MD, PhD student Paula Mustonen - UTU Research Portal

Paula Mustonen
MD, PhD student

Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)

pmmust@utu.fi

Areas of expertise

Hair cortisol

Research

I am a doctoral student in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study group (http://www.utu.fi/en/units/finnbrain/Pages/home.aspx). The topic of my PhD is to study the potential of hair cortisol concentration as a biomarker for prenatal stress.

Publications

Associations of maternal prenatal hair cortisol with maternal and child distress symptoms - The FinnBrain birth cohort study (2024) Mustonen, Paula
(G5 Article dissertation )
Negative associations between maternal prenatal hair cortisol and child socioemotional problems (2024)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Mustonen Paula, Kortesluoma Susanna, Scheinin Noora M., Perasto Laura, Kataja Eeva-Leena, Tervahartiala Katja, Tuulari Jetro J., Coimbra Bárbara, Carter Alice S., Rodrigues Ana João, Sousa Nuno, Paavonen E. Juulia, Korja Riikka, Karlsson Hasse, Karlsson Linnea
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hair cortisol, cortisone and DHEA concentrations and the composition of microbiota in toddlers (2023)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Koskinen Maarit K, Aatsinki Anna, Kortesluoma Susanna, Mustonen Paula, Munukka Eveliina, Lukkarinen Minna, Perasto Laura, Keskitalo Anniina, Karlsson Hasse, Karlsson Laura
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hair Cortisol Concentrations Are Associated with Dental Anxiety during Pregnancy (2021)
- Dentistry Journal
Viitaniemi Hilja, Suominen Auli, Karlsson Linnea, Mustonen Paula, Kortesluoma Susanna, Rantavuori Kari, Rodrigues Ana Joao, Coimbra Barbara, Karlsson Hasse, Lahti Satu
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Alexithymic Traits and Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Pregnant Women (2020)
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
Jani Kajanoja, Max Karukivi, Paula Mustonen, Noora M. Scheinin, Susanna Kortesluoma, Ana João Rodrigues, Hasse Karlsson, Linnea Karlsson
(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 prenatal hair cortisol is associated with prenatal depressive symptom trajectories (2019)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Paula Mustonen, Linnea Karlsson, Eeva-Leena Kataja, Noora M. Scheinin, Susanna Kortesluoma, Bárbara Coimbra, Ana João Rodrigues, Nuno Sousa, Hasse Karlsson
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as a measure for prenatal psychological distress — A systematic review (2018)
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
Paula Mustonen, Linnea Karlsson, Noora M. Scheinin, Susanna Kortesluoma, Bárbara Coimbra, Ana João Rodrigues, Hasse Karlsson
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )