Research group
The Fin-HIT Study is coordinated at the Folkhälsan Research Center in Helsinki and led by Docent Heli Viljakainen. The research group consists of members whose specialties are in genetics, microbiology, epidemiology, statistics, public health, nutrition science and exercise medicine.
Members of the research group
Heli Viljakainen
Group leader
Docent (nutrition), University of Helsinki
ORCID: 0000-0002-7486-3437
Catharina Sarkkola
Research coordinator
ORCID: 0000-0003-4235-7983
Elina Engberg
Postdoctoral researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-8713-5607
Muhammed Manzoor
Postdoctoral researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-7939-1563
Sohvi Lommi
Doctoral candidate
ORCID: 0000-0002-4393-5725
Binu Mathew
Bioinformatician, data manager
Laura Räisänen
Doctoral candidate
ORCID: 0000-0002-4892-5710
Current and previous collaborating researchers
Elisabete Weiderpass
Trine Rounge
Sabina Simola-Ström
Stephanie von Kraemer
Ilana Eshriqui
Rejane Figueiredo
Ellen De Paepe
Sajan Raju
Hely Tuorila
Kaija-Leena Kolho
Jussi Furuholm
Jari Lahti
Folkhälsan Research Center
The Folkhälsan Research Center, located in Helsinki, focuses on biomedical and health science research organized in two research programs, the Genetics Research Program and the Public Health Research Program. Fin-HIT belongs to the field of genetic epidemiology which is a part of Genetic Research Program. The number of scientists and other personnel affiliated with the Center is approximately 200. Fin-HIT office is located in Folkhälsan’s main building on Topeliuksenkatu.