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Linnea
Karlsson

Professor, Public Health
MD, PhD
FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study; Centre for Population Health Research

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+358 40 744 5052
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

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FinnBrain
ORCID

Areas of expertise

cohort studies
early life stress
prenatal stress
stress
depression
anxiety
child psychiatry
adolescent psychiatry
gut-brain axish

Teaching

Public health

Research

I did my PhD within the field of psychiatric epidemiology and adolescent depression. During by PhD studies I also was involved in clinical epidemiological studies on adolescent mood disorders. In 2010, we established a birth cohort, the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, with the main aim of investigating the how early life and prenatal stress shape brain developmental trajectories. I am currently (since July 2024) the PI pf the cohort.  My own research activity within the larger cohort is focused on the development of the gut-brain axis and child psychosocial development and the role of diverse prenatal adn early life exposures in these processes. My activity as a supervisor is also multidisciplinary as the PhD candidates represent, for example, variety of fields of medicine and psychology. I started in the tenure track position at the Centre for Population Health Research in Jan 2021 and continued as a professor of population health research, starting Octoberg 2023. 

Publications

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Aperiodic parameters of the fMRI power spectrum associate with preterm birth and neonatal age (2026)

Communications Biology
Suuronen, Ilkka; Luotonen, Silja; Railo, Henry; Airola, Antti; Bano, Wajiha; Merisaari, Harri; Pulli, Elmo P.; Mariani Wigley, Isabella L. C.; Vartiainen, Elena; Hashempour, Niloofar; Karlsson, Hasse; Karlsson, Linnea; Kringelbach, Morten L.; Batalle, Dafnis; Tuulari, Jetro J.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Associations between cumulative family environmental stress exposures and hair cortisol concentrations among 2.5- and 5-year-olds with different social competences (2026)

Hormones and Behavior
Kortesluoma, Susanna; Tervahartiala, Katja; Perasto, Laura; Pulli, Elmo P.; Mustonen, Paula; Morgese Zangrandi, Mirko; Korja, Riikka; Deater-Deckard, Kirby; Karlsson, Hasse; Carter, Alice S.; Lukkarinen, Minna; Junttila, Niina; Karlsson, Linnea
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Lasten ja nuorten masennus (2025)

Karlsson, Linnea; Marttunen, Mauri; Kumpulainen, Kirsti
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)

Sex-specific associations between maternal prenatal inflammation and offspring cortical morphology in youth: A harmonised study across four birth cohorts (2025)

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
Niskanen, Anni; Barron, Aaron; Azaryah, Hatim; Kerkelä, Martta; Pulli, Elmo; Tuulari, Jetro J.; Lukkarinen, Minna; Karlsson, Linnea; Muetzel, Ryan L.; Campoy, Cristina; Catena, Andrés; Tiemeier, Henning; Khandaker, Golam M.; Karlsson, Hasse; Veijola, Juha; Björnholm, Lassi
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
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