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 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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Three out of four disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug-naive rheumatoid arthritis patients meet 28-joint Disease Activity Score remission at 12months: results from the FIN-ERA cohort (2017)
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Rannio T, Asikainen J, Hannonen P, Yli-Kerttula T, Ekman P, Pirila L, Kuusalo L, Mali M, Puurtinen-Vilkki M, Kortelainen S, Paltta J, Taimen K, Kauppi M, Laiho K, Nyrhinen S, Makinen H, Isomaki P, Uotila T, Aaltonen K, Kautiainen H, Sokka T
Intra-articular glucocorticoid injections should not be neglected in the remission targeted treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis: a post hoc analysis from the NEO-RACo trial (2016)
- Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
LA Kuusalo, KT Puolakka, H Kautiainen, EM Alasaarela, PJ Hannonen, HA Julkunen, OA Kaipiainen-Seppänen, MM Korpela, TT Möttönen, LH Paimela, RL Peltomaa, TK Yli-Kerttula, M Leirisalo-Repo, VM Rantalaiho
Impact of physicians' adherence to treat-to-target strategy on outcomes in early rheumatoid arthritis in the NEO-RACo trial (2015)
- Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Kuusalo L, Puolakka K, Kautiainen H, Blafield H, Eklund KK, Ilva K, Kaipiainen-Seppanen O, Karjalainen A, Korpela M, Valleala H, Leirisalo-Repo M, Rantalaiho V
Psychiatric (Axis I) and personality (Axis II) disorders in patients with burning mouth syndrome or atypical facial pain (2011)
- Scandinavian Journal of Pain
Taiminen Tero, Kuusalo Laura, Lehtinen Laura, Forssell Heli, Hagelberg Nora, Tenovuo Olli, Luutonen Sinikka, Pertovaara Antti, Jääskeläinen Satu