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Teemu
Niiranen
Professor, Internal Medicine
MD, PhD

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Areas of expertise

Cardiovascular epidemiology
cohort studies
blood pressure
hypertension
blood pressure measurement

Biography

Teemu Niiranen, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist and a clinical hypertension specialist with a track record of productivity in hypertension research, successful mentoring, international research grant procurement, and inter-institutional international collaborations. His research on hypertension in large population cohorts has led to >200 publications that are cited by the European, American, British, and Japanese clinical hypertension guidelines. These publications include first- or last-author articles in BMJ, Circulation, European Heart Journal, Nature Communications and JAMA Cardiology.

After finishing his PhD and clinical training, Dr. Niiranen received in-depth training in cardiovascular disease epidemiology and omics during a post-doctoral period at the Framingham Heart Study, the oldest and most prestigious cardiovascular cohort study in the world. After his post-doctoral period, he was selected as one of the new Group Leaders of the University of Turku Collegium of Science and Medicine and in 2020, the professor of internal medicine at the university. He is also employed as a Medical Specialist by the National Institute for Health and Welfare and chairs the work of the Cardiometabolic Clinical Expert Group of the FinnGen study, a project that has genotyped up to 500 000 unique Finnish blood samples and merged this genetic data with nationwide healthcare registers.

Dr. Niiranen has received young investigator awards from the American and Finnish Societies of Hypertension, and the American Heart Association. He is the chair of the Finnish Hypertension Society and is currently mentoring, or has mentored 12 PhD students. He is an editorial board member of Hypertension, the leading journal in hypertension research.

Teaching

Semester leadership: Fall Semester, Clinical research path for fourth year medical students.

Course leadership: PGS1728: Getting Started with Medical Research (Year 4); PGS1741: Clinical Research Literature Exam (Year 4)

Course teaching: MEDI0117: General Propedeutics (Year 4)

Pedagogic training: Medical Pedagogy course (10 credits)

Research

In addition to general cardiovascular epidemiology, Dr. Niiranen's research has focused on the epidemiology of hypertension in large scale population cohorts. His studies particularly focused on home monitoring of blood pressure and more recently he has moved into examining the relation between hypertension and omics (genome, metagenome and metabolome).

Publications

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Requirements for design and function of blood pressure measuring devices used for the management of hypertension: Consensus Statement by the European Society of Hypertension Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability and STRIDE BP (2023)

Journal of Hypertension
Stergiou George S., Parati Gianfranco, Kollias Anastasios, Schutte Aletta E., Asayama Kei, Asmar Roland, Bilo Grzegorz, de la Sierra Alejandro, Dolan Eamon, Filipovsky Jan, Head Geoffrey, Kario Kazuomi, Kyriakoulis Konstantinos G., Mancia Giuseppe, Manios Efstathios, Menti Ariadni, McManus Richard J., Mihailidou Anastasia S., Muntner Paul, Niiranen Teemu, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Omboni Stefano, Protogerou Athanasios, Saladini Francesca, Sharman James, Shennan Andrew, Shimbo Daichi, Topouchian Jirar, Wang Jiguang, O'Brien Eoin, Palatini Paolo
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))

Genetic predictors of lifelong medication-use patterns in cardiometabolic diseases (2023)

Nature Medicine
Kiiskinen T, Helkkula P, Krebs K, Karjalainen J, Saarentaus E, Mars N, Lehisto A, Zhou W, Cordioli M, Jukarainen S, Rämö JT, Mehtonen J, Veerapen K, Räsänen M, Ruotsalainen S, Maasha M; FinnGen, Niiranen T, Tuomi T, Salomaa V, Kurki M, Pirinen M, Palotie A, Daly M, Ganna A, Havulinna AS, Milani L, Ripatti S
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Gut microbiome and atrial fibrillation—results from a large population-based study (2023)

EBioMedicine
Palmu J., Börschel C.S., Ortega-Alonso A., Markó L., Inouye M., Jousilahti P., Salido R.A., Sanders K., Brennan C., Humphrey G.C., Sanders J.G., Gutmann F., Linz D., Salomaa V., Havulinna A.S., Forslund S.K., Knight R., Lahti L., Niiranen T., Schnabel R.B.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Substantial Fat Loss in Physique Competitors Is Characterized by Increased Levels of Bile Acids, Very-Long Chain Fatty Acids, and Oxylipins (2022)

Metabolites
Sarin Heikki V, Hulmi Juha J, Qin Youwen, Inouye Michael, Ritchie Scott C, Cheng Susan, Watrous Jeramie D, Nguyen Thien-Tu C, Lee Joseph H, Jin Zhezen, Terwilliger Joseph D, Niiranen Teemu, Havulinna Aki, Salomaa Veikko, Pietiläinen Kirsi H, Isola Ville, Ahtiainen Juha P, Häkkinen Keijo, Jain Mohit, Perola Markus
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Publisher Correction: Stroke genetics informs drug discovery and risk prediction across ancestries (vol 611, pg 115, 2022) (2022)

Nature
Mishra A, Malik R, Hachiya T, Jurgenson T, Namba S, Posner DC, Kamanu FK, Koido M, Le Grand Q, Shi MY, He YY, Georgakis MK, Caro I, Krebs K, Liaw YC, Vaura FC, Lin K, Winsvold BS, Srinivasasainagendra V, Parodi L, Bae HJ, Chauhan G, Chong MCR, Tomppo L, Akinyemi R, Roshchupkin GV, Habib N, Jee YH, Thomassen JQ, Abedi V, Carcel-Marquez J, Nygaard M, Leonard HL, Yang CJ, Yonova-Doing E, Knol MJ, Lewis AJ, Judy RL, Ago T, Amouyel P, Armstrong ND, Bakker MK, Bartz TM, Bennett DA, Bis JC, Bordes C, Borte S, Cain A, Ridker PM, Cho K, Chen ZM, Cruchaga C, Cole JW, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Endres M, Ferreira LE, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, Hata J, He J, Heath AK, Ho YL, Havulinna AS, Hopewell JC, Hyacinth HI, Inouye M, Jacob MA, Jeon CE, Jern C, Kamouchi M, Keene KL, Kitazono T, Kittner SJ, Konuma T, Kumar A, Lacaze P, Launer LJ, Lee KJ, Lepik K, Li J, Li LM, Manichaikul A, Markus HS, Marston NA, Meitinger T, Mitchell BD, Montellano FA, Morisaki T, Mosley TH, Nalls MA, Nordestgaard BG, O'Donnell MJ, Okada Y, Onland-Moret NC, Ovbiagele B, Peters A, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rosand J, Sabatine MS, Sacco RL, Saleheen D, Sandset EC, Salomaa V, Sargurupremraj M, Sasaki M, Satizabal CL, Schmidt CO, Shimizu A, Smith NL, Sloane KL, Sutoh Y, Sun YV, Tanno K, Tiedt S, Tatlisumak T, Torres-Aguila NP, Tiwari HK, Tregouet DA, Trompet S, Tuladhar AM, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, van Vugt M, Vibo R, Verma SS, Wiggins KL, Wennberg P, Woo D, Wilson PWF, Xu HC, Yang Q, Yoon K, Bis JC, Bis JC, Lee JM, Cheng YC, Meschia JF, Chen WM, Sale MM, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Wilson JG, Correa A, Traylor M, Lewis CM, Carty CL, Reiner A, Haessler J, Langefeld CD, Gottesman RF, Yaffe K, Liu YM, Kooperberg C, Lange LA, Furie KL, Arnett DK, Benavente OR, Grewal RP, Peddareddygari LR, Kooperberg C, Kooperberg C, Hveem K, Lindstrom S, Wang L, Smith EN, Gordon W, Vlieg AV, de Andrade M, Brody JA, Pattee JW, Haessler J, Brumpton BM, Suchon P, Chen MH, Frazer KA, Turman C, Germain M, MacDonald J, Braekkan SK, Armasu SM, Pankratz N, Jackson RD, Nielsen JB, Giulianini F, Puurunen MK, Ibrahim M, Heckbert SR, Bammler TK, McCauley BM, Taylor KD, Pankow JS, Reiner AP, Gabrielsen ME, Deleuze JF, O'Donnell CJ, Kim J, McKnight B, Kraft P, Hansen JB, Rosendaal FR, Heit JA, Tang WH, Morange PE, Johnson AD, Kabrhel C, van Dijk EJ, van Dijk EJ, Koudstaal PJ, Luijckx GJ, Nederkoorn PJ, van Oostenbrugge RJ, Visser MC, Wermer MJH, Kappelle LJ, Esko T, Esko T, Metspalu A, Magi R, Nelis M, Irvin MR, Irvin MR, de Leeuw FE, Levi CR, Maguire J, Jimenez-Conde J, Sharma P, Sudlow CLM, Rannikmae K, Schmidt R, Slowik A, Pera J, Thijs VNS, Lindgren AG, Ilinca A, Melander O, Engstrom G, Rexrode KM, Rothwell PM, Stanne TM, Johnson JA, Danesh J, Butterworth AS, Heitsch L, Boncoraglio GB, Kubo M, Pezzini A, Rolfs A, Giese AK, Weir D, Jackson RD, Ross OA, Lemmons R, Soderholm M, Cushman M, Jood K, McDonough CW, Bell S, Linkohr B, Lee TH, Putaala J, Anderson CD, Anderson CD, Lopez OL, Jian XQ, Schminke U, Cullell N, Delgado P, Ibanez L, Krupinski J, Lioutas V, Matsuda K, Montaner J, Muino E, Roquer J, Sarnowski C, Sattar N, Sibolt G, Teumer A, Rutten-Jacobs L, Kanai M, Giese AK, Gretarsdottir S, Rost NS, Yusuf S, Almgren P, Ay H, Bevan S, Brown RD, Carrera C, Buring JE, Chen WM, Cotlarciuc I, de Bakker PIW, DeStefano AL, den Hoed M, Duan Q, Engelter ST, Falcone GJ, Gottesman RF, Gustafsson S, Hassan A, Holliday EG, Howard G, Hsu FC, Ingelsson E, Harris TB, Kissela BM, Kleindorfer DO, Langenberg C, Lemmens R, Leys D, Lin WY, Lorentzen E, Magnusson PK, McArdle PF, Pulit SL, Rice K, Sakaue S, Sapkota BR, Tanislav C, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tzourio C, van Duijn CM, Walters M, Wareham NJ, Amin N, Aparicio HJ, Attia J, Beiser AS, Berr C, Bustamante M, Caso V, Choi SH, Chowhan A, Dartigues JF, Delavaran H, Dorr M, Ford I, Gurpreet WS, Hamsten A, Hozawa A, Ingelsson M, Iwasaki M, Kaffashian S, Kalra L, Kjartansson O, Kloss M, Labovitz DL, Laurie CC, Li LN, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Makoto H, Minegishi N, Morris AP, Muller-Nurasyid M, Norrving B, Ogishima S, Parati EA, Pedersen NL, Perola M, Jousilahti P, Pileggi S, Rabionet R, Riba-Llena I, Ribases M, Romero JR, Rudd AG, Sarin AP, Sarju R, Satoh M, Sawada N, Sigurdsson A, Smith A, Stine OC, Stott DJ, Strauch K, Takai T, Tanaka H, Touze E, Tsugane S, Uitterlinden AG, Valdimarsson EM, van der Lee SJ, Wakai K, Williams SR, Wolfe CDA, Wong QN, Yamaji T, Sanghera DK, Stefansson K, Taylor KD, Martinez-Majander N, Sobue K, Soriano-Tarraga C, Volzke H, Akpa O, Akpa O, Sarfo FS, Akpalu A, Obiako R, Wahab K, Osaigbovo G, Owolabi L, Komolafe M, Jenkins C, Arulogun O, Ogbole G, Adeoye AM, Akinyemi J, Agunloye A, Fakunle AG, Uvere E, Olalere A, Adebajo OJ, Chen JS, Chen JS, Clarke R, Collins R, Guo Y, Wang C, Lv J, Peto R, Chen YP, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Hill M, Pozarickij A, Schmidt D, Stevens B, Turnbull I, Yu CQ, Le Grand Q, Le Grand Q, Ferreira LE, Nagai A, Nagai A, Murakami Y, Geerlings MI, Geerlings MI, Gasca NC, Gudnason V, van Vugt M, Gottesman RF, Shiroma EJ, Sigurdsson S, Ghanbari M, Boerwinkle E, Beiser AS, Fongang B, Wang RQ, Ikram MK, Volker U, de Jager PL, de Jager PL, de Cid R, Nordestgaard BG, Sargurupremraj M, Verma SS, de Laat KF, de Laat KF, van Norden AGW, de Kort PL, Vermeer SE, Brouwers PJAM, Gons RAR, Nederkoorn PJ, den Heijer T, van Dijk GW, van Rooij FGW, Aamodt AH, Aamodt AH, Skogholt AH, Brumpton BM, Willer CJ, Heuch I, Hagen K, Fritsche LG, Pedersen LM, Gabrielsen ME, Ellekjaer H, Zhou W, Martinsen AE, Kristoffersen ES, Nielsen JB, Hveem K, Thomas LF, Kleinschnitz C, Kleinschnitz C, Frantz S, Ungethum K, Gallego-Fabrega C, Gallego-Fabrega C, Lledos M, Llucia-Carol L, Sobrino T, Campos F, Castillo J, Freijo M, Arenillas JF, Obach V, alvarez-Sabin J, Molina CA, Ribo M, Munoz-Narbona L, Lopez-Cancio E, Millan M, Diaz-Navarro R, Vives-Bauza C, Serrano-Heras G, Segura T, Delgado P, Dhar R, Delgado-Mederos R, Prats-Sanchez L, Camps-Renom P, Blay N, Sumoy L, Marti-Fabregas J, Schnohr P, Schnohr P, Jensen GB, Benn M, Afzal S, Kamstrup PR, van Setten J, van Setten J, van der Laan SW, Vonk JMJ, Kim BJ, Kim BJ, Curtze S, Curtze S, Tiainen M, Kinnunen J, Menon V, Menon V, Sung YJ, Yang CR, Saillour-Glenisson F, Gravel S, Onland-Moret NC, Onland-Moret NC, Heath AK, Millwood IY, Gieger C, Ninomiya T, Grabe HJ, Jukema JW, Rissanen IL, Strbian D, Kim YJ, Chen PH, Mayerhofer E, Howson JMM, Irvin MR, Adams H, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Christensen K, Ikram MA, Rundek T, Worrall BB, Lathrop GM, Riaz M, Simonsick EM, Korv J, Franca PHC, Zand R, Prasad K, Frikke-Schmidt R, de Leeuw FE, Liman T, Haeusler KG, Ruigrok YM, Heuschmann PU, Longstreth WT, Jung KJ, Bastarache L, Pare G, Damrauer SM, Chasman DI, Rotter JI, Anderson CD, Zwart JA, Niiranen TJ, Fornage M, Liaw YP, Seshadri S, Fernandez-Cadenas I, Walters RG, Ruff CT, Owolabi MO, Huffman JE, Milani L, Kamatani Y, Dichgans M, Debette S
(Muu (O2))

Combined effects of host genetics and diet on human gut microbiota and incident disease in a single population cohort (2022)

Nature Genetics
Qin Youwen, Havulinna Aki S., Liu Yang, Jousilahti Pekka, Ritchie Scott C., Tokolyi Alex, Sanders Jon G., Valsta Liisa, Brozynska Marta, Zhu Qiyun, Tripathi Anupriya, Vázquez-Baeza Yoshiki, Loomba Rohit, Cheng Susan, Jain Mohit, Niiranen Teemu, Lahti Leo, Knight Rob, Salomaa Veikko, Inouye Michael, Méric Guillaume
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Phylogeny-Aware Analysis of Metagenome Community Ecology Based on Matched Reference Genomes while Bypassing Taxonomy (2022)

MSystems
Zhu Qiyun, Huang Shi, Gonzalez Antonio, McGrath Imran, McDonald Daniel, Haiminen Niina, Armstrong George, Vázquez-Baeza Yoshiki, Yu Julian, Kuczynski Justin, Sepich-Poore Gregory D., Swafford Austin D., Das Promi, Shaffer Justin P., Lejzerowicz Franck, Belda-Ferre Pedro, Havulinna Aki S., Méric Guillaume, Niiranen Teemu, Lahti Leo, Salomaa Veikko, Kim Ho-Cheol, Jain Mohit, Inouye Michael, Gilbert Jack A., Knight Rob
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))