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Niina Kannisto

Institute of Biomedicine (Faculty of Medicine)

niina.siitonen@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4364

+358 50 406 3612

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7383-4987

Areas of expertise

genetics; genomics; statistics; bioinformatics; epidemiology; cardiovascular diseases; metabolic diseases; risk factors

Biography

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

2011 PhD, Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland

1999 MSc, Genetics, University of Turku

CURRENT POSITION

Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku

PAST POSITIONS

2013 – 2015 Post-doctoral researcher/study coordinator, Institute of Clinical Medicine / Neurology, University of Eastern Finland

2011 - 2013 Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku

2002 - 2011 Post-graduate student, Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland

Publications

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Plasminogen activator inhitor-1 associates with cardiovascular risk factors in healthy young adults in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2012)
- Atherosclerosis
Raiko JRH, Oikonen M, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Siitonen N, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Viikari J, Jula A, Loo BM, Huupponen R, Saarikoski L, Juonala M, Raitakari OT
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases 4 (TIMP4) in a population of young adults: Relations to cardiovascular risk markers and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2012)
- Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
Oikonen M, Wendelin-Saarenhovi M, Siitonen N, Sainio A, Juonala M, Kahonen M, Lyytikainen LP, Seppala I, Lehtimaki T, Viikari JSA, Jarvelainen H, Raitakari OT
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)