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 
4 of 5
- Are patients with RA in remission in Finland during the COVID times? Results from the Finnish quality register (2022)
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
(Other publication) - Disease burden measured by PROs: does psoriatic arthritis (PsA) feel worse than rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? A cross-sectional study (2022)
- Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
(Other publication) - Erikoislääkärin uutiset: Reumatologia (2021:137(24)) (2021)
- Duodecim
(Other publication) - Erikoislääkärin uutiset: Reumatologia (2021:137(8)) (2021)
- Duodecim
(Other publication) - Metabolic osteoarthritis – relation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease with knee osteoarthritis (2021)
- Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reumatologinen toiminta TYKS:n alueella 2014 alkaen (2021) Suomen Reumatologinen Yhdistys 75 vuotta 1946-2021 : kollegiaalista yhteistyötä potilaiden hyväksi tieteen avulla Pirilä Laura, Kuusalo Laura
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Automated text message enhanced monitoring versus routine monitoring in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial (2020)
- Arthritis care and research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High burden of adverse events is associated with reduced remission rates in early rheumatoid arthritis (2018)
- Clinical Rheumatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Muista piikittää nivelet eli hoitaa varhaista nivelreumaa aktiivisesti (2018)
- Erikoislääkäri
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Nivelreuman varhainen hoito vaatii lääkäriltä sitoutumista (2018)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
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