MD, PhD Linnea Karlsson - UTU Research Portal

Linnea Karlsson
MD, PhD

- Professor,
Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)

linnea.karlsson@utu.fi

+358 40 744 5052

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

Office: A505

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4725-0176

FinnBrain

Areas of expertise

cohort studies; early life stress; prenatal stress; stress; depression; anxiety; child psychiatry; adolescent psychiatry; gut-brain axish

Research community or research topic

FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study; Centre for Population Health Research

Research

I did my PhD within the field of psychiatric epidemiology and adolescent depression. During by PhD studies I also was involved in clinical epidemiological studies on adolescent mood disorders. In 2010, we established a birth cohort, the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, with the main aim of investigating the how early life and prenatal stress shape brain developmental trajectories. I am currently (since July 2024) the PI pf the cohort. My own research activity within the larger cohort is focused on the development of the gut-brain axis and child psychosocial development and the role of diverse prenatal adn early life exposures in these processes. My activity as a supervisor is also multidisciplinary as the PhD candidates represent, for example, variety of fields of medicine and psychology. I started in the tenure track position at the Centre for Population Health Research in Jan 2021 and continued as a professor of population health research, starting Octoberg 2023.

Teaching

Public health

Publications

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Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk (2020)
- International Breastfeeding Journal
Kaisa M. Linderborg, Maaria Kortesniemi, Anna-Katariina Aatsinki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Baoru Yang, Henna-Maria Uusitupa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Latent Structure of Executive Functioning/Learning Tasks in the CogState Computerized Battery (2020)
- Sage open
Elisabeth Nordenswan, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Riikka Korja, Mira Karrasch, Matti Laine, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal Anxiety Symptoms and Self-Regulation Capacity Are Associated With the Unpredictability of Maternal Sensory Signals in Caregiving Behavior (2020)
- Frontiers in Psychology
Holmberg Eeva, Teppola Taija, Pajulo Marjukka, Davis Elysia Poggi, Nolvi Saara, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Sinervä Eija, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Korja Riikka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal Depressive Symptoms During the Pre‐ and Postnatal Periods and Infant Attention to Emotional Faces (2020)
- Child Development
Kataja Eeva-Leena, Karlsson Linnea, Leppänen Jukka M., Pelto Juho, Häikiö Tuomo, Nolvi Saara, Pesonen Henri, Parsons Christine E., Hyönä Jukka, Karlsson Hasse
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal prenatal psychological distress and hair cortisol levels associate with infant fecal microbiota composition at 2.5 months of age (2020)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Aatsinki A, Keskitalo A, Laitinen V, Munukka E, Uusitupa H, Lahti L, Kortesluoma S, Mustonen P, Rodrigues AJ, Coimbra B, Huovinen P, Karlsson H, Karlsson L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal sleep quality during pregnancy is associated with neonatal auditory ERPs (2020)
- Scientific Reports
Maria Lavonius, Henry Railo, Linnea Karlsson, Valtteri Wikström, Jetro J. Tuulari, Noora M. Scheinin, E. Juulia Paavonen, Päivi Polo-Kantola, Hasse Karlsson, Minna Huotilainen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Newborn amygdalar volumes are associated with maternal prenatal psychological distress in a sex-dependent way (2020)
- NeuroImage: clinical
Satu J Lehtola, Jetro J Tuulari, Noora M Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Riitta Parkkola, Harri Merisaari, John D Lewis, Vladimir S Fonov, D.Louis Collins, Alan Evans, Jani Saunavaara, Niloofar Hashempour, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Henriette Acosta, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Newborn left amygdala volume associates with attention disengagement from fearful faces at eight months (2020)
- Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Tuulari Jetro J., Kataja Eeva-Leena, Leppänen Jukka M., Lewis John D., Nolvi Saara, Häikiö Tuomo, Lehtola Satu J., Hashempour Niloofar, Saunavaara Jani, Scheinin Noora M., Korja Riikka, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Newborn white matter microstructure moderates the association between maternal postpartum depressive symptoms and infant negative reactivity (2020)
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
Saara Nolvi, Jetro J Tuulari, Tuomas Lavonius, Noora M Scheinin, Satu J Lehtola, Maria Lavonius, Harri Merisaari, Jani Saunavaara, Riikka Korja, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Juho Pelto, Riitta Parkkola, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Normal sleep development in infants: findings from two large birth cohorts (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
Paavonen EJ, Saarenpää-Heikkilä O, Morales-Munoz I, Virta M, Häkälä N, Pölkki P, Kylliäinen A, Karlsson H, Paunio T, Karlsson L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)