Laura Kuusalo
MD, PhD
Internal medicine; Rheumatology; Early rheumatoid arthritis; SLE; Osteoarthritis; Mobile health; Remote monitoring
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. |
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.
- Assessing internal construct validity of DAPSA and DAPSA28 in psoriatic arthritis: a European observational study using confirmatory factor analysis and additional psychometric testing (2025) Brauner Jørgensen, Jacob; Christensen, Karl Bang; Michelsen, Brigitte; Loft, Anne Gitte; Horskjær Rasmussen, Simon; Heberg, Jette; Lund Hetland, Merete; Zavada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Iannone, Florenzo; Conti, Fabrizio; Borges, Joana; Codreanu, Catalin; Mogosan, Corina; Glintborg, Bente; Ciurea, Adrian; Nissen, Michael J.; Nordström, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Laas, Karin; Vorobjov, Sigrid; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Love, Thorvardur Jon; Østergaard, Mikkel; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll
- 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 rheumatologyArthritis care and research
Georgiadis, Stylianos; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll; Michelsen, Brigitte; Kvien, Tore K.; Shoae, Kazemi Mehrdad; Závada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne Gitte; Reich, Andreas; Regierer, Anne C.; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Santos, Maria José; Rutanen, Jarno; Kuusalo, Laura; Ciurea, Adrian; Nissen, Michael J.; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Pálsson, Ólafur; Rotar, Žiga; Perdan Pirkmajer, Katja; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Østergaard, Mikkel; Lund Hetland, Merete
- Does different administration method of methotrexate matter in early rheumatoid arthritis? An exploratory register-based study (2025)
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
Weman, Lauri; Salo, Henri; Rantalaiho, Vappu; Huhtakangas, Johanna; Kuusalo, Laura; Vähäsalo, Paula; Backström, Maria; Sokka-Isler, Tuulikki
- Physician global assessment in rheumatoid arthritis—is there any logic? (2025)
- Rheumatology Advances in Practice
Jäppinen, Katriina; Muilu, Paula; Autio, Reija; Kuusalo, Laura; Sihvonen, Susanna; Sokka-Isler, Tuulikki; Rantalaiho, Vappu
- Predictors of Secukinumab Treatment Response and Continuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network (2025) Pons, Marion; Georgiadis, Stylianos; Hetland, Merete Lund; Faizy, Ahmadzay Zohra; Rasmussen, Simon; Christiansen, Sara N.; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Wallman, Johan K.; Pavelk,a Karel; Závada, Jakub; Codreanu, Catalin; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne G.; Santos, Helena; Lourenço, Maria H.; Nissen, Michael J.; Ciurea, Adrian; Kuusalo, Laura; Rantalaiho, Vappu; Michelsen, Brigitte; Mielnik, Pawel; Pirkmajer, Katja P.; Rotar, Ziga; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Palsson, Olafur; van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene; van de Sande, Marleen; Castrejón, Isabel; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Laas, Karin; Østergaard, Mikkel; Ørnbjerg, Lykke M.
- Comparing DAPSA, DAPSA28, and DAS28-CRP in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a First Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Across Nine European Countries (2024) Linde, Louise; Georgiadis, Stylianos; Ornbjerg, Lykke M.; Rasmussen, Simon H.; Michelsen, Brigitte; Askling, Johan; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Wallman, Johan K.; Zavada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Bernardes, Miguel; Matos, Carolina O.; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne Gitte; Nordstrom, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Moller, Burkhard; Nissen, Michael J.; Codreanu, Catalin; Mogosan, Corina; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Love, Thorvardur Jon; Akleylek, Cansu; Iannone, Florenzo; Kvien, Tore K.; Rotar, Ziga; Castrejon, Isabel; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Hetland, Merete L.; Ostergaard, Mikkel
- Deep Learning Enables Automatic Detection of Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Model Development and External Validation (2024) Venäläinen, Mikko S.; Biehl, Alexander; Holstila, Milja; Kuusalo, Laura; Elo, Laura L.
- 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) Weman, Lauri; Salo, Henri; Kuusalo, Laura; Huhtakangas, Johanna; Vähäsalo, Paula; Backström, Maria; Kärki, Johanna; Sokka-Isler, Tuulikki
- 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
Nysom Christiansen, Sara; Horskjær Rasmussen, Simon; Pons, Marion; Michelsen, Brigitte; Glintborg, Bente; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Grondal, Gerdur; Vencovsky, Jiri; Loft, Anne Gitte; Rotar, Ziga; Perdan Pirkmajer, Katja; Nissen, Michael J.; Baranová, Jana; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Jones, Gareth T.; Iannone, Florenzo; Caporali, Roberto; Laas, Karin; Vorobjov, Sigrid; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Olofsson, Tor; Provan, Sella Aarrestad; Fagerli, Karen Minde; Castrejon, Isabel; Otero-Varela, Lucia; van de Sande, Marleen; van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene; Nordström, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Bernardes, Miguel; Hetland, Merete Lund; Østergaard, Mikkel; Midtbøll Ørnbjerg, Lykke
- Similar levels of disease activity and remission rates in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis-results from the Finnish quality register (2024) Weman, Lauri; Salo, Henri; Kuusalo, Laura; Huhtakangas, Johanna; Kärki, Johanna; Vähäsalo, Paula; Backström, Maria; Sokka-Isler, Tuulikki
- 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
Georgiadis, Stylianos; Linde, Louise; Ornbjerg, Lykke; Rasmussen, Simon Horskjaer; Askling, Johan; Michelsen, Brigitte; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Wallman, Johan Karlsson; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne Gitte; Bernardes, Miguel; Matos, Carolina Ochoa; Nordstrom, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Moeller, Burkhard; Nissen, Michael; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Love, Thorvardur; Iannone, Florenzo; Kvien, Tore; Rotar, Ziga; Castrejon, Isabel; Macfarlane, Gary; van de Sande, Marleen; Hetland, Merete; Ostergaard, Mikkel
- Development of prediction model for alanine transaminase elevations during the first 6 months of conventional synthetic DMARD treatment (2023) Kuusalo Laura, Venäläinen Mikko, Kirjala Heidi, Saranpää Sofia, Elo Laura L, Pirila Laura
- 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
Weman Lauri, Salo Henri, Kuusalo Laura, Huhtakangas Johanna, Vähäsalo Paula, Backström Maria, Kärki Johanna, Sokka-Isler Tuulikki
- 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
Pons, Marion; Rasmussen, Simon Horskjaer; Christiansen, Sara Nysom; Michelsen, Brigitte; Glintborg, Bente; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Grondal, Gerdur Maria; Vencovsky, Jiri; Loft, Anne Gitte; Rotar, Ziga; Pirkmajer, Katja Perdan; Nissen, Michael; Moeller, Burkhard; Macfarlane, Gary; Jones, Gareth T.; Iannone, Florenzo; Caporali, Roberto F.; Laas, Karin; Vorobjov, Sigrid; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Coskun, Belkis Nihan; Yagiz, Burcu; Provan, Sella; Fagerli, Karen; Castrejon, Isabel; Otero-Valera, Lucia; van de Sande, Marleen; Van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene; Nordstrom, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Vieira-Sousa, Elsa; Bernardes, Miguel; Olofsson, Tor; Baranov, Jana; Hetland, Merete; Ostergaard, Mikkel; Ornbjerg, Lykke
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023) Kuusalo Laura
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023) Kuusalo Laura
- Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023) Kuusalo Laura
- Initial presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis (2023) Weman Lauri, Salo Henri, Kuusalo Laura, Huhtakangas Johanna, Kärki Johanna, Vähäsalo Paula, Bäckström Maria, Sokka-Isler Tuulikki
- Kliinisen tutkimisen periaatteet ja tutkimuksen tekeminen (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
