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Laura
Kuusalo

Clinical Lecturer, Internal Medicine
Docent, Faculty of Medicine
MD, PhD

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Areas of expertise

Internal medicine
Rheumatology
Early rheumatoid arthritis
SLE
Osteoarthritis
Mobile health
Remote monitoring

Biography


I'm a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine. I am actively involved in developing the Finnish Rheumatology Quality register and have been a member of the register working group since 2021. I am currently mentoring one graduate and two PhD students.



Teaching

I am clinical lecturer in internal medicine. In addition to teaching clinical internal medicine, I am responsible for undergraduate rheumatology teaching. 



Research

My research interests focus broadly on inflammatory rheumatic diseases and their genetic, clinical, epidemiological, and health-economical aspects, including clinical application of machine learning models in rheumatology.

Publications

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Impact of cardiometabolic comorbidities on clinical characteristics, prescription patterns and retention rate of first b/tsDMARD treatment in 5299 European real-world patients with psoriatic arthritis (2026)

RMD Open
Ahmadzay, Zohra Faizy; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll; Østergaard, Mikkel; Jensen, Kasper Yde; Jørgensen, Jacob Brauner; Heberg, Jette; Loft, Anne Gitte; Michelsen, Brigitte; Jones, Gareth T; Hellamand, Pasoon; Møller-Bisgaard, Signe; Shoae, Kazemi Mehrdad; Karimi, Reikandeh Parham; Závada, Jakub; Horák, Pavel; Bernardes, Miguel; Vieira-Sousa, Elsa; Castrejón, Isabel; Otero-Varela, Lucía; Codreanu, Catalin; Kuusalo, Laura; Rantalaiho, Vappu; Regierer, Anne C; Reich, Andreas; Möller, Burkhard; Micheroli, Raphael; Mielnik, Pawel; Provan, Sella Aarrestad; Lass, Karin; Vorobjov, Sigrid; Rotar, Ziga; Pirkmajer, Katja Perdan; Iannone, Florenzo; Conti, Fabrizio; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; van de Sande, Marleen; Macfarlane, Gary J; Yarkan-Tuğsal, Handan; Glintborg, Bente; Hetland, Merete, Lund
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

The impact of smoking and obesity on secukinumab effectiveness in psoriatic arthritis: real-world evidence from 1202 European patients (2026)

Ahmadzay Zohra Faizy; Georgiadis Stylianos; Østergaard Mikkel; Glintborg Bente; Pons Marion; Heberg Jette; Møller-Bisgaard Signe; Christiansen Sara Nysom; Rasmussen Simon Horskjær; Loft Anne Gitte; Castrejon Isabel; Otero-Varela Lucía; Závada Jakub; Pavelka Karel; Rutanen Jarno; Kuusalo Laura; Möller Burkhard; Nissen Michael J.; Rotar Ziga; Prikmajer Katja Perdan; Bernardes Miguel; Gudbjornsson Bjorn; Grondal Gerdur; van der Horst-Bruinsma Irene; Laas Karin; Michelsen Brigitte; Codreanu Catalin; Giuseppe Daniela Di; Kenar-Artın Gökçe; Hetland Merete Lund; Midtbøll Ørnbjerg Lykke
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Assessing internal construct validity of DAPSA and DAPSA28 in psoriatic arthritis: a European observational study using confirmatory factor analysis and additional psychometric testing (2025)

RMD Open
Brauner Jørgensen, Jacob; Christensen, Karl Bang; Michelsen, Brigitte; Loft, Anne Gitte; Horskjær Rasmussen, Simon; Heberg, Jette; Lund Hetland, Merete; Zavada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Iannone, Florenzo; Conti, Fabrizio; Borges, Joana; Codreanu, Catalin; Mogosan, Corina; Glintborg, Bente; Ciurea, Adrian; Nissen, Michael J.; Nordström, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Laas, Karin; Vorobjov, Sigrid; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Love, Thorvardur Jon; Østergaard, Mikkel; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Defining Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index Cut‐off Values for Disease Activity States in a Multinational European Cohort of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis (2025)

ACR open rheumatology
Georgiadis, Stylianos; Ørnbjerg, Lykke Midtbøll; Michelsen, Brigitte; Kvien, Tore K.; Shoae, Kazemi Mehrdad; Závada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne Gitte; Reich, Andreas; Regierer, Anne C.; Rodrigues, Ana Maria; Santos, Maria José; Rutanen, Jarno; Kuusalo, Laura; Ciurea, Adrian; Nissen, Michael J.; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Pálsson, Ólafur; Rotar, Žiga; Perdan Pirkmajer, Katja; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Østergaard, Mikkel; Lund Hetland, Merete
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Predictors of Secukinumab Treatment Response and Continuation in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From the EuroSpA Research Collaboration Network (2025)

Journal of Rheumatology
Pons, Marion; Georgiadis, Stylianos; Hetland, Merete Lund; Faizy, Ahmadzay Zohra; Rasmussen, Simon; Christiansen, Sara N.; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Wallman, Johan K.; Pavelk,a Karel; Závada, Jakub; Codreanu, Catalin; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne G.; Santos, Helena; Lourenço, Maria H.; Nissen, Michael J.; Ciurea, Adrian; Kuusalo, Laura; Rantalaiho, Vappu; Michelsen, Brigitte; Mielnik, Pawel; Pirkmajer, Katja P.; Rotar, Ziga; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Palsson, Olafur; van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene; van de Sande, Marleen; Castrejón, Isabel; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Laas, Karin; Østergaard, Mikkel; Ørnbjerg, Lykke M.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
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