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 and a physician scientist. I am currently the president of the Finnish Society for Rheumatology (2023–2024). 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 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
Yläraajojen kliininen tutkiminen (2023)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Selän kliininen tutkiminen (2023)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Development of prediction model for alanine transaminase elevations during the first 6 months of conventional synthetic DMARD treatment (2023)
Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Disease burden measured by PROs: does psoriatic arthritis (PsA) feel worse than rheumatoid arthritis (RA)? A cross-sectional study (2022)
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Are patients with RA in remission in Finland during the COVID times? Results from the Finnish quality register (2022)
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Erikoislääkärin uutiset: Reumatologia (2021:137(8)) (2021)
Duodecim
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Metabolic osteoarthritis – relation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease with knee osteoarthritis (2021)
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Erikoislääkärin uutiset: Reumatologia (2021:137(24)) (2021)
Duodecim
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Reumatologinen toiminta TYKS:n alueella 2014 alkaen (2021)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Automated text message enhanced monitoring versus routine monitoring in early rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized trial (2020)
Arthritis care and research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))