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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.

Research



Publications

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Bakteerilääkkeet ja suoli (2012)

Duodecim
Huovinen Pentti
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Rukouksen parantava voima (2011)

Duodecim
Pentti Huovinen, Reima Välimäki
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))

Tackling antibiotic resistance (2011)

Nature Reviews Microbiology
Bush Karen, Courvalin Patrice, Dantas Gautam, Davies Julian, Eisenstein Barry, Huovinen Pentti, Jacoby George, Kishony Roy, Kreiswirth Barry, Kutter Elisabet, Lerner Stephen, Levy Stuart, Lewis Kim, Lomovskaya Olga, Miller Jeffrey, Mobashery Shahriar, Piddock Laura, Projan Steven, Thomas Christopher, Tomasz Alexander, Tulkens Paul, Walsh Timothy, Watson James, Witkowski Jan, Witte Wolfgang, Wright Gerry, Yeh Pamela, Zgurskaya Helen
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))