Päivi Polo
MD, PhD, Professor
paipol@utu.fi +358 29 450 4569 +358 50 344 5708 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku |
Gynecology; Obstetrics; Menopause; Climacteric; Sleep; Cognition; Hormone replacement therapy; Pregnancy; Pregnancy complications; Hyperemesis gravidarum; Medical education
MD, University of Turku, 1986
PhD, University of Turku, 1999
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 1998
Specialist in Perinatology, University of Turku, 2001
Adjunct Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2004
Specialist in Sleep Medicine, 2016
Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Turku, 2018
International expert in female sleep medicine, especially during menopause and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
International expert in menopausal cognition and the effect of hormone replacement therapy.
Expert in pregnancy related sleep problems.
Expert in hyperemesis gravidarum.
Menopause; climacteric; hormone replacement therapy; pergnancy; pregnancy complicatrions; hyperemesis gravidarum,
- Unettomuus – Käypä hoito -suositus (2018) Unettomuus – Käypä hoito -suositus Partinen M, Huutoniemi A, Kajaste S, Lagerstedt R, Markkula J, Mäkinen E, Paakkari I, Partonen T, Polo P, Saarenpää-Heikkilä O, Seppälä M, Kukkonen-Harjula K, Tuunainen A.
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Unettomuusoireet vaihdevuosien aikana (2018)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Longitudinal associations between sleep and anxiety during pregnancy, and the moderating effect of resilience, using parallel process latent growth curve models (2017)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pregnancy outcomes after liver transplantation in Finland (2017)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psychometric properties of the Finnish version of the Women's Health Questionnaire (2017)
- Menopause
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Raskaus ja levottomat jalat -oireyhtymä (2017)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Sleep during menopausal transition: A six-year follow-up (2017)
- Sleep
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep quality during pregnancy: Associations with depressive and anxiety symptoms (2017)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of self-rated health in the association between chronic somatic diseases and climacteric-related symptoms (2017)
- Climacteric
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vaihdevuosien hormonikorvaushoito (2017)
- Sic! : lääketietoa Fimeasta
(E1 Popularised article)



