Jussi
Vahtera
Senior Advisor, Public Health

Contact

+358 29 450 2030
+358 40 592 9990
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Public health
Epidemiology
Neighborhood influences on health
Life-course research
Psychosocial stress
Psychosocial work environment
Social Determinants of Health.

Research

My studies focus on work and living environments, psychosocial risks, and behaviors as determinants of health and longevity from a life-course perspective. I have experience in working with large longitudinal datasets and have a strong record of research collaboration both nationally and internationally. My recent research has contributed to the understanding of the effects of social, built and natural neighborhoods on cardiovascular health. 


Publications

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Long working hours as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: a multi-cohort study (2017)

European Heart Journal
Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, Kawachi I, Jokela M, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Kumari M, Madsen IEH, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Suominen S, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Steptoe A, Singh-Manoux A, Hamer M, Ferrie JE, Virtanen M, Tabak AG
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Job insecurity and risk of diabetes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data (2016)

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Jane E Ferrie, Marianna Virtanen, Markus Jokela, Ida E H Madsen, Katriina Heikkilä, Lars Alfredsson, G David Batty, Jakob B Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Marko Elovainio, Eleonor I Fransson, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Anne Kouvonen, Meena Kumari, Martin L Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Krista Pahkin, Jan H Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Paula Salo, Martin J Shipley, Sakari B Suominen, Adam Tabak, Töres Theorell, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Peter J M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Reiner Rugulies, Solja T Nyberg, Mika Kivimäki
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Long working hours and cancer risk: a multi-cohort study (2016)

British Journal of Cancer
Katriina Heikkila, Solja T Nyberg, Ida EH Madsen, Ernest de Vroome, Lars Alfredsson, Jacob J Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Raimund Erbel, Jane E Ferrie, Eleonor I Fransson, Goedele A Geuskens, Wendela E Hooftman, Irene L Houtman, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Thorsten Lunau, Martin L Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Jan H Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Martin J Shipley, Andrew Steptoe, Sakari B Suominen, Töres Theorell, Jussi Vahtera, Peter JM Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Nico Dragano, Reiner Rugulies, Ichiro Kawachi, G David Batty, Archana Singh-Manoux, Marianna Virtanen, Mika Kivimaäki
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))