Niina Kannisto
 


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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  • Prediction of Adult Dyslipidemia Using Genetic and Childhood Clinical Risk Factors - The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2017)  
    • Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics
     Nuotio J, Pitkänen N, Magnussen CG, Buscot MJ, Venäläinen M, Elo LL, Jokinen E, Laitinen T, Taittonen L, Hutri-Kähönen N, Lyytikäinen LP, Lehtimäki T, Viikari JS, Juonala M, Raitakari OT
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Prediction of adulthood obesity using genetic and childhood clinical risk factors in the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2017)  
    • Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics
     Seyednasrollah F, Mäkelä J, Pitkänen N, Juonala M, Hutri-Käkönen N, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Kelly T, Li C, Bazzano L, Elo LL, Raitakari OT
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Stature and long-term labor market outcomes: Evidence using Mendelian randomization  (2017)  
    • Economics and Human Biology
     Petri Böckerman, Jutta Viinikainen, Jari Vainiomäki, Mirka Hintsanen, Niina Pitkänen, Terho Lehtimäki, Jaakko Pehkonen, Suvi Rovio, Olli Raitakari
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • The challenges of GxE research: A rejoinder  (2017)  
    • Social Science and Medicine
     Pehkonen J, Viinikainen J, Böckerman P, Lehtimäki T, Pitkänen N, Raitakari O
    (    B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)


  • Childhood predictors of adult fatty liver. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2016)  
    • Journal of Hepatology
     Emmi Suomela, Mervi Oikonen, Niina Pitkänen, Ari Ahola-Olli, Johanna Virtanen, Riitta Parkkola, Eero Jokinen, Tomi Laitinen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Mika Kähönen, Terho Lehtimäki, Leena Taittonen, Päivi Tossavainen, Antti Jula, Britt-Marie Loo, Vera Mikkilä, Risto Telama, Jorma S.A. Viikari, Markus Juonala, Olli T. Raitakari
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Genetic risk clustering increases children's body weight at 2 years of age - the STEPS Study  (2016)  
    • Pediatric Obesity
     Mäkelä Johanna, Lagström Hanna, Pitkänen Niina, Kuulasmaa Teemu, Kaljonen Anne, Laakso Markku, Niinikoski Harri.
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new susceptibility loci for childhood body mass index  (2016)  
    • Human Molecular Genetics
     Felix JF, Bradfield JP, Monnereau C, van der Valk RJP, Stergiakouli E, Chesi A, Gaillard R, Feenstra B, Thiering E, Kreiner-Moller E, Mahajan A, Pitkanen N, Joro R, Cavadino A, Huikari V, Franks S, Groen-Blokhuis MM, Cousminer DL, Marsh JA, Lehtimaki T, Curtin JA, Vioque J, Ahluwalia TS, Myhre R, Price TS, Vilor-Tejedor N, Yengo L, Grarup N, Ntalla I, Ang W, Atalay M, Bisgaard H, Blakemore AI, Bonnefond A, Carstensen L, Eriksson J, Flexeder C, Franke L, Geller F, Geserick M, Hartikainen AL, Haworth CMA, Hirschhorn JN, Hofman A, Holm JC, Horikoshi M, Hottenga JJ, Huang JY, Kadarmideen HN, Kahonen M, Kiess W, Lakka HM, Lakka TA, Lewin AM, Liang L, Lyytikainen LP, Ma BS, Magnus P, McCormack SE, McMahon G, Mentch FD, Middeldorp CM, Murray CS, Pahkala K, Pers TH, Pfaffle R, Postma DS, Power C, Simpson A, Sengpiel V, Tiesler CMT, Torrent M, Uitterlinden AG, van Meurs JB, Vinding R, Waage J, Wardle J, Zeggini E, Zemel BS, Dedoussis GV, Pedersen O, Froguel P, Sunyer J, Plomin R, Jacobsson B, Hansen T, Gonzalez JR, Custovic A, Raitakari OT, Pennell CE, Widen E, Boomsma DI, Koppelman GH, Sebert S, Jarvelin MR, Hypponen E, McCarthy MI, Lindi V, Harri N, Korner A, Bonnelykke K, Heinrich J, Melbye M, Rivadeneira F, Hakonarson H, Ring SM, Smith GD, Sorensen TIA, Timpson NJ, Grant SFA, Jaddoe VWV
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Genome-wide associations for birth weight and correlations with adult disease  (2016)  
    • Nature
     Horikoshi M, Beaumont RN, Day FR, Warrington NM, Kooijman MN, Fernandez-Tajes J, Feenstra B, van Zuydam NR, Gaulton KJ, Grarup N, Bradfield JP, Strachan DP, Li-Gao R, Ahluwalia TS, Kreiner E, Rueedi R, Lyytikainen LP, Cousminer DL, Wu Y, Thiering E, Wang CA, Have CT, Hottenga JJ, Vilor-Tejedor N, Joshi PK, Boh ETH, Ntalla I, Pitkanen N, Mahajan A, van Leeuwen EM, Joro R, Lagou V, Nodzenski M, Diver LA, Zondervan KT, Bustamante M, Marques-Vidal P, Mercader JM, Bennett AJ, Rahmioglu N, Nyholt DR, Ma RCW, Tam CHT, Tam WH, Ganesh SK, van Rooij FJA, Jones SE, Loh PR, Ruth KS, Tuke MA, Tyrrell J, Wood AR, Yaghootkar H, Scholtens DM, Paternoster L, Prokopenko I, Kovacs P, Atalay M, Willems SM, Panoutsopoulou K, Wang X, Carstensen L, Geller F, Schraut KE, Murcia M, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Willemsen G, Appel EVR, Fonvig CE, Trier C, Tiesler CMT, Standl M, Kutalik Z, Bonas-Guarch S, Hougaard DM, Sanchez F, Torrents D, Waage J, Hollegaard MV, de Haan HG, Rosendaal FR, Medina-Gomez C, Ring SM, Hemani G, McMahon G, Robertson NR, Groves CJ, Langenberg C, Luan J, Scott RA, Zhao JH, Mentch FD, MacKenzie SM, Reynolds RM, Lowe WL, Tonjes A, Stumvoll M, Lindi V, Lakka TA, van Duijn CM, Kiess W, Korner A, Sorensen TIA, Niinikoski H, Pahkala K, Raitakari OT, Zeggini E, Dedoussis GV, Teo YY, Saw SM, Melbye M, Campbell H, Wilson JF, Vrijheid M, de Geus EJCN, Boomsma DI, Kadarmideen HN, Holm JC, Hansen T, Sebert S, Hattersley AT, Beilin LJ, Newnham JP, Pennell CE, Heinrich J, Adair LS, Borja JB, Mohlke KL, Eriksson JG, Widen E, Kahonen M, Viikari JS, Lehtimaki T, Vollenweider P, Bonnelykke K, Bisgaard H, Mook-Kanamori DO, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Pisinger C, Pedersen O, Power C, Hypponen E, Wareham NJ, Hakonarson H, Davies E, Walker BR, Jaddoe VWV, Jarvelin MR, Grant SFA, Vaag AA, Lawlor DA, Frayling TM, Smith GD, Morris AP, Ong KK, Felix JF, Timpson NJ, Perry JRB, Evans DM, McCarthy MI, Freathy RM
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Role of Conventional Childhood Risk Factors Versus Genetic Risk in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adulthood: The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2016)  
    • Diabetes Care
     Pitkanen N, Juonala M, Ronnemaa T, Sabin MA, Hutri-Kahonen N, Kahonen M, Lehtimaki T, Viikari JSA, Raitakari OT
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • The Combined Effect of Common Genetic Risk Variants on Circulating Lipoproteins Is Evident in Childhood: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study  (2016)  
    • PLoS ONE
     Marie-jeanne Buscot, Costan G. Magnussen, Markus Juonala, Niina Pitkänen, Terho Lehtimäki, Jorma S.A. Viikari, Mika Kähönen, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, Nicholas J. Schork, Olli T. Raitakari, Russell J. Thomson
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



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