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Pentti
Huovinen

Docent, Faculty of Medicine
Institute of Biomedicine
Professor

Contact

+358 40 505 2284
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

Bacteria
bacterial disease
antimicrobial agent
antibiotic
infectious disease diagnostic

Biography

Pentti Huovinen, MD, PhD, Professor of Bacteriology, University of Turku, Finland. I spent my postdoctoral years (1986-87) at Harvard Medical School, Boston, and did the Executive Development Program at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (2003). I have published more than 400 scientific articles and several books.
In 2008 I received Award of Excellence , the greatest scientific honour of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, "for overall achievements in the fields of clinical microbiology and infectious diseases". In addition to the scientific work, I have served as a science journalist and an awarded science writer in Finland.

Publications

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Association of leisure time physical activity with gut microbiota composition in early adulthood (2025)

Scientific Reports
Boelius, Hanna-Mari; Aatsinki, Anna-Katariina; Heiskanen, Marja A.; Haapala, Eero A.; Munukka, Eveliina; Mykkänen, Juha; Kartiosuo, Noora; Lahti, Leo; Keskitalo, Anniina; Huovinen, Pentti; Niinikoski, Harri; Viikari, Jorma; Rönnemaa, Tapani; Lagström, Hanna; Jula, Antti; Rovio, Suvi P.; Raitakari, Olli T.; Pahkala, Katja
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

A Tribute to George A. Jacoby (2022)

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Bush Karen, Hooper David C., Bonomo Robert A., Bradford Patricia A., Eliopoulos George, Huovinen Pentti, Medeiros Antone A., Murray Barbara, Philippon Alain, Rice Louis
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))