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Maarit
Korhonen
Docent, Clinical Chemistry

Contact

Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Pharmacoepidemiology
health services research
epidemiology
cardiovascular diseases

Biography

  • MSc in Pharmacy, University of Kuopio,1986
  • MSc in Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 1995
  • LicSc in Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland, 1996
  • PhD in Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 2004
  • joined STATEAM, a research group led by Prof Risto Huupponen at the University of Turku, 2009
  • Title of Docent in Epidemiology, University of Turku, 2012
  • Visting Scholar, Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 2015-2016
  • Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2016-2017
  • Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University, 2017-2019
  • has worked as research director, senior adviser, senior researcher at the University of Turku 2009-2016, 2017-2018

Teaching


  • has supervised seven PhD theses and over 20 Master’s theses of students with various backgrounds in pharmacy, medicine and public health.  

Research

Main research interests:

  • understanding patterns and determinants of physician prescribing and medication adherence in cardiovascular diseases
  • assessment of real-world effectiveness and safety of cardiovascular medications, using observational data from large healthcare utilization databases 

Publications

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Real-world adherence, persistence, and in-class switching during use of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis involving 594,138 patients with type 2 diabetes (2021)

Acta Diabetologica
Ogundipe Oyepeju, Mazidi Mohsen, Chin Ken Lee, Gor Deval, McGovern Andrew, Sahle Berhe W., Jermendy György, Korhonen Maarit Jaana, Appiah Bernard, Ademi Zanfina, De Bruin Marie Louise, Liew Danny, Ofori-Asenso Richard
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))