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Mika
Martikainen
Docent, Department of Clinical Medicine
Clinical Neurosciences
M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology
My research team is part of the Turku Centre for Lifespan Research at the University of Turku.

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Areas of expertise

Mitochondrial disease
movement disorders
neurogenetics
clinical neurology

Biography

Professor of neurology at the University of Oulu (since February 2023). Adjunct professor (docent) of neurology at the University of Turku since 2014. Associate Professor of neurology at University of Turku from September 2021 to January 2023. Post doc (Sigrid Jusélius Fellowship) at Wellcome Centre for Mitochondrial Research, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, in 2014-2015. Ph.D. (neurology) 2012. Medical specialist (neurology) 2009. M.D. 2002. Medical education and specialist training at the University of Turku, Finland. Erasmus Fellowship studies at the Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, in 2001.

Teaching

Interest in Medical Education. Experience as a clinical teacher (neurology) since 2015. Special competence in Medical Education (Finnish Medical Association). Medical education studies at the University of Turku, Karolinska Institute (Sweden), ACGME (USA). National coordinator of postgraduate medical education development in Finland, 2018 - 2021.

Research

Our research interests are focussed on the clinical, genetic, and epidemiological aspects of human mitochondrial disease. We are also involved in movement disorder neurology research, particularly in the context of inherited neurological disease (e.g. monogenic Parkinson's disease). Part of the MJFF Global Genetic Parkinson's Disease Study Group; part of DystoniaNet Europe. Collaboration with researchers at University of Helsinki (FIN), Newcastle University (UK), University of Groningen (NED), University of Lübeck (GER).

Publications

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Embracing Monogenic Parkinson's Disease: The MJFF Global Genetic PD Cohort (2023)

Movement Disorders
Vollstedt EJ, Schaake S, Lohmann K, Padmanabhan S, Brice A, Lesage S, Tesson C, Vidailhet M, Wurster I, Hentati F, Mirelman A, Giladi N, Marder K, Waters C, Fahn S, Kasten M, Bruggemann N, Borsche M, Foroud T, Tolosa E, Garrido A, Annesi G, Gagliardi M, Bozi M, Stefanis L, Ferreira JJ, Guedes LC, Avenali M, Petrucci S, Clark L, Fedotova EY, Abramycheva NY, Alvarez V, Menendez-Gonzalez M, Maestre SJ, Gomez-Garre P, Mir P, Belin AC, Ran C, Lin CH, Kuo MC, Crosiers D, Wszolek ZK, Ross OA, Jankovic J, Nishioka K, Funayama M, Clarimon J, Williams-Gray CH, Camacho M, Cornejo-Olivas M, Torres-Ramirez L, Wu YR, Lee-Chen GJ, Morgadinho A, Pulkes T, Termsarasab P, Berg D, Kuhlenbaumer G, Kuhn AA, Borngraber F, de Michele G, De Rosa A, Zimprich A, Puschmann A, Mellick GD, Dorszewska J, Carr J, Ferese R, Gambardella S, Chase B, Markopoulou K, Satake W, Toda T, Rossi M, Merello M, Lynch T, Olszewska DA, Lim SY, Ahmad-Annuar A, Tan AH, Al-Mubarak B, Hanagasi H, Koziorowski D, Ertan S, Genc G, Aguiar PD, Barkhuizen M, Pimentel MMG, Saunders-Pullman R, van de Warrenburg B, Bressman S, Toft M, Appel-Cresswell S, Lang AE, Skorvanek M, Boon AJW, Kruger R, Sammler EM, Tumas V, Zhang BR, Garraux G, Chung SJ, Kim YJ, Winkelmann J, Sue CM, Tan EK, Damasio J, Klivenyi P, Kostic VS, Arkadir D, Martikainen M, Borges V, Hertz JM, Brighina L, Spitz M, Suchowersky O, Riess O, Das P, Mollenhauer B, Gatto EM, Petersen MS, Hattori N, Wu RM, Illarioshkin SN, Valente EM, Aasly JO, Aasly A, Alcalay RN, Thaler A, Farrer MJ, Brockmann K, Corvol JC, Klein C
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Establishing an online resource to facilitate global collaboration and inclusion of underrepresented populations: Experience from the MJFF Global Genetic Parkinson’s Disease Project (2023)

PLoS ONE
Vollstedt Eva-Juliane, Madoev Harutyun, Aasly Anna, Ahmad-Annuar Azlina, Al-Mubarak Bashayer, Alcalay Roy N., Alvarez Victoria, Amorin Ignacio, Annesi Grazia, Arkadir David, Bardien Soraya, Barker Roger A., Barkhuizen Melinda, Basak A. Nazli, Bonifati Vincenzo, Boon Agnita, Brighina Laura, Brockmann Kathrin, Belin Andrea Carmin, Carr Jonathan, Clarimon Jordi, Cornejo-Olivas Mario, Guedes Leonor Correia, Corvol Jean Christophe, Crosiers David, Damásio Joana, Das Parimal, de Carvalho Aguiar Patricia, De Rosa Anna, Dorszewska Jolanta, Ertan Sibel, Ferese Rosangela, Ferreira Joaquim, Gatto Emilia, Genç Gençer, Giladi Nir, Gómez-Garre Pilar, Hanagasi Hasmet, Hattori Nobutaka, Hentati Faycal, Hoffman-Zacharska Dorota, Illarioshkin Sergey N., Jankovic Joseph, Jesús Silvia, Kaasinen Valtteri, Kievit Anneke, Klivenyi Peter, Kostic Vladimir, Koziorowski Dariusz, Kühn Andrea A., Lang Anthony E., Lim Shen Yang, Lin Chin-Hsien, Lohmann Katja, Markovic Vladana, Martikainen Mika Henrik, Mellick George, Merello Marcelo, Milanowski Lukasz, Mir Pablo, Öztop-Çakmak Özgür., Pimentel Márcia Mattos Gonçalves, Pulkes Teeratorn, Puschmann Andreas, Rogaeva Ekaterina, Sammler Esther M., Petersen Maria Skaalum, Skorvanek Matej, Spitz Matej, Suchowersky Oksana, Tan Ai Huey, Termsarasab Pichet, Thaler Avner., Tumas Vitor., Valente Enza Maria, van de Warrenburg Bart, Williams-Gray Caroline H., Wu Ruey-Mei, Zhang Baorong, Zimprich Alexander, Solle Justin, Padmanabhan Shalini, Klein Christine
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Validation of the Finnish Version of the Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (2021)

European Neurology
Kaasinen V, Scheperjans F, Kärppä M, Korpela J, Brück A, Sipilä JOT, Joutsa J, Järvelä J, Eerola-Rautio J, Martikainen MH, Airaksinen K, Stebbins GT, Martinez-Martin P, Goetz CG, Lin J, Luo S, Pekkonen E
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))