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, principal investigator
Docent (nutrition), University of Helsinki

ORCID: 0000-0002-7486-3437

 

 

 

Catharina Sarkkola
Doctoral researcher

ORCID: 0000-0003-4235-7983

 

 

 

 

Sohvi Lommi
Postdoctoral researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-4393-5725

 

 

 

 

Laura Räisänen
Visiting researcher

ORCID: 0000-0002-4892-5710

 

 

 

Nitin Agrawal
Postdoctoral researcher
nitin.agrawal@folkhalsan.fi
ORCID: 0000-0002-9482-3440

 

 

 

Kris Elomaa
Data manager
kris.elomaa@folkhalsan.fi

 

 

 

 

Emilia Ankkuri
Doctoral researcher
emilia.ankkuri@folkhalsan.fi

 

 

 

Dylan Pashley
Data manager

 

 

 

 

Maryam Rastegar
Research assistant

 

 

 

 

 

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 is a part of the Public Health 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.