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

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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Digitally-enabled, patient-centred care in rhinitis and asthma multimorbidity: The ARIA-MASK-air((R)) approach (2023)

Clinical and Translational Allergy
Bousquet J, Anto JM, Sousa-Pinto B, Czarlewski W, Bedbrook A, Haahtela T, Klimek L, Pfaar O, Kuna P, Kupczyk M, Regateiro FS, Samolinski B, Valiulis A, Yorgancioglu A, Arnavielhe S, Basagana X, Bergmann KC, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Brussino L, Canonica GW, Cardona V, Cecchi L, Chaves-Loureiro C, Costa E, Cruz AA, Gemicioglu B, Fokkens WJ, Ivancevich JC, Kraxner H, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Laune D, Louis R, Makris M, Maurer M, Melen E, Micheli Y, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Niedoszytko M, Okamoto Y, Papadopoulos NG, Patella V, Pham-Thi N, Rouadi PW, Sastre J, Scichilone N, Sheikh A, Sofiev M, Taborda-Barata L, Toppila-Salmi S, Tsiligianni I, Valovirta E, Ventura MT, Vieira RJ, Zidarn M, Amaral R, Ansotegui IJ, Bedard A, Benveniste S, Bewick M, Bindslev-Jensen C, Blain H, Bonini M, Bourret R, Braido F, Carreiro-Martins P, Charpin D, Cherrez-Ojeda I, Chivato T, Chu DK, Cingi C, Del Giacco S, de Blay F, Devillier P, De Vries G, Doulaptsi M, Doyen V, Dray G, Fontaine JF, Gomez RM, Hagemann J, Heffler E, Hofmann M, Jassem E, Jutel M, Keil T, Kritikos V, Kull I, Kulus M, Lourenco O, Mathieu-Dupas E, Menditto E, Mosges R, Murray R, Nadif R, Neffen H, Nicola S, O'Hehir R, Olze H, Palamarchuk Y, Pepin JL, Petre B, Picard R, Pitsios C, Puggioni F, Quirce S, Raciborski F, Reitsma S, Roche N, Rodriguez-Gonzalez M, Romantowski J, Sa-Sousa A, Serpa FS, Savoure M, Shamji MH, Sova M, Sperl A, Stellato C, Todo-Bom A, Tomazic PV, Vandenplas O, Van Eerd M, Vasankari T, Viart F, Waserman S, Fonseca JA, Zuberbier T
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Patient-centered digital biomarkers for allergic respiratory diseases and asthma: The ARIA-EAACI approach - ARIA-EAACI Task Force Report (2023)

Allergy
Bousquet J, Shamji MH, Anto JM, Schunemann HJ, Canonica GW, Jutel M, Del Giacco S, Zuberbier T, Pfaar O, Fonseca JA, Sousa-Pinto B, Klimek L, Czarlewski W, Bedbrook A, Amaral R, Ansotegui IJ, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Braido F, Loureiro CC, Gemicioglu B, Haahtela T, Kulus M, Kuna P, Kupczyk M, Matricardi PM, Regateiro FS, Samolinski B, Sofiev M, Toppila-Salmi S, Valiulis A, Ventura MT, Barbara C, Bergmann KC, Bewick M, Blain H, Bonini M, Boulet LP, Bourret R, Brusselle G, Brussino L, Buhl R, Cardona V, Casale T, Cecchi L, Charpin D, Cherrez-Ojeda I, Chu DK, Cingi C, Costa EM, Cruz AA, Devillier P, Dramburg S, Fokkens WJ, Gotua M, Heffler E, Ispayeva Z, Ivancevich JC, Joos G, Kaidashev I, Kraxner H, Kvedariene V, Larenas-Linnemann DE, Laune D, Lourenco O, Louis R, Makela M, Makris M, Maurer M, Melen E, Micheli Y, Morais-Almeida M, Mullol J, Niedoszytko M, O'Hehir R, Okamoto Y, Olze H, Papadopoulos NG, Papi A, Patella V, Petre B, Pham-Thi N, Puggioni F, Quirce S, Roche N, Rouadi PW, Sa-Sousa A, Sagara H, Sastre J, Scichilone N, Sheikh A, Sova M, Ulrik CS, Taborda-Barata L, Todo-Bom A, Torres MJ, Tsiligianni I, Usmani OS, Valovirta E, Vasankari T, Vieira RJ, Wallace D, Waserman S, Zidarn M, Yorgancioglu A, Zhang L, Chivato T, Ollert M
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Author Correction: Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk (Nature Genetics, (2023), 55, 3, (410-422), 10.1038/s41588-023-01314-0) (2023)

Nature Genetics
Shrine N., Izquierdo A.G., Chen J., Packer R., Hall R.J., Guyatt A.L., Batini C., Thompson R.J., Pavuluri C., Malik V., Hobbs B.D., Moll M., Kim W., Tal-Singer R., Bakke P., Fawcett K.A., John C., Coley K., Piga N.N., Pozarickij A., Lin K., Millwood I.Y., Chen Z., Li L., Wijnant S.R.A., Lahousse L., Brusselle G., Uitterlinden A.G., Manichaikul A., Oelsner E.C., Rich S.S., Barr R.G., Kerr S.M., Vitart V., Brown M.R., Wielscher M., Imboden M., Jeong A., Bartz T.M., Gharib S.A., Flexeder C., Karrasch S., Gieger C., Peters A., Stubbe B., Hu X., Ortega V.E., Meyers D.A., Bleecker E.R., Gabriel S.B., Gupta N., Smith A.V., Luan J., Zhao J.H., Hansen A.F., Langhammer A., Willer C., Bhatta L., Porteous D., Smith B.H., Campbell A., Sofer T., Lee J., Daviglus M.L., Yu B., Lim E., Xu H., O’Connor G.T., Thareja G., Albagha O.M.E., Ismail S.I., Al-Muftah W., Badji R., Mbarek H., Darwish D., Fadl T., Yasin H., Ennaifar M., Abdellatif R., Alkuwari F., Alvi M., Al-Sarraj Y., Saad C., Althani A., Fethnou E., Qafoud F., Alkhayat E., Afifi N., Tomei S., Liu W., Lorenz S., Syed N., Almabrazi H., Vempalli F.R., Temanni R., Saqri T.A., Khatib M., Hamza M., Zaid T.A., El Khouly A., Pathare T., Poolat S., Al-Ali R., Al-Khodor S., Alshafai M., Badii R., Chouchane L., Estivill X., Fakhro K., Mokrab Y., Puthen J.V., Tatari Z., Suhre K., Granell R., Faquih T.O., Hiemstra P.S., Slats A.M., Mullin B.H., Hui J., James A., Beilby J., Patasova K., Hysi P., Koskela J.T., Wyss A.B., Jin J., Sikdar S., Lee M., May-Wilson S., Pirastu N., Kentistou K.A., Joshi P.K., Timmers P.R.H.J., Williams A.T., Free R.C., Wang X., Morrison J.L., Gilliland F.D., Chen Z., Wang C.A., Foong R.E., Harris S.E., Taylor A., Redmond P., Cook J.P., Mahajan A., Lind L., Palviainen T., Lehtimäki T., Raitakari O.T., Kaprio J., Rantanen T., Pietiläinen K.H., Cox S.R., Pennell C.E., Hall G.L., Gauderman W.J., Brightling C., Wilson J.F., Vasankari T., Laitinen T., Salomaa V., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Timpson N.J., Zeggini E., Dupuis J., Hayward C., Brumpton B., Langenberg C., Weiss S., Homuth G., Schmidt C.O., Probst-Hensch N., Jarvelin M.R., Morrison A.C., Polasek O., Rudan I., Lee J.H., Sayers I., Rawlins E.L., Dudbridge F., Silverman E.K., Strachan D.P., Walters R.G., Morris A.P., London S.J., Cho M.H., Wain L.V., Hall I.P., Tobin M.D.
(Muu (O2))

Rhinitis associated with asthma is distinct from rhinitis alone: The ARIA-MeDALL hypothesis (2023)

Allergy
Bousquet J., Melén E., Haahtela T., Koppelman G.H., Togias A., Valenta R., Akdis C.A., Czarlewski W., Rothenberg M., Valiulis A., Wickman M., Akdis M., Aguilar D., Bedbrook A., Bindslev-Jensen C., Bosnic-Anticevich S., Boulet L.P., Brightling C.E., Brussino L., Burte E., Bustamante M., Canonica G.W., Cecchi L., Celedon J.C., Chaves Loureiro C., Costa E., Cruz A.A., Erhola M., Gemicioglu B., Fokkens W.J., Garcia-Aymerich J., Guerra S., Heinrich J., Ivancevich J.C., Keil T., Klimek L., Kuna P., Kupczyk M., Kvedariene V., Larenas-Linnemann D.E., Lemonnier N., Lodrup Carlsen K.C., Louis R., Makela M., Makris M., Maurer M., Momas I., Morais-Almeida M., Mullol J., Naclerio R.N., Nadeau K., Nadif R., Niedoszytko M., Okamoto Y., Ollert M., Papadopoulos N.G., Passalacqua G., Patella V., Pawankar R., Pham-Thi N., Pfaar O., Regateiro F.S., Ring J., Rouadi P.W., Samolinski B., Sastre J., Savouré M., Scichilone N., Shamji M.H., Sheikh A., Siroux V., Sousa-Pinto B., Standl M., Sunyer J., Taborda-Barata L., Toppila-Salmi S., Torres M.J., Tsiligianni I., Valovirta E., Vandenplas O., Ventura M.T., Weiss S., Yorgancioglu A., Zhang L., Abdul Latiff A.H., Aberer W., Agache I., Al-Ahmad M., Alobid I., Ansotegui I.J., Arshad S.H., Asayag E., Barbara C., Baharudin A., Battur L., Bennoor K.S., Berghea E.C., Bergmann K.C., Bernstein D., Bewick M., Blain H., Bonini M., Braido F., Buhl R., Bumbacea R.S., Bush A., Calderon M., Calvo-Gil M., Camargos P., Caraballo L., Cardona V., Carr W., Carreiro-Martins P., Casale T., Cepeda Sarabia A.M., Chandrasekharan R., Charpin D., Chen Y.Z., Cherrez-Ojeda I., Chivato T., Chkhartishvili E., Christoff G., Chu D.K., Cingi C., Correia de Sousa J., Corrigan C., Custovic A., D’Amato G., Del Giacco S., De Blay F., Devillier P., Didier A., do Ceu Teixeira M., Dokic D., Douagui H., Doulaptsi M., Durham S., Dykewicz M., Eiwegger T., El-Sayed Z.A., Emuzyte R., Fiocchi A., Fyhrquist N., Gomez R.M., Gotua M., Guzman M.A., Hagemann J., Hamamah S., Halken S., Halpin D.M.G., Hofmann M., Hossny E., Hrubiško M., Irani C., Ispayeva Z., Jares E., Jartti T., Jassem E., Julge K., Just J., Jutel M., Kaidashev I., Kalayci O., Kalyoncu A.F., Kardas P., Kirenga B., Kraxner H., Kull I., Kulus M., La Grutta S., Lau S., Le Tuyet Thi L., Levin M., Lipworth B., Lourenço O., Mahboub B., Martinez-Infante E., Matricardi P., Miculinic N., Migueres N., Mihaltan F., Mohammad Y., Moniuszko M., Montefort S., Neffen H., Nekam K., Nunes E., Nyembue Tshipukane D., O’Hehir R., Ogulur I., Ohta K., Okubo K., Ouedraogo S., Olze H., Pali-Schöll I., Palomares O., Palosuo K., Panaitescu C., Panzner P., Park H.S., Pitsios C., Plavec D., Popov T.A., Puggioni F., Quirce S., Recto M., Repka-Ramirez M.S., Robalo Cordeiro C., Roche N., Rodriguez-Gonzalez M., Romantowski J., Rosario Filho N., Rottem M., Sagara H., Serpa F.S., Sayah Z., Scheire S., Schmid-Grendelmeier P., Sisul J.C., Sole D., Soto-Martinez M., Sova M., Sperl A., Spranger O., Stelmach R., Suppli Ulrik C., Thomas M., To T., Todo-Bom A., Tomazic P.V., Urrutia-Pereira M., Valentin-Rostan M., Van Ganse E., van Hage M., Vasankari T., Vichyanond P., Viegi G., Wallace D., Wang D.Y., Williams S., Worm M., Yiallouros P., Yusuf O., Zaitoun F., Zernotti M., Zidarn M., Zuberbier J., Fonseca J.A., Zuberbier T., Anto J.M.
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Faktantarkistusta: sisäilma ja terveys (2023)

Duodecim
Pekkanen Juha, Salmela Anniina, Hyvärinen Anne, Karvonen Anne M, Leppänen Hanna, Vasankari Tuula, Vuokko Aki, Wallenius Kaisa, Huttunen Kati
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Contrasting healthcare costs of COPD and asthma in elderly (2023)

Respiratory Medicine
Mattila Tiina, Vasankari Tuula, Herse Fredrik, Leskelä Riikka-Leena, Erhola Marina, Avellan-Hietanen Heidi, Toppila-Salmi Sanna, Haahtela Tari
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk (2023)

Shrine N., Izquierdo A.G., Chen J., Packer R., Hall R.J., Guyatt A.L., Batini C., Thompson R.J., Pavuluri C., Malik V., Hobbs B.D., Moll M., Kim W., Tal-Singer R., Bakke P., Fawcett K.A., John C., Coley K., Piga N.N., Pozarickij A., Lin K., Millwood I.Y., Chen Z., Li L., Wijnant S.R.A., Lahousse L., Brusselle G., Uitterlinden A.G., Manichaikul A., Oelsner E.C., Rich S.S., Barr R.G., Kerr S.M., Vitart V., Brown M.R., Wielscher M., Imboden M., Jeong A., Bartz T.M., Gharib S.A., Flexeder C., Karrasch S., Gieger C., Peters A., Stubbe B., Hu X., Ortega V.E., Meyers D.A., Bleecker E.R., Gabriel S.B., Gupta N., Smith A.V., Luan J., Zhao J.H., Hansen A.F., Langhammer A., Willer C., Bhatta L., Porteous D., Smith B.H., Campbell A., Sofer T., Lee J., Daviglus M.L., Yu B., Lim E., Xu H., O'Connor G.T., Thareja G., Albagha O.M.E., Suhre K., Granell R., Faquih T.O., Hiemstra P.S., Slats A.M., Mullin B.H., Hui J., James A., Beilby J., Patasova K., Hysi P., Koskela J.T., Wyss A.B., Jin J., Sikdar S., Lee M., May-Wilson S., Pirastu N., Kentistou K.A., Joshi P.K., Timmers P.R.H.J., Williams A.T., Free R.C., Wang X., Morrison J.L., Gilliland F.D., Chen Z., Wang C.A., Foong R.E., Harris S.E., Taylor A., Redmond P., Cook J.P., Mahajan A., Lind L., Palviainen T., Lehtimäki T., Raitakari O.T., Kaprio J., Rantanen T., Pietiläinen K.H., Cox S.R., Pennell C.E., Hall G.L., Gauderman W.J., Brightling C., Wilson J.F., Vasankari T., Laitinen T., Salomaa V., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Timpson N.J., Zeggini E., Dupuis J., Hayward C., Brumpton B., Langenberg C., Weiss S., Homuth G., Schmidt C.O., Probst-Hensch N., Jarvelin M.R., Morrison A.C., Polasek O., Rudan I., Lee J.H., Sayers I., Rawlins E.L., Dudbridge F., Silverman E.K., Strachan D.P., Walters R.G., Morris A.P., London S.J., Cho M.H., Wain L.V., Hall I.P., Tobin M.D.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

A short history from Karelia study to biodiversity and public health interventions (2023)

Frontiers in Allergy
Haahtela T, Alenius H, Auvinen P, Fyhrquist N, von Hertzen L, Jousilahti P, Karisola P, Laatikainen T, LehtimSki J, Paalanen L, Ruokolainen L, Saarinen K, Valovirta E, Vasankari T, Vlasoff T, Erhola M, Bousquet J, Vartiainen E, Makela MJ
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))