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
Across ages and places : Unpredictability of maternal sensory signals and child internalizing behaviors (2024)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on attitudes to influenza and childhood vaccines (2023)
BMC Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Longitudinal patterns of alcohol use and psychological symptoms during COVID-19 pandemic and role of alexithymia: A latent transition analysis in the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2023)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Systematic review: Autism spectrum disorder and the gut microbiota (2023)
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Infants' sex affects neural responses to affective touch in early infancy (2023)
Developmental Psychobiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Relationships between alexithymia and food addiction: The Finnish version of Yale Food Addiction Scale and preliminary test of its psychometric properties (2023)
Frontiers in Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Maternal depression and anxiety symptoms across pregnancy and the postnatal period: Modest associations between depression symptoms and infant sleep outcomes (2023)
Sleep Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parent's self-reported tooth brushing and use of fluoridated toothpaste: Associations with their one-year-old child's preventive oral health behaviour (2023)
Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sense of coherence, its components and depressive and anxiety symptoms in expecting women and their partners – A FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (2023)
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Association of cumulative prenatal adversity with infant subcortical structure volumes and child problem behavior and its moderation by a coexpression polygenic risk score of the serotonin system (2023)
Development and Psychopathology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))