Matti Sillanpää
MD PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Depts Child Neurology and General Practice, Univ. Turku
matsilla@utu.fi +358 29 450 2741 +358 40 082 9628 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4190-3698 |
Areas of expertise
Child Neurology; Epilepsy; Migraine and Headache; Epidemiology; Chronic Neurological Diseases
Child Neurology; Epilepsy; Migraine and Headache; Epidemiology; Chronic Neurological Diseases
Research community or research topic
TACOE project; FFC project; Turku headache and migraine project
TACOE project; FFC project; Turku headache and migraine project
Biography
Born 1936, MD and authorized physician 1962; PhD 1973; Community Health Officer, Town of Loimaa 1962-64; Resident, Dept Pediatrics and Dept Neurology, Univ. Turku 1964-68; Senior Resident, Uppsala Univ. Hospital Academiska Sjukhuset 1968-69; Senior Consultant Child Neurologist and Pediatrician 1970-1976; Assoc. Prof, and Locum Prof, Dept Public Health; Univ. Turku 1976-1990; Prof. of Child Neurology, Univ. of Turku; Head, Dept. Child Neurology, Turku Univ. Hospital 1990-2001; Senior Research Scientist 2001-presently
Born 1936, MD and authorized physician 1962; PhD 1973; Community Health Officer, Town of Loimaa 1962-64; Resident, Dept Pediatrics and Dept Neurology, Univ. Turku 1964-68; Senior Resident, Uppsala Univ. Hospital Academiska Sjukhuset 1968-69; Senior Consultant Child Neurologist and Pediatrician 1970-1976; Assoc. Prof, and Locum Prof, Dept Public Health; Univ. Turku 1976-1990; Prof. of Child Neurology, Univ. of Turku; Head, Dept. Child Neurology, Turku Univ. Hospital 1990-2001; Senior Research Scientist 2001-presently
Publications 
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- Health Behaviour of Fathers of Young Families Expecting their First Baby (1992)
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Health Behaviour of Fathers of Young Families Expecting their First Baby (1992)
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish Family Competence Study: Childbearing attitudes in pregnant nulliparae (1992)
- Acta Paedopsychiatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish family competence study. Childbearing attitudes in pregnant nulliparae. (1992)
- Acta Paedopsychiatrica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Genetic factors in epileptic seizures: evidence from a large twin population (1991)
- Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Headache and vacationing (1991) Sillanpaa M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Health educational needs of nulliparous women (1991)
- Patient Education and Counseling
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Possibilities for disabled adolescents Vammaisen nuoren mahdollisuudet. (1991)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prevalence of headache at preschool age in an unselected child population (1991)
- Cephalalgia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The effect of guidance on the knowledge level of expectant mothers seen at maternity health care clinics. The Finnish Family Competence Study. (1991)
- Hygie
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish Family Competence Study: Dental oral self-care behaviour and awareness of gingivitis/calculus in farthers of young families (1991)
- Suomen hammaslääkäriseuran toimituksia. Supplementum.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish Family Competence Study: The effect of guidance on the knowlwdge level of expectant mothers seen at maternity health care clinics (1991)
- Hygie
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish Family Competence Study: The outcome and experiences of the first pregnancy in relation to the mother childbirth knowlede (1991)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The outcome and experiences of first pregnancy in relation to the mother's childbirth knowledge: The Finnish Family Competence Study (1991)
- Journal of Advanced Nursing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Children with epilepsy as adults: outcome after 30 years of follow-up. (1990)
- Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica, Supplement
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Positron emission tomography in pediatric neurology Positroniemissiotomografia lastenneurologiassa. (1990)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Public awareness of and attitudes toward cerebral palsy in a nation-wide adult population (1990)
- Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The finnish family competence study: New directions are necessary in antenatal education (1990)
- Health Education Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Finnish Family Competence Study: New directions are necessary in antenatal education (1990)
- Health Education Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Incidence and Prevalence of Epilepsy in Adults in Eastern Finland (1989)
- Epilepsia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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