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
Thigh-worn accelerometry for measuring movement and posture across the 24-hour cycle: a scoping review and expert statement (2020)
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Emerging collaborative research platforms for the next generation of physical activity, sleep and exercise medicine guidelines: The Prospective Physical Activity, Sitting, and Sleep consortium (ProPASS) (2020)
British Journal of Sports Medicine
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Circulating cell-free DNA level predicts all-cause mortality independent of other predictors in the Health 2000 survey (2020)
Scientific Reports
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Sleep during the Transition to Retirement: The Finnish Retirement and Aging (FIREA) study (2020)
Sleep
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Excess body weight, cigarette smoking, and type II diabetes incidence in the national FINRISK studies (2020)
Annals of Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Ammattiryhmien väliset erot liikemittarilla mitatussa fyysisessä aktiivisuudessa ikääntyneillä työntekijöillä (2020)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Objectively Measured Sedentary Time Before and After Transition to Retirement: The Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2020)
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Concurrent changes in sleep and physical activity during the transition to retirement: a prospective cohort study (2020)
Sleep Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Physical Activity across Retirement Transition by Occupation and Mode of Commute (2020)
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Disability-free Life Expectancy in Older People from England and the United States: A Cross-national Population-Based Study (2020)
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))