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
The Pregnancy Anxiety Questionnaire Revised-2 (2019)
European Journal of Psychological Assessment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Prenatal maternal distress associates with a blunted cortisol response in rhinovirus-positive infants (2019)
Psychoneuroendocrinology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Toddlers’ diurnal cortisol levels affected by out-of-home, center-based childcare and at-home, guardian-supervised childcare: comparison between different caregiving contexts (2019)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Associations of age and sex with brain volumes and asymmetry in 2–5-week-old infants (2019)
Brain Structure and Function
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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))
Exploring parental mentalization in postnatal phase with a self-report questionnaire (PRFQ): Factor structure, gender differences and association with sociodemographic factors. The Finn Brain Birth Cohort Study (2018)
Psychiatry Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Affective and non-affective touch evokes differential brain responses in 2-month-old infants (2018)
NeuroImage
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Emotional Processing in the First 2 Years of Life: A Review of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Studies (2018)
Journal of Neuroimaging
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Cohort Profile: The FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study (FinnBrain) (2018)
International Journal of Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))