Linnea
Karlsson
Professor, Public Health
MD, PhD
FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study; Centre for Population Health Research
Areas of expertise
cohort studies
early life stress
prenatal stress
stress
depression
anxiety
child psychiatry
adolescent psychiatry
gut-brain axish
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 the co-PI of the highly multidisciplinary 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 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.
Publications
Larger Newborn Left Amygdala Volume Predicts Poorer Working Memory in Toddlerhood (2019)
Biological Psychiatry
(Muu (O2))
Gut microbiota composition is associated with temperament traits in infants (2019)
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sleep symptoms and long-term outcome in adolescents with major depressive disorder: a naturalistic follow-up study (2019)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Maternal tiredness and cytokine concentrations in mid-pregnancy (2019)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Alexithymia, body mass index and gestational diabetes in pregnant women — FinnBrain birth cohort study (2019)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Paternal early life stress and newborn brain development (2019)
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
(Muu (O2))
Alcohol and tobacco use in men: the role of alexithymia and externally oriented thinking style (2019)
American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Across continents and demographics, unpredictable maternal signals are associated with children's cognitive function (2019)
EBioMedicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cohort Profile: The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (FinnBrain) (2018)
International Journal of Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Hair cortisol concentration (HCC) as a measure for prenatal psychological distress — A systematic review (2018)
Psychoneuroendocrinology
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))