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,
- Uni ja seksuaalisuusFirst-Night Effect in Sleep in Different Female Reproductive States (2020) Seksuaalilääketiede Päivi Polo, Minttu Nulpponen
- Gynekologinen tutkimus (2019) Naistentaudit ja synnytykset Päivi Polo, Tytti Raudaskangas, Ilkka Järvelä, Pekka Nieminen, Maija Jakobsson
- Hyperemesis gravidarum (2019)
- Duodecim
- Lapsivuodeaika ja sen komplikaatiot (2019) Naistentaudit ja synnytykset Mika Nuutila, Päivi Polo
- Maternal tiredness and cytokine concentrations in mid-pregnancy (2019)
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Menopause, a curse or an opportunity? An evolutionary biological view (2019)
- Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Sleep and Sleep Disturbances in Climacteric Women (2019) Postmenopausal Diseases and Disorders Päivi Polo-Kantola, Tarja Saaresranta, Laura Lampio
- Sleeping problems during pregnancy—a risk factor for postnatal depressiveness (2019)
- Archives of Women's Mental Health
- Climacteric-related symptoms in menopause transition and beyond: a prospective 19-year follow-up study on previously hysterectomized women (2018)
- Menopause
- (2018)
- Behavioral Sleep Medicine



