Laura Kuusalo
MD, PhD
laanku@utu.fi |
Internal medicine; Rheumatology; Early rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; Osteoarthritis; Mobile health; Remote monitoring
I'm a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine. I am currently vice chair of the Finnish Society for Rheumatology. 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. |
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.
I am clinical lecturer in internal medicine. In addition to teaching clinical internal medicine, I am responsible for undergraduate rheumatology teaching.
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- Predictors of Secukinumab Treatment Response and Continuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network (2025)
- Journal of Rheumatology
- 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
- Deep Learning Enables Automatic Detection of Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Model Development and External Validation (2024)
- Rheumatology
- 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
- Patient-reported outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients treated with secukinumab for 24 months in daily clinical practice (2024)
- Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
- Similar levels of disease activity and remission rates in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis-results from the Finnish quality register (2024)
- Clinical Rheumatology
- Alaraajojen kliininen tutkiminen (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
- Comparing Predictors of DAPSA28, DAPSA66/68 and DAS28-CRP Remission at 6 Months in Bio-naive Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a TNFi in Clinical Practice - Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration (2023)
- Arthritis and Rheumatology
- Development of prediction model for alanine transaminase elevations during the first 6 months of conventional synthetic DMARD treatment (2023)
- Scientific Reports
- Disease burden measured by patient-reported outcomes: does psoriatic arthritis feel worse than rheumatoid arthritis? A cross-sectional nationwide study (2023)
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
- Do Long-term Patient-reported Outcomes Improve Similarly in Psoriatic Arthritis and Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients Treated with Secukinumab? Results from the EuroSpA Collaboration (2023)
- Arthritis and Rheumatology
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023)
- Duodecim
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023)
- Duodecim
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023)
- Duodecim
- Initial presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis (2023)
- PLoS ONE
- Kliinisen tutkimisen periaatteet ja tutkimuksen tekeminen (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
- Laboratoritutkimusten periaatteet reumasairauksissa (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
- Milloin epäillä reumasairautta ja aloittaa selvittelyt sen toteamiseksi? (2023) Reumasairaudet Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
- Nivelreumapotilaan arviointi ja seuranta (2023) Reumasairaudet Kuusalo Laura, Puolakka Kari
- Potilaan haastattelu reumapoliklinikan ensikäynnillä (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
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