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 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.
- 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 and Rheumatology
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)
- Journal of RheumatologyDuodecim
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 CountriesInitial presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis (2024)
- Arthritis care and researchPLoS ONE
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 ValidationKliinisen tutkimisen periaatteet ja tutkimuksen tekeminen (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
Christiansen Sara Nysom, Horskjær Rasmussen Simon, Pons Marion, Michelsen Brigitte, Glintborg Bente, Gudbjornsson Bjorn, Grondal Gerdur, Vencovsky Jiri, Loft Anne Gitte, Rotar Ziga, Pirkmajer Katja Perdan, Nissen Michael J., Baranová Jana, Macfarlane Gary J., Jones Gareth T., Iannone Florenzo, Caporali Roberto, Laas Karin, Vorobjov Sigrid, Giuseppe Daniela Di, 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) 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. Reumataudit2023 Kuusalo Laura
- 2023 Weman Lauri, Salo Henri, Kuusalo Laura, Huhtakangas Johanna, Kärki Johanna, Vähäsalo Paula, Bäckström Maria, Sokka-Isler Tuulikki
- (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
- Laboratoritutkimusten periaatteet reumasairauksissa (2023) Reumasairaudet Kaipiainen-Seppänen Oili, Kuusalo Laura, Kauppi Markku
