Sari
Stenholm
Professor, Public Health
Professor
Areas of expertise
Public Health
Gerontology
Epidemiology
Obesity
Sarcopenia
Physical Fitness
Physical activity
Accelerometry
Aging
Retirement
Biography
Selected earlier employment
- 2015-2020 Academy Research Fellow, University of Turku
- 2014-2015 Professor of gerontology, University of Tampere
- 2013-2015 Senior Researcher, University of Turku
- 2010-2013 Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku / Helsinki
- 2007-2009 Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
- 2004-2007 Researcher, National Public Health Institute, Turku
Ongoing studies as a PI
Finnish Retirement and Aging study (FIREA), 2013– (www.utu.fi/firea ).
- Aim: Examine changes in health behaviors, health, and functioning before and after retirement transition
- Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
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Aim: Examine and evaluate the effectiveness of technology-supported physical activity intervention among recent retirees
Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation
- Aim: Predictors and health consequences of extended working life
- Funder: Finnish Work Environment Fund
Awards and other honors
- Prize for Promising researcher in gerontology, the Nordic Gerontology Federation, 2014.
- Paper award, 2nd place, Finnish Society of Sport Sciences, 2016.
International research visits
- Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, USA, June 2017 – July 2017
- Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 2012 – October 2012
- Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, November 2007 – November 2009
Publications
- 119 in international peer-reviewed journals and 5 in Finnish peer-reviewed journals
- 34 first authorship, 17 last authorship
- H index 26
Other academic activities
Editorial board membership
- Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
- Scandinavian Journal for Work, Environment & Health
- Member of Advisory Board, Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen
- Member of Research Faculty at the Medical Faculty in University of Turku
- Member of Scientific Committee, Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF)
Research training merits
- Experience in supervising PhD students (2 completed,
10 ongoing) and postdoctoral fellows
- Opponent (4 times) or examiner for PhD thesis (3 times)
Grant reviewer
- Expert reviewing panel in the Swedish Research Council
- Several other grant reviews for international funding institutes
Publications
Multicohort study of change in job strain, poor mental health and incident cardiometabolic disease (2019)
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in Smoking During Retirement Transition: A Longitudinal Cohort Study (2019)
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sleep Duration and Sleep Disturbances as Predictors of Healthy and Chronic Disease-Free Life Expectancy between Ages 50 and 75: A Pooled Analysis of Three Cohorts (2019)
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Eläköityvien terveyden edistämiseen kannattaa panostaa (2019)
Duodecim
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Socioeconomic differences in healthy and disease-free life expectancy between ages 50 and 75: a multi-cohort study (2019)
European Journal of Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Midlife Cardiovascular Status and Old Age Physical Functioning Trajectories in Older Businessmen (2019)
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Projecting long-term trends in mobility limitations: Impact of excess weight, smoking and physical inactivity (2019)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The benefits of physical activity for older people (2018)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Association between education and television viewing among older working and retired people: a comparative study of Finland and Japan (2018)
BMC Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Physical activity level as a predictor of healthy and chronic disease-free life expectancy between ages 50 and 75 (2018)
Age and Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))