​Our group comprises a team of senior researchers, PhD students, and medical students with expertise in pediatrics, infectious diseases, allergology, pulmonology, epidemiology, clinical microbiology, healthcare economics, health data science, as well as information and knowledge management.

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Principal investigator Péter Csonka, MD, PhD, Associate professor, specialist in pediatrics and pediatric allergology Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University and Terveystalo Healthcare, Tampere, Finland

 

Key group members and collaborators who provide invaluable guidance and insight to the projects

• Lauri Lehtimäki, MD, PhD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

• Mika Mäkelä, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Allergology, Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland

• Sanna Toppila-Salmi, MD, PhD, Professor of Ear, Nose, and Throat speciality, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

• Tari Haahtela, MD, PhD, Professor em. of Clinical Allergology, University of Helsinki, Finland

• Matti Korppi, MD, PhD, Professor em. of Pediatrics, Tampere University, Finland

• Marjo Renko, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

• Ilkka Junttila, MD, PhD, Professor & Chief Medical Officer of Clinical microbiology, Nordlab (University of Oulu) and Fimlab (Tampere University), Finland

• Sauli Palmu, MD, PhD, Associate professor, specialist in pediatrics, Tampere University, Finland

• Ilari Kuitunen, MD, PhD, Associate professor in Epidemiology University of Eastern Finland

• Reija Autio, PhD, Associate professor in Bioinformatics Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Finland

• Anna-Leena Vuorinen, PhD, Assist. prof., Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sci., Finland

• Heini Huhtala, PhD, Tampere University, Faculty of Social Sci., Finland

• Niina Nieminen, M.Sc. (Tech), Data Scientist at Terveystalo, Finland