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Laura
Kuusalo

Clinical Lecturer, Internal 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 currently vice chair of the Finnish Society for Rheumatology. 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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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 )

Comparing DAPSA, DAPSA28, and DAS28-CRP in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis Initiating a First Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Across Nine European Countries (2024)

Arthritis care and research
Linde, Louise; Georgiadis, Stylianos; Ornbjerg, Lykke M.; Rasmussen, Simon H.; Michelsen, Brigitte; Askling, Johan; Di Giuseppe, Daniela; Wallman, Johan K.; Zavada, Jakub; Pavelka, Karel; Bernardes, Miguel; Matos, Carolina O.; Glintborg, Bente; Loft, Anne Gitte; Nordstrom, Dan; Kuusalo, Laura; Moller, Burkhard; Nissen, Michael J.; Codreanu, Catalin; Mogosan, Corina; Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Love, Thorvardur Jon; Akleylek, Cansu; Iannone, Florenzo; Kvien, Tore K.; Rotar, Ziga; Castrejon, Isabel; Macfarlane, Gary J.; Hetland, Merete L.; Ostergaard, Mikkel
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Patient-reported outcomes in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis patients treated with secukinumab for 24 months in daily clinical practice (2024)

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Christiansen Sara Nysom, Horskjær Rasmussen Simon, Pons Marion, Michelsen Brigitte, Glintborg Bente, Gudbjornsson Bjorn, Grondal Gerdur, Vencovsky Jiri, Loft Anne Gitte, Rotar Ziga, Pirkmajer Katja Perdan, Nissen Michael J., Baranová Jana, Macfarlane Gary J., Jones Gareth T., Iannone Florenzo, Caporali Roberto, Laas Karin, Vorobjov Sigrid, Giuseppe Daniela Di, Olofsson Tor, Provan Sella Aarrestad, Fagerli Karen Minde, Castrejon Isabel, Otero-Varela Lucia, van de Sande Marleen, van der Horst-Bruinsma Irene, Nordström Dan, Kuusalo Laura, Bernardes Miguel, Hetland Merete Lund, Østergaard Mikkel, Midtbøll Ørnbjerg Lykke
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Initial presentation of early rheumatoid arthritis (2023)

PLoS ONE
Weman Lauri, Salo Henri, Kuusalo Laura, Huhtakangas Johanna, Kärki Johanna, Vähäsalo Paula, Bäckström Maria, Sokka-Isler Tuulikki
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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