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
Changes in life satisfaction during the transition to retirement: findings from the FIREA cohort study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Väestön määrä ja rakenne (2022)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Trajectories of Worktime Control From Midlife to Retirement and Working Beyond Retirement Age (2022)
Work, Aging and Retirement
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Circulating cell-free DNA in health and disease - the relationship to health behaviours, ageing phenotypes and metabolomics (2022)
GeroScience
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Neighbourhood characteristics as a predictor of adherence to dietary recommendations: A population-based cohort study of Finnish adults (2022)
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Kehon koostumus (2022)
(Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa (D2))Why do men extend their employment beyond pensionable age more often than women? a cohort study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Residential greenness and risks of depression: Longitudinal associations with different greenness indicators and spatial scales in a Finnish population cohort (2022)
Health and Place
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Multi-trajectory analysis of changes in physical activity and body mass index in relation to retirement: Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2022)
PLoS ONE
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))