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Research and development
KEY QUALIFICATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH AND PRACTISE
- Health promotion generally in different levels of society
- Implementation process and its evaluation
- Tobacco dependency and cessation research
- Tobacco control policy work (nationally and internationally)
- Telecommunication and use of internet in health promotion
- Evidence Based Medicine methodology
- Health behaviour studies at population level and at special interest group (persons with intellectual disability)
- Mortality and morbidity studies in chronic diseases
INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES
Current:
- Advisory board member in the research of TERVA health couching study in Päijät-Häme district. Collaborative study with Pfizer Oyj, the Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra, University of Tampere and Päijät-Häme health disctrict
- FINRISKI- chronic disease risk factor study group: tobacco group (tobacco dependency, dependency measure validation, tobacco use and cancer, tobacco use trends)
- IKIHYVÄ- project in Päijät-Häme, regional health promotion project 2000-2010. Specific interest in health promotion and health care professions continuous development in context of clinical guidelines http://www.palmenia.helsinki.fi/ikihyva/index.html
- Cancer in intellectual disability in cooperation with Finnish Cancer Registry and the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (Stakes) 2002-
Past research programmes:
- AVTK , Adult Health and Health Behaviour- study group (monitoring tobacco use in Finland) 2001-2007 http://www.ktl.fi/portal/suomi/osastot/eteo/yksikot/terveyden_edistamisen_yksikko/tutkimus/elintapaseurannat/aikuisvaeston_terveyskayttaytyminen/
- Health 2000- study, Health behaviour of adults and young adults, special interest in tobacco and mental health and addiction use
- Finbalt- research, Health and Health Behaviour in the Baltic countries, comparison of tobacco use and exposure in Baltic countries 2002-2007 http://www.ktl.fi/portal/english/research__people___programs/health_promotion_and_chronic_disease_prevention/projects/finbalt/
- Smoking cessation service tools development and impact on smoking behaviour (tele-counselling and eCessation) with European Network on Smoking Prevention ENSP www.enqonline.org/evaluationtool 2006-2007
- Collaborator: Ageing women in Eastern Finland: a 20 year follow up of the Monica cohort, University of Kuopio 2006-2007
- Life course and Intellectual disability
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- Member of Physicians for Intellectual Disabilities
- Member of Scientific Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research (SRNT)
INTERNATIONAL EXTERT FUNCTIONS
- Expert on ISCIII-WHO programme: Environmental health impact assessment working group, environmental tobacco smoke 2007-
- Member of EFMA Tobacco Action Group, National Medical Associations in Europe 2006-
- Program director of EU network of Smoking cessation on the Internet in European Union countries 2005-07
- The World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2003: Head of the Scientific secretariat and scientific evaluation at KTL including Organizing committee, executive committee, program committee, communication committee. Responsible for abstract evaluation. Program manager of the developing country Fellowship Programme (with American cancer Society and CDC)
- Member of the EU network of Quitlines 2002-08
- Member of workgroup of the EU Network on Interventions and Policies to Reduce Inequalities in Health 2003-05, specific interest in smoking
- Evaluator: MEDCERTAIN- project governed by the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, FinOHTA. Collaboration for Internet Rating, Certification, Labeling and Evaluation of Health Information 2001
- Working group preparing Guideline on prevalence of rare diseases in orphan drugs designation applications for the Evaluation of Medicines for Human Use European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) 2001
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
- Initiator and member of the board in training course on tobacco related diseases and smoking cessation for medical, pharmaceutical, dental faculties and polytechnic education in health care to the web and core curricula with the University of Kuopio www.tupakkakoulutus.fi developer of the CPD course on cessation at the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim www.duodecim.fi/verkkokurssit
- Regional health promotion program Ikihyvä in the Päijät-Häme region: http://www.heimohyvinvointipiiri.fi/index.php?mid=66
- Initiator of National Quitline with Pulmonary Association Heli www.hengitysliitto.fi
- Initiator and setting up of National Smoking Cessation web-services for adults www.stumppi.fi and for adolescence www.fressis.fi (with Finnish Cancer Society)