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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
Osteoarthritis
Mobile health
Remote monitoring

Biography


I'm a specialist in rheumatology and internal medicine and physician scientist. I am currently president of the Finnish Society for Rheumatology (2023–2024). I am actively developing 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 rheumatology basic education. 



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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Three out of four disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug-naive rheumatoid arthritis patients meet 28-joint Disease Activity Score remission at 12months: results from the FIN-ERA cohort (2017)

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
Rannio T, Asikainen J, Hannonen P, Yli-Kerttula T, Ekman P, Pirila L, Kuusalo L, Mali M, Puurtinen-Vilkki M, Kortelainen S, Paltta J, Taimen K, Kauppi M, Laiho K, Nyrhinen S, Makinen H, Isomaki P, Uotila T, Aaltonen K, Kautiainen H, Sokka T
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Intra-articular glucocorticoid injections should not be neglected in the remission targeted treatment of early rheumatoid arthritis: a post hoc analysis from the NEO-RACo trial (2016)

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
LA Kuusalo, KT Puolakka, H Kautiainen, EM Alasaarela, PJ Hannonen, HA Julkunen, OA Kaipiainen-Seppänen, MM Korpela, TT Möttönen, LH Paimela, RL Peltomaa, TK Yli-Kerttula, M Leirisalo-Repo, VM Rantalaiho
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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