Sari
Stenholm
Professor, Public Health
Professor
Areas of expertise
Public Health
Gerontology
Epidemiology
Obesity
Sarcopenia
Physical Fitness
Physical activity
Accelerometry
Aging
Retirement
Biography
Selected earlier employment
- 2015-2020 Academy Research Fellow, University of Turku
- 2014-2015 Professor of gerontology, University of Tampere
- 2013-2015 Senior Researcher, University of Turku
- 2010-2013 Senior Researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Turku / Helsinki
- 2007-2009 Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
- 2004-2007 Researcher, National Public Health Institute, Turku
Ongoing studies as a PI
Finnish Retirement and Aging study (FIREA), 2013– (www.utu.fi/firea ).
- Aim: Examine changes in health behaviors, health, and functioning before and after retirement transition
- Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation, Hospital District of Southwest Finland
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Aim: Examine and evaluate the effectiveness of technology-supported physical activity intervention among recent retirees
Funders: Academy of Finland, Ministry of Education and Culture, Juho Vainio Foundation
- Aim: Predictors and health consequences of extended working life
- Funder: Finnish Work Environment Fund
Awards and other honors
- Prize for Promising researcher in gerontology, the Nordic Gerontology Federation, 2014.
- Paper award, 2nd place, Finnish Society of Sport Sciences, 2016.
International research visits
- Visiting Scientist, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston, MA, USA, June 2017 – July 2017
- Visiting Scientist, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, September 2012 – October 2012
- Visiting Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA, November 2007 – November 2009
Publications
- 119 in international peer-reviewed journals and 5 in Finnish peer-reviewed journals
- 34 first authorship, 17 last authorship
- H index 26
Other academic activities
Editorial board membership
- Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
- Scandinavian Journal for Work, Environment & Health
- Member of Advisory Board, Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen
- Member of Research Faculty at the Medical Faculty in University of Turku
- Member of Scientific Committee, Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF)
Research training merits
- Experience in supervising PhD students (2 completed,
10 ongoing) and postdoctoral fellows
- Opponent (4 times) or examiner for PhD thesis (3 times)
Grant reviewer
- Expert reviewing panel in the Swedish Research Council
- Several other grant reviews for international funding institutes
Publications
Exposure to useable green space and physical activity during active travel: A longitudinal GPS and accelerometer study before and after retirement (2024)
Health and Place
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Association of work-related psychosocial factors and day-to-day home blood pressure variation: the Finn-Home study (2024)
Journal of Hypertension
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Longitudinal Associations between 24-h Movement Behaviors and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers : A Natural Experiment over Retirement (2024)
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Physical activity and risk of workplace and commuting injuries : a cohort study (2024)
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Changes in Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Across Retirement Transition as a Predictor of Self-Rated Health (2024)
Journal of Physical Activity and Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Changes in food habits during the transition to retirement: the Whitehall II cohort study (2024)
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Associations between arterial health and sexual function in women aged 60-64 years (2024)
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Osteosarcopenia in Finland: prevalence and associated factors (2024)
Archives of Osteoporosis
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Are changes in sleep problems associated with changes in life satisfaction during the retirement transition? (2024)
European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Stimulating leisure-time activities and the risk of dementia : a multi-cohort study (2024)
Age and Ageing
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )