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

: A505

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

FinnBrain

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

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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
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
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.
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
The factorial structure of the Hong Psychological Reactance Scale in two Finnish samples (2020)
- Nordic Psychology
Waris Otto, Karlsson Linda C., Antfolk Jan, Karlsson Linnea, Karlsson Hasse, Soveri Anna
The longitudinal associations between temperament and sleep during the first year of life (2020)
- Infant Behavior and Development
Isabel Morales-Muñoz, Saara Nolvi, Minna Virta, Hasse Karlsson, E. Juulia Paavonen, Linnea Karlsson
The role of TPH2 variant rs4570625 in shaping infant attention to social signals (2020)
- Infant Behavior and Development
Kataja Eeva-Leena, Leppänen Jukka M., Kantojärvi Katri, Pelto Juho, Häikiö Tuomo, Korja Riikka, Nolvi Saara, Karlsson Hasse, Paunio Tiina, Karlsson Linnea
Trait reactance and trust in doctors as predictors of vaccination behavior, vaccine attitudes, and use of complementary and alternative medicine in parents of young children (2020)
- PLoS ONE
Soveri Anna, Karlsson Linda C., Mäki Otto, Antfolk Jan, Waris Otto, Karlsson Hasse, Karlsson Linnea, Lindfelt Mikael, Lewandowsky Stephan
Across continents and demographics, unpredictable maternal signals are associated with children's cognitive function (2019)
- EBioMedicine
Elysia Poggi Davis, Riikka Korja, Linnea Karlsson, Laura M.Glynn, Curt A. Sandman, Brian Vegetabile, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Saara Nolvi, Eija Sinervä, Juho Pelto, Hasse Karlsson, Hal S.Stern, Tallie Z.Baram
Alcohol and tobacco use in men: the role of alexithymia and externally oriented thinking style (2019)
- American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Kajanoja J., Scheinin N., Karukivi M., Karlsson L., Karlsson H.
Alexithymia, body mass index and gestational diabetes in pregnant women — FinnBrain birth cohort study (2019)
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Noora M. Scheinin, Jetro J. Tuulari, Hanna Ahrnberg, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
A Novel Approach for Manual Segmentation of the Amygdala and Hippocampus in Neonate MRI (2019)
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
Niloofar Hashempour, Jetro J. Tuulari, Harri Merisaari, Kristian Lidauer, Iiris Luukkonen, Jani Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Satu J. Lehtola, Maria Keskinen, John D. Lewis, Noora M. Scheinin, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
Association of depression and anxiety with different aspects of dental anxiety in pregnant mothers and their partners (2019)
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
Satu M. Lahti, Mimmi M. Tolvanen, Gerald Humphris, Ruth Freeman, Kari Rantavuori, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson
Associations of age and sex with brain volumes and asymmetry in 2–5-week-old infants (2019)
- Brain Structure and Function
S. J. Lehtola, J. J. Tuulari, L. Karlsson, R. Parkkola, H. Merisaari, J. Saunavaara, T. Lähdesmäki, N. M. Scheinin, H. Karlsson
Gut microbiota composition is associated with temperament traits in infants (2019)
- Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Anna-Katariina Aatsinki, Leo Lahti, Henna-Maria Uusitupa, Eveliina Munukka, Anniina Keskitalo, Saara Nolvi, Siobhain O'Mahony, Sami Pietilä, Laura L. Elo, Erkki Eerola, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson
Hemodynamic responses to emotional speech in two-month-old infants imaged using diffuse optical tomography (2019)
- Scientific Reports
Shekhar S, Maria A, Kotilahti K, Huotilainen M, Heiskala J, Tuulari JT, Hirvi P, Karlsson L, Karlsson H, Nissilä I
How maternal pre- and postnatal symptoms of depression and anxiety affect early mother-infant interaction? (2019)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Hetti Hakanen, Marjo Flykt, Eija Sinervä, Saara Nolvi, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Juho Pelto, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson, Riikka Korja
Larger Newborn Left Amygdala Volume Predicts Poorer Working Memory in Toddlerhood (2019)
- Biological Psychiatry
Nolvi S, Tuulari JJ, Eskola E, Scheinin NM, Lehtola S, Keskinen M, Merisaari H, Saunavaara J, Korja R, Bridgett DJ, Parkkola R, Karlsson L, Karlsson H
Maternal Pre- and Postnatal Anxiety Symptoms and Infant Attention Disengagement from Emotional Faces (2019)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Eeva-Leena Kataja, Linnea Karlsson, Christine E. Parsons, Juho Pelto, Henri Pesonen, Tuomo Häikiö, Jukka Hyönä, Saara Nolvi, Riikka Korja, Hasse Karlsson
Maternal Pregnancy-Related Anxiety Is Associated With Sexually Dimorphic Alterations in Amygdala Volume in 4-Year-Old Children (2019)
- Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Henriette Acosta, Jetro J. Tuulari, Noora M. Scheinin, Niloofar Hashempour, Olli Rajasilta, Tuomas I. Lavonius, Juho Pelto, Virva Saunavaara, Riitta Parkkola, Tuire Lähdesmäki, Linnea Karlsson, Hasse Karlsson