Tuula Vasankari
 Professor of practice, MD, PhD


tuula.vasankari@utu.fi




https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-8970






Tuberculosis, COPD, respiratory diseases, smoking cessation















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


 



From
2002 to 2011 Senior doctor/consultant in Turku University Hospital (TYKS), special
responsibility in tuberculosis



From
2005 to 2011 Senior researcher in National 
institute for health and welfare


 




 








Research in the field of TB epidemiology, epidemiology of obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer and smoking



  
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  • Association of impaired pulmonary function and objectively measured physical activity in a population study  (2025)  
    • Scientific Reports
     Lopmeri, Maria; Mattila, Tiina; Tokola, Kari; Vasankari, Tommi; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Lahti, Jouni; Vasankari, Tuula


  • Clinical standards for antimicrobial stewardship in TB care  (2025)  
    • IJTLD Open
     Brehm, T. T.; Akkerman, O. W.; Sotgiu, G.; Tiberi, S.; Chang, K.-C.; Dheda, K.; Duarte, R.; Vambe, D.; Udwadia, Z. F.; Chesov, D.; Mendelson, M.; Iswari Saktiawati, A. M.; van Ingen, J.; Eyuboglu, F. O.; Tängdén, T.; Quang Vo, L. N.; Riccardi, N.; Moschos, C.; Friedland, J. S.; Lillebaek, T.; Chandy, S. J.; Caminero, J. A.; Thwaites, G.; Gandra, S.; Thursky, K.; George, I. A.; Konstantynovska, O.; Fatima, R.; Yim, J.-J.; Kwak, N.; Olaru, I. D.; Gillespie, S.H.; Kherabi, Y.; Perl, S. H.; Grønningen, E.; Rodrigues, C.; Bjerrum, S.; Bange, F.; Cox, V.; Cirillo, D. M.; Saluzzo, F.; Hara, G. L.; Wagner, D.; Ismail, N.; Sloan, D. J.; Eshun-Wilsonova, I.; Zeng, M.; Cantero, C.; Vasankari, T.; Mandalakas, A.; Kay, A.; Ness, T.; Torrico, M. M.; Günther, G.; Kuksa, L.; Guglielmetti, L.; García-Basteiro, A. L.; Marks, G. B.; Pulcini, C.; Lange, C.


  • Comparative study of lung cancer care and survival outcomes across the Nordic countries  (2025)  
    • Acta Oncologica
     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


  • Increasing incidence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea in the Finnish population: A cohort study from 2005 to 2019  (2025)  
    • Respiratory Medicine
     Peuranheimo, Peik; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Ollgren, Jukka; Strausz, Satu; Vasankari, Tuula; Ruoranen, Toni; Ollila, Hanna M.; Hillamaa, Anne; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Mattila, Tiina


  • 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


  • Kommentaari : taistelu tupakoinnin turmelusta vastaan jatkuu  (2025)  
    • Duodecim
     Vasankari, Tuula


  • Koronainfektion aiheuttamat pitkäaikaismuutokset keuhkoissa  (2025)  
    • Duodecim
     Lindahl, Anna; Aro, Miia; Vasankari, Tuula


  • Lääkkeille vastustuskykyistä MDR-tuberkuloosia esiintyy Suomessakin - diagnosointi ja hoito on vaativaa  (2025)  
    • Duodecim
     Soini, Hanna; Mentula, Silja; Vasankari, Tuula


  • 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)  
    • Allergy
     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.


  • Muutokset sisäilmaan liittyvissä ongelmissa, oireissa, käsityksissä ja uutisoinnissa vuosien 2018 ja 2022 välillä : Kansallisen sisäilma ja terveys -ohjelman väliarviointi ja suunnitellut jatkotoimet  (2025)  
    • Duodecim
     Pekkanen, Juha; Salmela, Anniina; Kulha, Kristiina; Lampi, Jussi; Lappalainen, Sanna; Mäki, Sari; Sainio, Markku; Tulenheimo-Eklund, Elina; Vasankari, Tuula; Vuokko, Aki; Hyvärinen, Anne


  • Sodat ja tuberkuloosi  (2025)  
    • Duodecim
     Anttila, Veli-Jukka; Soini, Hanna; Vasankari, Tuula


  • Temporal changes in blood biomarkers associated with sleep apnoea severity: a retrospective cohort study in Finland  (2025)  
    • BMJ Open
     Hellen, Mira; Ruoranen, Toni; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Vasankari, Tuula; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Mattila, Tiina; Ollila, Hanna M.; Strausz, Satu


  • 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


  • Use of nicotine products and withdrawal support among personnel of the Finnish Defence Forces  (2025)  
    • BMJ military health
     Danielsson, Maria; Lammi, Aleksi; Sandström, Per; Siitonen, S; Ruohola, Juha-Petri; Ollgren, Jukka; Pylkkänen, Liisa; Vasankari, Tuula


  • 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


  • Attribution of smoking to healthcare costs in the postoperative interval  (2024)  
    • BJS Open
     Gräsbeck, Helene L.; Reito, Aleksi R. P.; Ekroos, Heikki J.; Aakko, Juhani A.; Hölsä, Olivia; Vasankari, Tuula M.


  • 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


  • Kotihappihoidon käytännöt vastaavat suosituksia hyvin  (2024)  
    • Lääkärilehti
     Saarinen, Antti; Ryynänen, Herkko; Vasankari, Tuula


  • Latentin tuberkuloosi-infektion seulonta ja hoito kannattaa kohdentaa  (2024)  
    • Lääkärilehti
     Rajalahti Iiris, Soini Hanna, Vasankari Tuula


  • 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



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