MD, PhD Laura Kuusalo - UTU Research Portal

Laura Kuusalo
MD, PhD

- Clinical Lecturer,
Internal Medicine (Department of Clinical Medicine)

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 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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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)
- Clinical Rheumatology
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)
- Scientific Reports
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)
- Duodecim
Kuusalo Laura
Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023)
- Duodecim
Kuusalo Laura
Erikoislääkärin uutiset. Reumataudit (2023)
- Duodecim
Kuusalo Laura