Linnea Karlsson
MD, PhD
linnea.karlsson@utu.fi +358 40 744 5052 Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku Office: A505 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4725-0176 |
cohort studies; early life stress; prenatal stress; stress; depression; anxiety; child psychiatry; adolescent psychiatry; gut-brain axish
FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study; Centre for Population Health 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.
Public health
- Alexithymic traits and parental postpartum bonding: Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Allometry in the corpus callosum in neonates: Sexual dimorphism (2022)
- Human Brain Mapping
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Associations between temperament dimensions and dental anxiety in parents of the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- European Journal of Oral Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Auditory Mismatch Responses to Emotional Stimuli in 3-Year-Olds in Relation to Prenatal Maternal Depression Symptoms (2022)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Brain charts for the human lifespan (2022)
- Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early pathways of maternal mentalization: Associations with child development in the FinnBrain birth cohort study (2022)
- Frontiers in Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of number of diffusion-encoding directions in diffusion metrics of 5-year-olds using tract-based spatial statistical analysis (2022)
- European Journal of Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Feasibility of FreeSurfer Processing for T1-Weighted Brain Images of 5-Year-Olds: Semiautomated Protocol of FinnBrain Neuroimaging Lab (2022)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gender-specific associations between the dimensions of alexithymia personality trait and dental anxiety in parents of the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- European Journal of Oral Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Gestational anemia and maternal antenatal and postpartum psychological distress in a prospective FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Imaging affective and non-affective touch processing in two-year-old children (2022)
- NeuroImage
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Individual differences in pupil dilation to others' emotional and neutral eyes with varying pupil sizes (2022)
- Cognition and Emotion
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Infant fecal microbiota composition and attention to emotional faces (2022)
- Emotion
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal prenatal psychological distress associates with offspring early-life wheezing - FinnBrain Birth Cohort (2022)
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal sensitivity at the age of 8 months associates with local connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex in children at 5 years of age (2022)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Myös isien harjaustottumuksilla vaikutusta yksivuotiaan hampaiden harjaamiseen (2022)
- Suomen Hammaslääkärilehti
(Other publication) - Oxytocin receptor genotype moderates the association between maternal prenatal stress and infant early self-regulation (2022)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prenatal and early-life environmental factors, family demographics and cortical brain anatomy in 5-year-olds: an MRI study from FinnBrain Birth Cohort (2022)
- Brain Imaging and Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sex-specific associations between maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety and newborn amygdalar volumes-preliminary findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
- Stress
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Stressin vaikutus aivoihin ja sairastuvuuteen eri ikäkausina (2022)
- Duodecim
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )