Katriina
Heikkilä
Senior Researcher, Public Health
PhD, Senior Researcher
My research interests focus on multimorbidity (the co-occurrence of multiple diseases or conditions in one individual), its risks, determinants and outcomes across the life course.

Contact

Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Links

ORCID

Areas of expertise

epidemiology
health services research
medical statistics
register studies
longitudinal cohort studies
evidence synthesis
methods for meta-analysis
multimorbidity
childhood and adolescent health
vascular disease;

Biography

I am Senior Researcher working on a project investigating risks and risk factors for dementia. Outside of University of Turku, I have honorary contracts and collaborate with colleagues at Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland) and Division of insurance Medicine, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden).

Teaching

I have a Post-graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (2017) and am Associate Fellow of the United Kingdom Higher Education Academy.

In the past, I have taught a number of post-graduate modules on research methods and statistics, and as a Stream Advisor been in charge of the structure, content and assessment of the Health Services Research Stream within the MSc Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. In addition, I have taught lectures and seminars on approaches and statistical methods for meta-analysis, and supervised 10 MSc Public Health dissertations. I am interested in supervising PhD projects in projects related to my research interests, e.g. multimorbidity, register researh and evidence synthesis.

Research

My research focuses on using multi-source data from healthcare and population registers, clinical audits and longitudinal observational studies to examine risks, determinants and outcomes of multimorbidity across the life course. Other examples of my work include examining the health effects of psychosocial stress and vascular surgical interventions, using large sets of individual-level data from several European countries, including Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Publications

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Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data (2018)

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Virtanen M, Jokela M, Madsen IEH, Hanson LLM, Lallukka T, Nyberg ST, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Heikkila K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Lahelma E, Nielsen ML, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rahkonen O, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Wagner GG, Wang JL, Yiengprugsawan V, Westerlund H, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Effort-reward imbalance at work and incident coronary heart disease: A multicohort study of 90,164 individuals (2017)

Epidemiology
Dragano N, Siegrist J, Nyberg ST, Lunau T, Fransson EI, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Erbel R, Fahlén G, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Heikkilä K, Jöckel KH, Knutsson A, Madsen IEH, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Singh-Manoux A, Steptoe A, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Virtanen M, Zins M, Batty GD, Kivimäki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Long working hours as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation: a multi-cohort study (2017)

European Heart Journal
Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, Kawachi I, Jokela M, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Kumari M, Madsen IEH, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Suominen S, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Steptoe A, Singh-Manoux A, Hamer M, Ferrie JE, Virtanen M, Tabak AG
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Job insecurity and risk of diabetes: a meta-analysis of individual participant data (2016)

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Jane E Ferrie, Marianna Virtanen, Markus Jokela, Ida E H Madsen, Katriina Heikkilä, Lars Alfredsson, G David Batty, Jakob B Bjorner, Marianne Borritz, Hermann Burr, Nico Dragano, Marko Elovainio, Eleonor I Fransson, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Aki Koskinen, Anne Kouvonen, Meena Kumari, Martin L Nielsen, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Krista Pahkin, Jan H Pejtersen, Jaana Pentti, Paula Salo, Martin J Shipley, Sakari B Suominen, Adam Tabak, Töres Theorell, Ari Väänänen, Jussi Vahtera, Peter J M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Reiner Rugulies, Solja T Nyberg, Mika Kivimäki
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Job Strain and the Risk of Stroke An Individual-Participant Data Meta-Analysis (2015)

Stroke
Fransson EI, Nyberg ST, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Geuskens GA, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Hooftman WE, Houtman IL, Joensuu M, Jokela M, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Kumari M, Leineweber C, Lunau T, Madsen IEH, Hanson LLM, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Pejtersen JH, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Steptoe A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Toppinen-Tanner S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Vaananen A, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Zins M, Britton A, Brunner EJ, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Long working hours, socioeconomic status, and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of published and unpublished data from 222 120 individuals (2015)

Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
Kivimäki M, Virtanen M, Kawachi I, Nyberg ST, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Brunner EJ, Burr H, Dragano N, Ferrie JE, Fransson EI, Hamer M, Heikkilä K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Madsen IE, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Siegrist J, Steptoe A, Suominen S, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Westerholm PJ, Westerlund H, Singh-Manoux A, Jokela M.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Long working hours and alcohol use: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data (2015)

BMJ
Virtanen M, Jokela M, Nyberg ST, Madsen IEH, Lallukka T, Ahola K, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Fransson EI, Hamer M, Heikkil K, Jockel KH, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Ladwig KH, Lunau T, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Siegrist J, Singh-Manoux A, Steptoe A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Wagner GG, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Job Strain and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of 95 000 Men and Women (2014)

PLoS ONE
Heikkila K, Madsen IEH, Nyberg ST, Fransson EI, Ahola K, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Ferrie JE, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Oksanen T, Shipley MJ, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vaananen A, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Westerlund H, Westerholm PJM, Batty GD, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)

BMJ
Virtanen M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, Jokela M, Heikkila K, Fransson EI, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Elovainio M, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Hamer M, Jockel KH, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Lunau T, Madsen IEH, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pahkin K, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Steptoe A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Toppinen-Tanner S, Vaananen A, Vahtera J, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Slopen N, Kawachi I, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Associations of job strain and lifestyle risk factors with risk of coronary artery disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data (2013)

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Kivimaki M, Nyberg ST, Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Ferrie JE, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Jokela M, Karasek R, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Siegrist J, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Zins M, Steptoe A, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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