoît; Pitsios, Constantinos; Plavec, Davor; Popov, Todor A.; Puggioni, Francesca; Quirce, Santiago; Raciborski, Filip; Ramonaité, Agné; Recto, Marysia; Repka-Ramirez, Susana; Roberts, Graham; Robles-Velasco, Karla; Roche, Nicolas; Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Monica; Romualdez, Joel A.; Rottem, Menachem; Rouadi, Philip W.; Salapatas, Marianella; Sastre, Joaquin; Serpa, Faradiba S.; Sayah, Zineb; Scichilone, Nicola; Senna, Gianenrico; Sisul, Juan Carlos; Solé, Dirceu; Soto-Martinez, Manuel E.; Sova, Milan; Sozinova, Olga; Stevanovic, Katarina; Ulrik, Charlotte Suppli; Szylling, Anna; Tan, Frances M.; Tantilipikorn, Pongsakorn; Todo-Bom, Ana; Tomic-Spiric, Vesna; Tsaryk, Vladyslav; Tsiligianni, Ioanna; Urrutia-Pereira, Marilyn; Rostan, Marylin Valentin; Sofiev, Mikhail; Valovirta, Erkka; Van Eerd, Michiel; Van Ganse, Eric; Vasankari, Tuula; Vichyanond, Pakit; Viegi, Giovanni; Wallace, Dana; Wang, De Yun; Waserman, Susan; Wong, Gary; Worm, Margitta; Yusuf, Osman M.; Zaitoun, Fares; Zidarn, Mihaela
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Kotihappihoidon käytännöt vastaavat suosituksia hyvin (2024) Saarinen, Antti; Ryynänen, Herkko; Vasankari, Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Latentin tuberkuloosi-infektion seulonta ja hoito kannattaa kohdentaa (2024) Rajalahti Iiris, Soini Hanna, Vasankari Tuula
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
- Long-Term Impairment From Irritant-Induced Occupational Asthma (2024)
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Lantto, Jussi; Suojalehto, Hille; Vasankari, Tuula; Karvala, Kirsi; Lindström, Irmeli
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Lung Cancer in Finland (2024)
- Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Andersén, Heidi; Aro, Miia; Kaarteenaho, Riitta; Koivunen, Jussi; Mäyränpää, Mikko; Sihvo, Eero; Vasankari, tuula
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal)
