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

21 of 29

Outcome of depressive mood disorder among adolescent outpatients in an eight-year follow-up (2020)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Kiviruusu O, Strandholm T, Karlsson L, Marttunen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Parental divorce in childhood does not independently predict maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy (2020)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Elviira Porthan, Matti Lindberg, Eeva Ekholm, Noora M. Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson, Juho Härkönen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Partial Support for an Interaction Between a Polygenic Risk Score for Major Depressive Disorder and Prenatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms on Infant Right Amygdalar Volumes (2020)
- Cerebral Cortex
Acosta H, Kantojärvi K, Hashempour N, Pelto J, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Lewis JD, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lähdesmäki T, Saunavaara J, Karlsson L, Merisaari H, Karlsson H, Paunio T, Tuulari JJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms are associated with smaller amygdalar volumes of four-year-old children (2020)
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Acosta H, Tuulari JJ, Scheinin NM, Hashempour N, Rajasilta O, Lavonius TI, Pelto J, Saunavaara V, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Incidental Findings in Brain MRIs of Healthy Neonates — The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- Frontiers in Neurology
Venla Kumpulainen, Satu J. Lehtola, Jetro J. Tuulari, Eero Silver, Anni Copeland, Riikka Korja, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Harri Merisaari, Riitta Parkkola, Jani Saunavaara, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Noora M. Scheinin
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Relationship between maternal pregnancy-related anxiety and infant brain responses to emotional speech – a pilot study (2020)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Ambika Maria, Ilkka Nissilä, Shashank Shekhar, Kalle Kotilahti, Jetro J. Tuulari, Pauliina Hirvi, Minna Huotilainen, Juha Heiskala, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Resting-state networks of the neonate brain identified using independent component analysis (2020)
- Developmental Neurobiology
Rajasilta O, Tuulari JJ, Björnsdotter M, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Saunavaara J, Häkkinen S, Merisaari H, Parkkola R, Lähdesmäki T, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sex-specific association between infant caudate volumes and a polygenic risk score for major depressive disorder (2020)
- Journal of Neuroscience Research
Acosta H, Kantojarvi K, Tuulari JJ, Lewis JD, Hashempour N, Scheinin NM, Lehtola SJ, Fonov VS, Collins DL, Evans A, Parkkola R, Lahdesmaki T, Saunavaara J, Merisaari H, Karlsson L, Paunio T, Karlsson H, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Temperament is associated with the use of communicative gestures in infancy (2020)
- Infant and Child Development
Ollas D, Rautakoski P, Nolvi S, Karlsson H, Karlsson L.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The association of maternal-fetal attachment with smoking and smoking cessation during pregnancy in The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
Jussila H, Pelto J, Korja R, Ekholm E, Pajulo M, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)