Principal Investigator
Teijo Saari, MD PhD
Post Docs
Panu Uusalo, MD PhD
Doctoral Candicates
Mari Fihlman, MD, PhD
(graduated 2020)
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Waqar Ashraf MSc
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Taru Virtanen, MD
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Matias Rantanen, MD
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Eeva Mulo, MD
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Suvi Tiainen, MD (co-supervisor)
Ronja Kuuskoski, MD (co-supervisor)
Master’s Students
Patrik Väisänen (graduated 6/2021)
Mia Backström (graduated 6/2017)
Senior researchers
Adj. Prof. Tuula Manner, MD PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Turku
Adj. Prof. Hanna Soukka, MD PhD, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku
Ville-Veikko Hynninen, MD PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Turku
Antti Liukas, MD PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Turku
Marko Peltoniemi, MD PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Turku
Pirkka Rautakorpi, MD PhD, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Turku
Collaborators:
Prof. Luda Diatchenko, Departments of Anesthesia and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Prof. Eija Kalso, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki
Prof. Mats Karlsson, Pharmacometrics Research Group, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Mikko Niemi, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Helsinki and HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Klaus Olkkola, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Mika Scheinin, Department of Pharmacology, Drug Development and Therapeutics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Adj. Prof. (Docent) Alex Dickens, Turku Metabolomics Facility, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku
Adj. Prof. (Docent) Laura Elo, Bioinformatics Unit, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Adj. Prof. (Docent) Riikka Lund, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Dr. Harald Ihmsen, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
Dr. Anne Rokka, Turku Proteomics Facility, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku, and Åbo Akademi University