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 |
Areas of expertise
cohort studies; early life stress; prenatal stress; stress; depression; anxiety; child psychiatry; adolescent psychiatry; gut-brain axish
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
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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- Vanhempien masennus- ja ahdistusoireet lisääntyivät COVID-19-pandemian alkuvaiheessa - FinnBrain-syntymäkohorttitutkimus (2021)
- Duodecim
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Alexithymic Traits and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Pregnant Women (2020)
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association between parental alexithymic traits and self-reported postnatal reflective functioning in a birth cohort population Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- Psychiatry Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of Cumulative Paternal Early Life Stress With White Matter Maturation in Newborns (2020)
- JAMA Network Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in dental fear and its relations to anxiety and depression in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2020)
- European Journal of Oral Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Child Temperament and Total Diurnal Cortisol in Out-of-Home Center-Based Child Care and in At-Home Parental Care (2020)
- Child Development
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Educational differences in prenatal anxiety and depressive symptoms and the role of childhood circumstances (2020)
- SSM - Population Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Epidural Analgesia During Childbirth and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: A Population-Based Longitudinal Cohort Study (2020)
- Anesthesia and Analgesia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insomnia symptoms increase during pregnancy, but no increase in sleepiness - Associations with symptoms of depression and anxiety (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Interactions between cortisol and lipids in human milk (2020)
- International Breastfeeding Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Latent Structure of Executive Functioning/Learning Tasks in the CogState Computerized Battery (2020)
- Sage open
(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
(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
(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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal sleep quality during pregnancy is associated with neonatal auditory ERPs (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(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
(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
(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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Normal sleep development in infants: findings from two large birth cohorts (2020)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Outcome of depressive mood disorder among adolescent outpatients in an eight-year follow-up (2020)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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