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Kari
Kalliokoski
Research Manager, Turku PET Centre
Docent, Faculty of Medicine
PhD, MSc

Contact

+358 29 450 2789
+358 40 514 5437
Kiinamyllynkatu 4-8
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Positron Emission Tomography
project planning
project management
project budgeting
exercise physiology
metabolism
skeletal muscle
heart
training
sport
physical activity

Biography

Adjunct professor Kari Kalliokoski, PhD, MSc currently works as the Research Manager at the Turku PET Centre. He graduated from University of Jyväskylä in 1998 in Exercise Physiology (MSc) and did his PhD work in University of Turku in 1998-2001. After that he has worked as postdoctoral fellow at Turku PET Centre in 2001-2003 and at Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen Denmark in 2003-2004. He returned to Turku PET Centre in 2004 and has thereafter worked in different researcher positions and as a research group leader. In 2004-2011 he worked as research scientist and in 2011-2016 as Academy Research Fellow funded by Academy of Finland. This was followed with a short period as research scientist before he was appointed to his current position as the Research Manager of the Turku PET Centre. In the current position he is responsible for the industry-sponsored studies performed at the Turku PET Centre, This covers all the administrative issues related to the projects, from project planning to project reporting.  

Research

In my researcher career the main research interests have been acute and chronic (training) effects of exercise on human body and especially on skeletal muscle and myocardial blood flow and metabolism.


Publications

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Seasonal variation in the brain μ-opioid receptor availability (2021)

Journal of Neuroscience
Sun Lihua, Tang Jing, Liljenbäck Heidi, Honkaniemi Aake, Virta Jenni, Isojärvi Janne, Karjalainen Tomi, Kantonen Tatu, Nuutila Pirjo, Hietala Jarmo, Kaasinen Valtteri, Kalliokoski Kari, Hirvonen Jussi, Scheinin Harry, Helin Semi, Eerola Kim, Savontaus Eriika, Yatkin Emrah, Rinne Juha O, Roivainen Anne, Nummenmaa Lauri
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Standing is associated with insulin sensitivity in adults with metabolic syndrome (2021)

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Garthwaite Taru, Sjöros Tanja, Koivumäki Mikko, Laine Saara, Vähä-Ypyä Henri, Saarenhovi Maria, Kallio Petri, Löyttyniemi Eliisa, Sievänen Harri, Houttu Noora, Laitinen Kirsi, Kalliokoski Kari, Vasankari Tommi, Knuuti Juhani, Heinonen Ilkka
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and metabolic health in overweight and obese adults (2021)

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Haapala Eero A, Sjöros Tanja, Laine Saara, Garthwaite Taru, Kallio Petri, Saarenhovi Maria, Vähä-Ypyä Henri, Löyttyniemi Eliisa, Sievänen Harri, Houttu Noora, Laitinen Kirsi, Kalliokoski Kari, Knuuti Juhani, Vasankari Tommi, Heinonen Ilkka H
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Exercise intensity regulates cytokine and klotho responses in men (2021)

Nutrition and Diabetes
Middelbeek Roeland JW, Motiani Piryanka, Brandt Nina, Nigro Pasquale, Zheng Jia, Virtanen Kirsi A, Kalliokoski Kari K, Hannukainen Jarna C, Goodyear Laurie J
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Kinetic analysis and optimisation of 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET imaging of prostate cancer (2021)

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Malaspina Simona, Oikonen Vesa, Kuisma Anna, Ettala Otto, Mattila Kalle, Boström Peter J., Minn Heikki, Kalliokoski Kari, Postema Ernst J., Miller Matthew P., Scheinin Mika
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))