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Tuula
Vasankari

Professor, Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
Professor of practice, MD, PhD

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Areas of expertise

Tuberculosis
COPD
respiratory diseases
smoking cessation

Biography

Chief executive officer in Filha since 2011; responsible of all activities of Filha, leader of Filha tuberculosis activities

Professor at Turku University, Faculty of medicine, since 2016

Chairman in the National advisory group for tuberculosis treatment since 2007

Member of the National expert group for follow up of the Finnish National Tuberculosis program since 2007

Member of the National expert group for TB control since 2007

 

From 2002 to 2011 Senior doctor/consultant in Turku University Hospital (TYKS), special responsibility in tuberculosis

From 2005 to 2011 Senior researcher in National  institute for health and welfare

 


 


Research

Research in the field of TB epidemiology, epidemiology of obstructive pulmonary diseases, lung cancer and smoking

Publications

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Response to the comment of Yu Tian et al. on “Increasing sleep apnoea burden in the elderly in Finland from 1996 to 2018: A national registry study” (2026)

Respiratory Medicine and Research
Hasala, Hannele; Mattila, Tiina; Kreivi, Hanna-Riikka; Avellan-Hietanen, Heidi; Vasankari, Tuula; Herse, Fredrik; Leskelä, Riikka-Leena; Toppila-Salmi, Sanna; Erhola, Marina; Jääskeläinen, Tuija; Haahtela, Tari
(B1 Vertaisarvioitu muu artikkeli (esim. pääkirjoitus, letter, comment) tieteellisessä lehdessä)

A multinational Delphi consensus on tuberculosis screening of migrants in Europe (2025)

ERJ Open Research
Pinheiro, Marina; Aguiar, Ana; Moreira, David N.; Akkerman, Onno W.; Al-Suwaidi, Zubaida; Alffenaar, Jan-Willem C.; Arandjelović, Irena; Brito, Ulisses; de Colombani, Pierpaolo; Curcic, Radmila; Garcia-Basteiro, Alberto L.; Goletti, Delia; Günther, Gunar; Ibraim, Elmira; Kapata, Nathan; Lange, Christoph; Lipman, Marc; Jankovic Makek, Mateja; Marais, Ben J.; Mariandyshev, Andrei; Magis-Escurra, Cecile; Migliori, Giovanni Battista; Sánchez, Montalvá Adrián; Nanovi,c Zorica; Palmero, Domingo Juan; Priwitzer, Martin; Raviglione, Mario C. B.; Silva, Denise Rossato; Salzer, Helmut J. F.; Schwarzbach, Christian; Spruijt, Ineke; Winthrop, Kevin L.; Udwadia, Zarir; Vasankari, Tuula; Vilaplana, Cristina; Duarte, Raquel
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Clinical standards for antimicrobial stewardship in TB care (2025)

IJTLD Open
Brehm, T. T.; Akkerman, O. W.; Sotgiu, G.; Tiberi, S.; Chang, K.-C.; Dheda, K.; Duarte, R.; Vambe, D.; Udwadia, Z. F.; Chesov, D.; Mendelson, M.; Iswari Saktiawati, A. M.; van Ingen, J.; Eyuboglu, F. O.; Tängdén, T.; Quang Vo, L. N.; Riccardi, N.; Moschos, C.; Friedland, J. S.; Lillebaek, T.; Chandy, S. J.; Caminero, J. A.; Thwaites, G.; Gandra, S.; Thursky, K.; George, I. A.; Konstantynovska, O.; Fatima, R.; Yim, J.-J.; Kwak, N.; Olaru, I. D.; Gillespie, S.H.; Kherabi, Y.; Perl, S. H.; Grønningen, E.; Rodrigues, C.; Bjerrum, S.; Bange, F.; Cox, V.; Cirillo, D. M.; Saluzzo, F.; Hara, G. L.; Wagner, D.; Ismail, N.; Sloan, D. J.; Eshun-Wilsonova, I.; Zeng, M.; Cantero, C.; Vasankari, T.; Mandalakas, A.; Kay, A.; Ness, T.; Torrico, M. M.; Günther, G.; Kuksa, L.; Guglielmetti, L.; García-Basteiro, A. L.; Marks, G. B.; Pulcini, C.; Lange, C.
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Use of putative hepatoprotective agents as an adjunct to anti-TB treatment in Europe (2025)

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
O. Kirakosyan; M. Reimann; A.B. Andersen; A. Bjarnason; A. Bakos; A.M. Dyrhol-Riise; A.M. McLaughlin; C. Nita; D. Pieridou; D. Chesov; E.V. Davidaviciene; G. Gunther; H. Atshemyan; I. Muylle; I. Solovic; J. Bruchfeld; K. Manika; L. Kuksa; L.R. Codecasa; M. Stosic; M. Skowroski; M.J. Makek; M. Frechet Jachym; M. Knappik; M. Santin N. Yatskevich; O. Konstantynovska; O. Akkerman; P. Svetina; P. Viiklepp; R. Duarte; S. Zeynel; T. Togonidze; T. Vasankari; V. Parris; S¸ . Ozkara; C. Lange; T.T. Brehm
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
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