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 NetworkDeep Learning Enables Automatic Detection of Joint Damage Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Model Development and External Validation (2025)
- Journal of RheumatologyRheumatology
- 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 researchJoint Bone Spine
- (2024)
- 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)
- Patient-reported outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients treated with secukinumab for 24 months in daily clinical practiceSimilar levels of disease activity and remission rates in patients with psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis-results from the Finnish quality register (2024)
- Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
- (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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