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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
Relationship between alcohol consumption and myocardial infarction among ageing men using a marginal structural model (2012)
European Journal of Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Statins and Hip Fracture Prevention - A Population Based Cohort Study in Women (2012)
PLoS ONE
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sociodemographic characteristics and drug abuse patterns of treatment-seeking illicit drug abusers in Finland, 1997-2008: the Huuti study. (2012)
Journal of Addictive Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Vanhukset käyttävät rauhoittavia ja unilääkkeitä vuosien ajan (2012)
Lääkärilehti
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Change in antihypertensive drug prescribing after guideline implementation: a controlled before and after study (2011)
BMC Family Practice
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Psychotropic drug use in community-dwelling elderly people - characteristics of persistent and incident users (2011)
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Dynamics of long-term statin therapy (2011)
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Statin adherence and the risk of major coronary events in patients with diabetes: a nested case-control study (2011)
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The effects of medication assessment on psychotropic drug use in the community-dwelling elderly (2011)
International Psychogeriatrics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Odour annoyance and physical symptoms among residents living near waste treatment centres (2011)
Environmental Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))