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Niina
Pitkänen
Institute of Biomedicine
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Areas of expertise
genetics
genomics
statistics
bioinformatics
epidemiology
cardiovascular diseases
metabolic diseases
risk factors
Biography
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
2011 PhD, Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland
1999 MSc, Genetics, University of Turku
CURRENT POSITION
Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku
PAST POSITIONS
2013 – 2015 Post-doctoral researcher/study coordinator, Institute of Clinical Medicine / Neurology, University of Eastern Finland
2011 - 2013 Senior scientist, Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Turku
2002 - 2011 Post-graduate student, Department of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland
Publications
Dietary Intake, FTO Genetic Variants, and Adiposity: A Combined Analysis of Over 16,000 Children and Adolescents (2015)
Diabetes
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A novel common variant in DCST2 is associated with length in early life and height in adulthood (2015)
Human Molecular Genetics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
High birth weight is associated with obesity and increased carotid wall thickness in young adults: The cardiovascular risk in young finns study (2014)
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Genome-wide association study of sexual maturation in males and females highlights a role for body mass and menarche loci in male puberty (2014)
Human Molecular Genetics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Interactions between genetic variants and dietary lipid composition: effects on circulating LDL cholesterol in children. (2014)
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche (2014)
Nature
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Childhood Physical, Environmental, and Genetic Predictors of Adult Hypertension The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2012)
Circulation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Common variants at 6q22 and 17q21 are associated with intracranial volume (2012)
Nature Genetics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases 4 (TIMP4) in a population of young adults: Relations to cardiovascular risk markers and carotid artery intima-media thickness. The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study (2012)
Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Associations between serum uric acid and markers of subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults. The cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study (2012)
Atherosclerosis
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))