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Jussi
Posti
Docent, Clinical Neurosciences
MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Department

Areas of expertise

traumatic brain injury
neurosurgery
neuroscience
cranial reconstruction
neurointensive care
clinical pharmacology

Biography

Jussi Posti is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (tenure track, phase 2/2, University of Turku) and Adjunct Professor of Neurotraumatology (University of Helsinki).

Jussi works as Head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Turku Brain Injury Center at Turku University Hospital. Jussi is a consultant neurosurgeon and the physician in charge of neurosurgical intensive care and traumatic brain injury care at Turku University Hospital, Finland.

Jussi is the leader of the Turku Traumatic Brain Injury Research Group.

Teaching

2017- Responsible trainer of residents in neurosurgery (Turku University Hospital and Uni. Turku)

2016- Supervision of 2ndand 3rdyear med. students taking clinical investigator rotation course, every summer (Uni. Turku)

2015- Lectures on neuronavigation for undergraduate (neuroscience minor) and postgraduate students (Turku Brain and Mind Center, Uni. Turku) 

2013- Lectures for 4thand 6thyear med. students on neurotraumatology, every spring term (Uni. Turku)

Research

My main research interests are biomarkers in diagnostics of acute phase, treatment effects, and outcome of traumatic brain injury, biomaterials in cranial reconstruction and neuro-oncology.

Publications

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Predicting recovery in patients with mild traumatic brain injury and a normal CT using serum biomarkers and diffusion tensor imaging (CENTER-TBI) : an observational cohort study (2024)

EClinicalMedicine
Richter, Sophie; Winzeck, Stefan; Correia, Marta M.; Czeiter, Endre; Whitehouse, Daniel; Kornaropoulos, Evgenios N.; Williams, Guy B.; Verheyden, Jan; Das, Tilak; Tenovuo, Olli; Posti, Jussi P.; Vik, Anne; Moen, Kent Gøran; Håberg, Asta K.; Wang, Kevin; Buki, Andras; Maas, Andrew; Steyerberg, Ewout; Menon, David K.; Newcombe, Virginia F.J.; for the CENTER-TBI MRI Substudy Participants and Investigators
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Brain Plasticity Modulator p75 Neurotrophin Receptor in Human Urine after Different Acute Brain Injuries: A Prospective Cohort Study (2024)

Biomedicines
Hellström Santtu, Sajanti Antti, Srinath Abhinav, Bennett Carolyn, Girard Romuald, Cao Ying, Frantzén Janek, Koskimäki Fredrika, Falter Johannes, Lyne Seán B., Rantamäki Tomi, Takala Riikka, Posti Jussi P., Roine Susanna, Puolitaival Jukka, Jänkälä Miro, Kolehmainen Sulo, Rahi Melissa, Rinne Jaakko, Castrén Eero, Koskimäki Janne
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Non-technical skills for neurosurgeons: An international survey (2024)

Brain and Spine
Cavallo, S.M.; Pellencin, E.; Carone, G.; Castelli, N.; Ayadi, R. ;The Non-Technical Skills Group in Neurosurgery; Moiyadi, A.; Padayachy, L.; Meling, T.R.; Di Meco, F.; Perin, A.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Brain plasticity and neuroinflammatory protein biomarkers with circulating MicroRNAs as predictors of acute brain injury outcome – A prospective cohort study (2024)

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Sajanti, Antti; Li, Yan; Hellström, Santtu; Cao, Ying; Girard, Romuald; Umemori, Juzoh; Frantzén, Janek; Koskimäki, Fredrika; Lyne, Seán B.; Falter, Johannes; Rantamäki, Tomi; Takala, Riikka; Posti, Jussi P.; Roine, Susanna; Kolehmainen, Sulo; Srinath, Abhinav; Jänkälä, Miro; Puolitaival, Jukka; Rahi, Melissa; Rinne, Jaakko; Castrén, Eero; Koskimäki, Janne
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )