Laura Kuusalo
MD, PhD
laanku@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5238-8439 |
Areas of expertise
Internal medicine; Rheumatology; Early rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; Osteoarthritis; Mobile health; Remote monitoring
Internal medicine; Rheumatology; Early rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; Osteoarthritis; Mobile health; Remote monitoring
Biography
I'm a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine. I am actively involved in developing the Finnish Rheumatology Quality register and have been a member of the register working group since 2021. I am currently mentoring one graduate and two PhD students. |
Research
My research interests focus broadly on inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their genetic, clinical, epidemiological, and health-economical aspects, including clinical application of machine learning models in rheumatology.
Teaching
I am clinical lecturer in internal medicine. In addition to teaching clinical internal medicine, I am responsible for undergraduate rheumatology teaching.
Publications 
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- Impact of cardiometabolic comorbidities on clinical characteristics, prescription patterns and retention rate of first b/tsDMARD treatment in 5299 European real-world patients with psoriatic arthritis (2026)
- RMD Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Work disability in rheumatoid arthritis–is the gap finally closing? (2026)
- Rheumatology
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Assessing internal construct validity of DAPSA and DAPSA28 in psoriatic arthritis: a European observational study using confirmatory factor analysis and additional psychometric testing (2025)
- RMD Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Defining Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index Cut‐off Values for Disease Activity States in a Multinational European Cohort of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis (2025)
- ACR open rheumatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does different administration method of methotrexate matter in early rheumatoid arthritis? An exploratory register-based study (2025)
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Physician global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis—is there any logic? (2025)
- Rheumatology Advances in Practice
(B1 Other refereed article (e.g., editorial, letter, comment) in a scientific journal) - Predictors of Secukinumab Treatment Response and Continuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network (2025)
- Journal of Rheumatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparing DAPSA, DAPSA28, and DAS28-CRP in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a First Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Across Nine European Countries (2024)
- Arthritis care and research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Deep Learning Enables Automatic Detection of Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Model Development and External Validation (2024)
- Rheumatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Intense symptoms of pain are associated with poor sleep, fibromyalgia, depression and sleep apnea in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis. A register based study (2024)
- Joint Bone Spine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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