PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Teijo Saari, MD PhD

SENIOR RESEARCHERS
Panu Uusalo, MD PhD

Marko Peltoniemi, MD PhD

PhD CANDIDATES
Matias Rantanen, MD

Waqar Ashraf MSc

Taru Virtanen, MD

Sanna Mäkelä, MD





Joonas Hänninen, MSc (co-supervisor)




AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS
Prof. Aleksi Tornio, MD, PhD, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku
Adj. Prof. Anne Filppula, MD, PhD, Pharmacy, The Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Academi, Turku, Finland
Adj. Prof. Hanna Soukka, MD PhD, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku
Dr. Elina Brinck, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Helsinki.
ALUMNI
PhD Students
Panu Uusalo (graduated 11/2019)
Mari Fihlman (graduated 9/2020)
Minna Kallioinen (graduated 12/2022)
Suvi-Maria Tiainen (graduated 4/2025)
Master’s Students
Suvi Kosunen (graduated 12/2024)
Patrik Väisänen (graduated 6/2021)
Mia Backström (graduated 6/2017)
COLLABORATORS:
Prof. (emerita) Eija Kalso, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki
Prof. Satu Jääskeläinen, Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku
Prof. Janne Backman, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Helsinki and HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland
Prof. Vesa Kontinen, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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. Alex Dickens, Turku Metabolomics Facility, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku
Dr. Harald Ihmsen, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany