Areas of expertise
Biography
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
1987, M.Sc., Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
1993, Ph.D., Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu, Finland
1997, Title of Docent (Adjunct professor); Biochemical Endocrinology, University of Oulu, FinlandCURRENT POSITIONS
Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Turku, and Director of Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Finland
Senior Scientist lecturer, Institute of Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, SwedenMAJOR GRANTS:
Academy of Finland, The Finnish Cancer Organisations, Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Novo Foundation, Vetenskaps Rådet, Business Finland and Industry
SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS: 30 PhD students supervised, 6 in training.
SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OFD THE WORK
Research is mainly focused on sex steroid synthesis and action, with total number of citation 6270 (Web of Science, April 2018); number of citations in 2017: ~400; average citations per article: 26.8; h-index: 46; 182 original peer-reviewed publications; 5 publications in high-impact journals (I.F. ≥ 10): J. Clin. Invest. 2x (I.F. 13), Cell Metab.(I.F. 17), Nat. Med. (I.F. 28), Gut (I.F. 14)
Co-founder, Forendo
Pharma ltd (www.forendo.com) focusing on hormonal therapies for endometriosis
and male hypogonadism. The company has closed its investment rounds with the
leading Nordic start-up investors Karolinska Development AB, Novo Seeds and
Finnvera.
Teaching
Teaching experience in, endocrinology, developmental biology, hormonal cancer, GM mice and animal models and in vivo imaging