Sari Stenholm
 Professor


samast@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2755

+358 50 465 1745

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku


: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7560-0930

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Public Health; Gerontology; Epidemiology; Obesity; Sarcopenia; Physical Fitness; Physical activity; Accelerometry; Aging; Retirement



Selected earlier employment



  • 2015-2020
    Academy Research Fellow, University of Turku
  • 2014-2015
    Professor of gerontology, University of Tampere
  • 2013-2015
    Senior Researcher, University of Turku
  • 2010-2013
    Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku /
    Helsinki
  • 2007-2009
    Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National
    Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
  • 2004-2007
    Researcher, National Public Health Institute, Turku


 



Ongoing studies as a PI



Finnish
Retirement and Aging study (FIREA), 2013– (www.utu.fi/firea ).



  • Aim: Examine changes in health behaviors, health, and
    functioning before and after retirement transition
  • Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and
    Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
REACT
intervention (Enhancing physical activity and healthy aging among recent
retirees – Randomized controlled in-home physical activity trial, NCT03320746),
2017–




  • Aim: Examine and evaluate the effectiveness of technology-supported
    physical activity intervention among recent retirees

  • Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and
    Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation

Factors
predicting extension of working life among aging workers, 2018–


  • Aim: Predictors and health consequences of extended
    working life
  • Funder: Finnish Work Environment Fund







Awards and other honors



  • Prize
    for Promising researcher in gerontology, the Nordic Gerontology
    Federation, 2014.
  • Paper
    award, 2nd place, Finnish Society of Sport Sciences, 2016.


 



International research visits



  • Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public
    Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, USA, June 2017 – July 2017
  • Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health,
    National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 2012 – October 2012
  • Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of
    Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, November 2007 –
    November 2009


 



Publications



  • 119 in international peer-reviewed journals and 5 in
    Finnish peer-reviewed journals
  • 34 first authorship, 17 last authorship
  • H index 26


 



Other academic activities



Editorial board membership



  • Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
  • Scandinavian Journal for Work, Environment &
    Health
Positions of trust
  • Member of Advisory Board, Center for Healthy Aging,
    University of Copenhagen
  • Member of Research Faculty at the Medical Faculty in
    University of Turku
  • Member of Scientific Committee, Nordic Gerontological
    Federation (NGF)


 Research training merits

  • Experience in supervising PhD students (2 completed,
    10 ongoing) and postdoctoral fellows
  • Opponent (4 times) or
    examiner for PhD thesis (3 times) 

 Grant reviewer

  • Expert reviewing panel in the Swedish Research Council
  • Several other grant reviews for international funding institutes





  
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