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Saija
Tarro

Project Coordinator, Research Services
PhD, Post-doc researcher
Development of eating behaviours and BMI from childhood to adolescence.

Contact

+358 29 450 5226
+358 50 345 5226
Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

Areas of expertise

nutrition
eating behavior
parental feeding practices
birth cohorts
epidemiology
project management
communications

Biography

Saija Tarro is a multidisciplinary researcher, coordinator and developer who has previously had a long career in a global company’s finance and IT department development projects. Since then, she has studied psychology, neuroscience and nutrition and started a new career as a researcher. She likes to combine different disciplines in her research. She is passionate about the role of nutrition in the wholistic wellbeing and wants to work for the future where every child has an equal opportunity for a healthy life.

Publications

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Pre- and postnatal maternal psychological distress and the metabolomic profile of human milk (2026)

Journal of Nutrition
Ryan, Niamh; Sundekilde, Ulrik Kramer; Dickens, Alex M.; Kalant, Henna-Maria; Leahy-Warren, Patricia; Philpott, Lloyd; Mulcahy, Helen; Lamichhane, Santosh; Isokääntä, Heidi; Perasto, Laura; Tarro, Saija; Karlsson, Hasse; Karlsson, Linnea; O’Mahony, Siobhain M.; Aatsinki, Anna-Katariina
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )