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Jussi
Posti

Associate Professor, Clinical Neurosciences

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Areas of expertise

traumatic brain injury
neurosurgery
neuroscience
cranial reconstruction
neurointensive care
clinical pharmacology

Biography

Jussi Posti is Associate Professor of Neurosurgery (tenure track, phase 2/2, University of Turku) and Adjunct Professor of Neurotraumatology (University of Helsinki).

Jussi works as Head of the Department of Neurosurgery and Director of the Turku Brain Injury Center at Turku University Hospital, Turku Finland. Jussi is a consultant neurosurgeon and the physician in charge of traumatic brain injury care at Turku University Hospital, Finland. His surgical practice mainly focuses on skull base tumours that require intraoperative monitoring.

Jussi is the leader of the Turku Traumatic Brain Injury Research Group.

Teaching

2017– Responsible trainer of residents in neurosurgery (Turku University Hospital and Uni. Turku)

2016– Supervision of 2nd and 3rd year med. students taking clinical investigator rotation course, every summer (Uni. Turku)

2015– Lectures on general neurosurgery, brain tumours and neurotraumatology for undergraduate (neuroscience minor) and postgraduate students (Turku Brain and Mind Center, Uni. Turku) 

2013– Lectures for 4th and 6th year med. students on neurotraumatology, every spring term (Uni. Turku)

2021– Discussion group teaching on neurotraumatology and neurocritical care, Scandinavian Course in Neurosurgery (Beitostølen, Norway)

2024– Lectures and discussion groups on neurotraumatology for neurosurgery residents and young neurosurgeons, different events by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies’ (EANS) Section of Neurotrauma and Critical Care

Research

My main research interests are biomarkers in diagnostics of acute phase, treatment effects, and outcome of traumatic brain injury, biomaterials in cranial reconstruction and neuro-oncology.

Publications

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Serum biomarker trajectory clusters predict functional outcome and quality of life for traumatic brain injury (2026)

Brain Communications
Do, Thanh Son; Carnes, Chantal; Yang, Zhihui; Kobeissy, Firas; Yadikar, Hamad; Olbricht, Gayla; Tenovuo, Olli; Posti, Jussi P.; Steyerberg, Ewout W.; Wilson, Lindsay; von Steinbüchel, Nicole; Czeiter, Endre; Buki, Andras; Menon, David K.; Maas, Andrew I. R.; Wang, Kevin K.; Obafemi-Ajayi, Tayo
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Blood Biomarkers for Identifying Epidural Hematoma in Patients Presenting with a Glasgow Coma Scale of 13-15: A Collaborative European Neurotrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI) Study (2026)

Journal of Neurotrauma
Malmi, Katja; Pisica, Dana; Hossain, Iftakher; Mohammadian, Mehrbod; van Essen, Thomas; Luoto, Teemu M.; Mondello, Stefania; Takala, Riikka S. K.; Tenovuo, Olli; Vande Vyvere, Thijs; Vreeburg, Rick; Yue, John K.; Maas, Andrew I. R.; Wang, Kevin K. W.; Menon, David K.; Newcombe, Virginia F. J.; Buki, Andras; Posti, Jussi P.; CENTER-TBI Investigators and Participants
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Impact of Rural Trauma Team Development Education on Prehospital Time, Referral-to-Dispatch Interval, and Neurological and Musculoskeletal Injury Outcomes: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (2026)

JMIR Human Factors
Lule, Herman; Mugerwa, Micheal; Abio, Anne; Oguttu, Benson; Kakeeto, Andrew; Walsh, Fiona J.; Lekuya, Hervé Monka; Ssebuufu, Robinson; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Deckert, Andreas; Bärnighausen, Till; Posti, Jussi P.; Wilson, Michael Lowery
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

The effectiveness of decompressive craniectomy size in traumatic brain injury; an international, observational, comparative effectiveness study (2026)

Brain and Spine
Vreeburg, Rick J.G.; Singh, Ranjit D.; Yue, John K.; van Dijck, Jeroen T.J.M.; den Boogert, Hugo F.; Posti, Jussi P.; Moojen, Wouter A.; Peul, Wilco C.; Maas, Andrew I.R.; de Ruiter, Godard C.W.; van Essen, Thomas A.; the CENTER-TBI participants and investigators
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Blood-Based Biomarkers for Improved Characterization of Traumatic Brain Injury: Recommendations from the 2024 National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke Traumatic Brain Injury Classification and Nomenclature Initiative Blood-Based Biomarkers Working Group (2025)

Journal of Neurotrauma
Bazarian, Jeffrey J.; Zetterberg, Henrik; Buk,i András; Dengler, Bradley A.; Diaz-Arrastia, Ramon; Korley, Frederick K.; Lazarus, Rachel; Meier, Timothy B.; Mondello, Stefania; Moritz, Kasey; Okonkwo, David O.; Papa, Linda; Phillips, James B.; Posti, Jussi P.; Puccio, Ava M.; Sloley, Stephanie; Steyerberg, Ewout; Wang, Kevin K.; Awwad, Hibah O.; Dams-O’Connor, Kristen; Doperalski, Adele; Maas, Andrew I.R.; McCrea, Michael A.; Umoh, Nsini; Manley, Geoffrey T.
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
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