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Linnea
Karlsson

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

Contact

+358 40 744 5052
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Links

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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Measuring adverse childhood experiences by interviewing children at 9 and 10 years of age : Prevalence, concordance with mother-reports, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, and subjective experience of being asked about adverse childhood experiences in FinnBrain Birth cohort study (2025)

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Kataja, Eeva-Leena; Tuulari, Jetro J.; Karlsson, Linnea; Sinisalo, Susanne; Autere, Tuomo-Artturi; Perasto, Laura; Juusola, Aino; Salama, Essi; Aatsinki, Anna-Katariina; Karlsson, Hasse
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances predicts multimodal brain structural and functional outcomes in children aged 5 years: a birth cohort study (2025)

The Lancet Planetary Health
Barron, Aaron; Dickens, Alex M; Tuulari, Jetro J; Hyötylainen, Tuulia; Kortesluoma, Susanna; Merisaari, Harri; Pulli, Elmo P; Silver, Eero; Kumpulainen, Venla; Copeland, Anni; Saukko, Ekaterina; Lewis, John D; Karlsson, Linnea; Orešič, Matej; Karlsson, Hasse
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

The FinnBrain multimodal neonatal template and atlas collection (2025)

Communications Biology
Tuulari Jetro J.; Rosberg Aylin; Pulli Elmo P.; Hashempour Niloofar; Ukharova Elena; Lidauer Kristian; Jolly Ashmeet; Luotonen Silja; Audah Hilyatushalihah K.; Vartiainen Elena; Bano Wajiha; Suuronen Ilkka; Mariani Wigley Isabella L. C.; Fonov Vladimir S.; Collins D. Louis; Merisaari Harri; Karlsson Linnea; Karlsson Hasse; Lewis John D.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
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