Maarit
Korhonen
Docent, Clinical Chemistry
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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
Adherence and Persistence Among Statin Users Aged 65 Years and Over: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis (2018)
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Predictors of persistent prescription opioid analgesic use among people without cancer in Australia (2018)
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Important factors affecting the choice of an oral anticoagulant may be missed in database studies. (2018)
Journal of Internal Medicine
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Factors Associated With Nonadherence and Discontinuation of Statins Among People Aged ≥65 Years (2018)
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Selective prescribing of statins and the risk of mortality, hospitalizations, and falls in aged care services (2018)
Journal of Clinical Lipidology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in Statin Adherence Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction Among Older Adults: Patient Predictors and the Association With Follow-Up With Primary Care Providers and/or Cardiologists (2017)
Journal of the American Heart Association
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Hinta ohjaa antikoagulantin valintaa eteisvärinäpotilaalle (2017)
Lääkärilehti
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Adherence Tradeoff to Multiple Preventive Therapies and All-Cause Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction (2017)
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Potential contribution of lifestyle and socioeconomic factors to healthy user bias in antihypertensives and lipidlowering drugs (2017)
Open Heart
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Somatic symptoms of anxiety and nonadherence to statin therapy (2016)
International Journal of Cardiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))