Mervi Gursoy
Docent (Adj. Prof.), DDS, PhD, Lic. Spec. in Periodontology
mervi.gursoy@utu.fi +358 29 450 4475 +358 50 514 8124 Lemminkäisenkatu 2 Turku |
Anaerobes; Oral Microbiology; Periodontology; Pregnancy
Mervi Gürsoy awarded her
DDS degree by the University of Helsinki (1999), and then her PhD in periodontology (2012) as well as her qualification as a specialist in periodontology
(2013) from the University of Turku.
Her doctoral thesis was “Pregnancy and periodontium – A clinical,
microbiological, and enzymological approach via a longitudinal study”, and she has subsequently
co-authored various research articles relating to periodontology, oral
microbiology and pregnancy.
She has received the Young
Researcher award from the Scandinavian Society of Periodontology (2011), the
Hatton award (clinical research, senior category) from the IADR/ Scandinavian
division (NOF) (2011), the second prize of the Unilever/IADR Hatton award
(2012), and the IADR/Philips Oral Healthcare Young Investigator Research grant
(2013).
She reviews articles for
numerous scientific publications in the field of periodontology and oral
microbiology.
- Human neutrophil peptide-1 affects matrix metalloproteinase-2, -8 and -9 secretions of oral squamous cell carcinoma cell lines in vitro (2016)
- Archives of Oral Biology
- Käypä hoito -suositukset ja täydennyskoulutus suuhygienistin silmin (2016)
- Suun terveydeksi
- Parodontiitti - Käypä hoito -suositus (2016)
- Suomen Hammaslääkärilehti
- Parodontiitti - Käypä hoito -suositus (2016) Parodontiitti - Käypä hoito -suositus Eija Könönen, Mervi Gürsoy, Erja Nuutinen, Marja Pöllänen, Kimmo Suomalainen, Pekka Ylöstalo
- Salivary antimicrobial defensins in pregnancy (2016)
- Journal of Clinical Periodontology
- Diagnostics of oral mucosae. Histology and microbiology - clinical relevance (2015)
- Den Norske Tannlegeforenings Tidende
- Diagnostics of oral mucosae: Histology and microbiology – clinical relevance (2015)
- Tandlaegebladet
- Does estradiol have an impact on the dipeptidyl peptidase IV enzyme activity of the Prevotella intermedia group bacteria? (2015)
- Anaerobe
- Oral slemhinnediagnostik. Histologi och mikrobiologi - klinisk relevans (2015)
- Tandläkartidningen
- Personalized Dentistry Meets OMICS and "One Health": From Cinderella of Healthcare to Mainstream? (2015)
- OMICS
