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

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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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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))

Work stress and risk of cancer: meta-analysis of 5700 incident cancer events in 116 000 European men and women (2013)

BMJ
Heikkila K, Nyberg ST, Theorell T, Fransson EI, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Bonenfant S, Borritz M, Bouillon K, Burr H, Dragano N, Geuskens GA, Goldberg M, Hamer M, Hooftman WE, Houtman IL, Joensuu M, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Kouvonen A, Madsen IEH, Magnusson LL, Marmot MG, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Salo P, Rugulies R, Steptoe A, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Vaananen A, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Zins M, Ferrie JE, Singh-Manoux A, Batty GD, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data (2012)

Lancet
Kivimäki Mika, Nyberg Solja T, Batty David, Fransson Eleonor I, Heikkilä Katriina, Alfredsson Lars, Bjorner Jakob B, Borritz Marianne, Burr Hermann, Casini Annalisa, Clays Els, De Bacquer Dirk, Dragano Nico, Ferrie Jane E, Geuskens Goedele A, Goldberg Marcel, Hamer Mark, Hooftman Wendela E, Houtman Irene L, Joensuu Matti
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Comparison of alternative versions of the job demand-control scales in 17 European cohort studies: the IPD-Work consortium (2012)

BMC Public Health
Fransson EI, Nyberg ST, Heikkila K, Alfredsson L, Bacquer D, Batty GD, Bonenfant S, Casini A, Clays E, Goldberg M, Kittel F, Koskenvuo M, Knutsson A, Leineweber C, Hanson LLM, Nordin M, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Westerholm P, Westerlund H, Zins M, Theorell T, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity: An Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of Up to 170,000 Men and Women (2012)

American Journal of Epidemiology
Fransson EI, Heikkila K, Nyberg ST, Zins M, Westerlund H, Westerholm P, Vaananen A, Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Theorell T, Suominen S, Singh-Manoux A, Siegrist J, Sabia S, Rugulies R, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Nordin M, Nielsen ML, Marmot MG, Hanson LLM, Madsen IEH, Lunau T, Leineweber C, Kumari M, Kouvonen A, Koskinen A, Koskenvuo M, Knutsson A, Kittel F, Jockel KH, Joensuu M, Houtman IL, Hooftman WE, Goldberg M, Geuskens GA, Ferrie JE, Erbel R, Dragano N, De Bacquer D, Clays E, Casini A, Burr H, Borritz M, Bonenfant S, Bjorner JB, Alfredsson L, Hamer M, Batty GD, Kivimaki M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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