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
Associations between observed and reported infant negative affectivity, fear and self-regulation, and early communicative development-Evidence from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
Infancy
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Early pathways of maternal mentalization: Associations with child development in the FinnBrain birth cohort study (2022)
Frontiers in Psychology
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Alexithymic traits and parental postpartum bonding: Findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
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Sex-specific associations between maternal pregnancy-specific anxiety and newborn amygdalar volumes-preliminary findings from the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2022)
Stress
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Toisiolaki hankaloittaa terveystutkimuksia eikä anna lisäarvoa tietoturvaan (2021)
Lääkärilehti
(Artikkeli ammattilehdessä tai kirjoitus ammatillisessa blogissa (D1))
Is the oral health-related quality of life associated with quality of life among pregnant Finnish families: a cross-sectional study (2021)
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
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Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI associates with neonate local and distal functional connectivity of the left superior frontal gyrus (2021)
Scientific Reports
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Associations Between IFI44L Gene Variants and Rates of Respiratory Tract Infections During Early Childhood (2021)
Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Neonatal Amygdala Volumes and the Development of Self-Regulation from Early Infancy to Toddlerhood (2021)
Neuropsychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sex differences in the associations between maternal prenatal distress and infant cortisol reactivity and recovery (2021)
Psychoneuroendocrinology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))