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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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Home blood pressure monitoring: methodology, clinical relevance and practical application: a 2021 position paper by the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability of the European Society of Hypertension (2021)

Journal of Hypertension
Parati Gianfranco, Stergiou George S.,Bilo Grzegorz,Kollias Anastasios, Pengo Martino, Ochoa Juan Eugenio, Agarwal Rajiv, Asayama Kei, Asmar Roland,Burnier Michel, e La Sierra Alejandro,Giannattasio Cristina, Gosse Philippe, Head Geoffrey, Hoshide Satoshi,Imai Yutaka, Kario Kazuomi, Li Yan,Manios Efstathios, Mant Jonathan, McManus Richard J.,Mengden Thomas,Mihailidou Anastasia S.,Muntner Paul, Myers Martin, Niiranen Teemu, Ntineri Angeliki, O'Brien Eoin, Octavio Jose Andres, Ohkubo Takayoshi, Omboni Stefano, Padfield Paul,
Palatini Paolo, Pellegrini Dario,Postel-Vinay Nicolas,Ramirez Agustin J.,Sharman James E., Shennan Andrew, Silva Egle,Topouchian Jirar, Torlasco Camilla, Wang Ji Guang, Weber Michael A., Whelton Paul K., White William B., Mancia Giuseppe; on behalf of the Working Group on Blood Pressure Monitoring and Cardiovascular Variability of the European Society of Hypertension
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Comprehensive biomarker profiling of hypertension in 36 985 Finnish individuals (2021)

Journal of Hypertension
Palmu Joonatan, Tikkanen Emmi, Havulinna Aki S, Vartiainen Erkki, Lundqvist Annamari, Ruuskanen Matti O, Perola Markus, Ala-Korpela Mika, Jousilahti Pekka, Würtz Peter, Salomaa Veikko, Lahti Leo, Niiranen Teemu
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes (2021)

European Heart Journal
Csengeri Dora, Sprünker Ngoc-Anh, Di Castelnuovo Augusto, Niiranen Teemu, Vishram-Nielsen Julie Kk, Costanzo Simona, Söderberg Stefan, Jensen Steen M, Vartiainen Erkki, Donati Maria Benedetta, Magnussen Christina, Camen Stephan, Gianfagna Francesco, Løchen Maja-Lisa, Kee Frank, Kontto Jukka, Mathiesen Ellisiv B, Koenig Wolfgang, Blankenberg Stefan, de Gaetano Giovanni, Jørgensen Torben, Kuulasmaa Kari, Zeller Tanja, Salomaa Veikko, Iacoviello Licia, Schnabel Renate B
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Anticoagulation Therapy After Biologic Aortic Valve Replacement (2021)

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Myllykangas Monna E, Kiviniemi Tuomas O, Gunn Jarmo M, Salomaa Veikko V, Pietila Arto, Niiranen Teemu J, Aittokallio Jenni
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Sex Differences in Genetic Risk for Hypertension (2021)

Hypertension
Kauko Anni, Aittokallio Jenni, Vaura Felix, Ji Hongwei, Ebinger Joseph E, Niiranen Teemu, Cheng Susan
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))