Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin (born 21 March 1954 in Sysmä, Finland) is a Finnish epidemiologist. Since 2002 she has been professor of lifecourse epidemiology at Imperial College London. She is also part-time professor of public health at the University of Oulu, Finland, and visiting faculty at London's Brunel University.Järvelin studied at the University of Oulu, receiving her medical degree in 1980 and a Ph.D. in epidemiology in 1989. She qualified as a pediatric specialist in 1987. She has a master's degree from the University of London Environmental Epidemiology and Policy (1994) and became a licensed physician in the UK in 1998.
For more than 25 years Järvelin has conducted public health research based on large populations from northern Finland. Two major resources are the NFBC1966 and NFBC1986 birth cohorts from Northern Finland, which were collected during the years 1965 and 1985 from women attending prenatal examinations. Järvelin has been the scientific director of these birth cohorts for several years. A long follow-up period has enabled a fully-fledged epidemiological programme throughout the life span. Järvelin has studied, among other things, the effects of genetic and early environmental factors on the emergence of multifactorial diseases. She also coordinated the international DynaHEALTH research project (a Horizon 2020 project) focusing on supporting healthier and more active aging and reducing type II diabetes and obesity.
Among the international acknowledgments that she has received for her scientific work, Professor Järvelin was named Finland's Epidemiologist of the Year in 2012. She has been a member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences since 2013. Provided by Wikipedia
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61by Demetris Pillas, Clive J. Hoggart, David M. Evans, Paul F. O'Reilly, Kirsi Sipilä, Raija Lähdesmäki, Iona Y. Millwood, Marika Kaakinen, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, David Blane, Pimphen Charoen, Ulla Sovio, Anneli Pouta, Nelson Freimer, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Jaana Laitinen, Sarianna Vaara, Beate Glaser, Peter Crawford, Nicholas J. Timpson, Susan M. Ring, Guohong Deng, Weihua Zhang, Mark I. McCarthy, Panos Deloukas, Leena Peltonen, Paul Elliott, Lachlan J. M. Coin, George Davey Smith, Marjo-Riitta JarvelinGet full text
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69by Nicole Mariani, Alessandra Borsini, Charlotte A M Cecil, Janine F Felix, Sylvain Sebert, Annamaria Cattaneo, Esther Walton, Yuri Milaneschi, Guy Cochrane, Clara Amid, Jeena Rajan, Juliette Giacobbe, Yolanda Sanz, Ana Agustí, Tania Sorg, Yann Herault, Jouko Miettunen, Priyanka Parmar, Nadia Cattane, Vincent Jaddoe, Jyrki Lötjönen, Carme Buisan, Miguel A González Ballester, Gemma Piella, Josep L Gelpi, Femke Lamers, Brenda W J H Penninx, Henning Tiemeier, Malte von Tottleben, Rainer Thiel, Katharina F Heil, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Carmine Pariante, Isabelle M Mansuy, Karim LekadirGet full text
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70by David Melzer, John R B Perry, Dena Hernandez, Anna-Maria Corsi, Kara Stevens, Ian Rafferty, Fulvio Lauretani, Anna Murray, J Raphael Gibbs, Giuseppe Paolisso, Sajjad Rafiq, Javier Simon-Sanchez, Hana Lango, Sonja Scholz, Michael N Weedon, Sampath Arepalli, Neil Rice, Nicole Washecka, Alison Hurst, Angela Britton, William Henley, Joyce van de Leemput, Rongling Li, Anne B Newman, Greg Tranah, Tamara Harris, Vijay Panicker, Colin Dayan, Amanda Bennett, Mark I McCarthy, Aimo Ruokonen, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Jack Guralnik, Stefania Bandinelli, Timothy M Frayling, Andrew Singleton, Luigi FerrucciGet full text
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71by Raha Pazoki, Marijana Vujkovic, Joshua Elliott, Evangelos Evangelou, Dipender Gill, Mohsen Ghanbari, Peter J. van der Most, Rui Climaco Pinto, Matthias Wielscher, Matthias Farlik, Verena Zuber, Robert J. de Knegt, Harold Snieder, André G. Uitterlinden, Lifelines Cohort Study, Julie A. Lynch, Xiyun Jiang, Saredo Said, David E. Kaplan, Kyung Min Lee, Marina Serper, Rotonya M. Carr, Philip S. Tsao, Stephen R. Atkinson, Abbas Dehghan, Ioanna Tzoulaki, M. Arfan Ikram, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Danish Saleheen, Benjamin F. Voight, Kyong-Mi Chang, Mark R. Thursz, Paul Elliott, the VA Million Veteran ProgramGet full text
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72by Gian Andri Thun, Medea Imboden, Ilaria Ferrarotti, Ashish Kumar, Ma'en Obeidat, Michele Zorzetto, Margot Haun, Ivan Curjuric, Alexessander Couto Alves, Victoria E Jackson, Eva Albrecht, Janina S Ried, Alexander Teumer, Lorna M Lopez, Jennifer E Huffman, Stefan Enroth, Yohan Bossé, Ke Hao, Wim Timens, Ulf Gyllensten, Ozren Polasek, James F Wilson, Igor Rudan, Caroline Hayward, Andrew J Sandford, Ian J Deary, Beate Koch, Eva Reischl, Holger Schulz, Jennie Hui, Alan L James, Thierry Rochat, Erich W Russi, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, David P Strachan, Ian P Hall, Martin D Tobin, Morten Dahl, Sune Fallgaard Nielsen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Florian Kronenberg, Maurizio Luisetti, Nicole M Probst-HenschGet full text
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73by André Scherag, Christian Dina, Anke Hinney, Vincent Vatin, Susann Scherag, Carla I G Vogel, Timo D Müller, Harald Grallert, H-Erich Wichmann, Beverley Balkau, Barbara Heude, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Claire Levy-Marchal, Jacques Weill, Jérôme Delplanque, Antje Körner, Wieland Kiess, Peter Kovacs, Nigel W Rayner, Inga Prokopenko, Mark I McCarthy, Helmut Schäfer, Ivonne Jarick, Heiner Boeing, Eva Fisher, Thomas Reinehr, Joachim Heinrich, Peter Rzehak, Dietrich Berdel, Michael Borte, Heike Biebermann, Heiko Krude, Dieter Rosskopf, Christian Rimmbach, Winfried Rief, Tobias Fromme, Martin Klingenspor, Annette Schürmann, Nadja Schulz, Markus M Nöthen, Thomas W Mühleisen, Raimund Erbel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Susanne Moebus, Tanja Boes, Thomas Illig, Philippe Froguel, Johannes Hebebrand, David MeyreGet full text
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74by Tianzhong Yang, Victoria E. Jackson, Albert V. Smith, Han Chen, Traci M. Bartz, Colleen M. Sitlani, Bruce M. Psaty, Sina A. Gharib, George T. O’Connor, Josée Dupuis, Jiayi Xu, Kurt Lohman, Yongmei Liu, Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Patricia A. Cassano, Claudia Flexeder, Christian Gieger, Stefan Karrasch, Annette Peters, Holger Schulz, Sarah E. Harris, John M. Starr, Ian J. Deary, Ani Manichaikul, Elizabeth C. Oelsner, R. G. Barr, Kent D. Taylor, Stephen S. Rich, Tobias N. Bonten, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Raymond Noordam, Ruifang Li-Gao, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Matthias Wielscher, Natalie Terzikhan, Lies Lahousse, Guy Brusselle, Stefan Weiss, Ralf Ewert, Sven Gläser, Georg Homuth, Nick Shrine, Ian P. Hall, Martin Tobin, Stephanie J. London, Peng Wei, Alanna C. MorrisonGet full text
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75by Johannes Kettunen, Ayşe Demirkan, Peter Würtz, Harmen H.M. Draisma, Toomas Haller, Rajesh Rawal, Anika Vaarhorst, Antti J. Kangas, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Matti Pirinen, René Pool, Antti-Pekka Sarin, Pasi Soininen, Taru Tukiainen, Qin Wang, Mika Tiainen, Tuulia Tynkkynen, Najaf Amin, Tanja Zeller, Marian Beekman, Joris Deelen, Ko Willems van Dijk, Tõnu Esko, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Elisabeth M van Leeuwen, Terho Lehtimäki, Evelin Mihailov, Richard J. Rose, Anton J.M. de Craen, Christian Gieger, Mika Kähönen, Markus Perola, Stefan Blankenberg, Markku J. Savolainen, Aswin Verhoeven, Jorma Viikari, Gonneke Willemsen, Dorret I. Boomsma, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Johan Eriksson, Antti Jula, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Jaakko Kaprio, Andres Metspalu, Olli Raitakari, Veikko Salomaa, P. Eline Slagboom, Melanie Waldenberger, Samuli Ripatti, Mika Ala-KorpelaGet full text
Published 2016-03-01
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76by Felix Day, Tugce Karaderi, Michelle R Jones, Cindy Meun, Chunyan He, Alex Drong, Peter Kraft, Nan Lin, Hongyan Huang, Linda Broer, Reedik Magi, Richa Saxena, Triin Laisk, Margrit Urbanek, M Geoffrey Hayes, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Juan Fernandez-Tajes, Anubha Mahajan, Benjamin H Mullin, Bronwyn G A Stuckey, Timothy D Spector, Scott G Wilson, Mark O Goodarzi, Lea Davis, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, André G Uitterlinden, Verneri Anttila, Benjamin M Neale, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Bart Fauser, Irina Kowalska, Jenny A Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken Ong, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, David Ehrmann, Richard S Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I McCarthy, Laure Morin-Papunen, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson, 23andMe Research Team, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, John R B Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M Lindgren, Corrine K WeltGet full text
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77by Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Mikko Kuokkanen, Sailaja Vedantam, Zofia K Gajdos, Alexessander Couto Alves, Helen N Lyon, Manuel A R Ferreira, David P Strachan, Jing Hua Zhao, Michael J Abramson, Matthew A Brown, Lachlan Coin, Shyamali C Dharmage, David L Duffy, Tari Haahtela, Andrew C Heath, Christer Janson, Mika Kähönen, Kay-Tee Khaw, Jaana Laitinen, Peter Le Souef, Terho Lehtimäki, Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium collaborators, Pamela A F Madden, Guy B Marks, Nicholas G Martin, Melanie C Matheson, Cameron D Palmer, Aarno Palotie, Anneli Pouta, Colin F Robertson, Jorma Viikari, Elisabeth Widen, Matthias Wjst, Deborah L Jarvis, Grant W Montgomery, Philip J Thompson, Nick Wareham, Johan Eriksson, Pekka Jousilahti, Tarja Laitinen, Juha Pekkanen, Olli T Raitakari, George T O'Connor, Veikko Salomaa, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Joel N HirschhornGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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78by Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Mikko Kuokkanen, Sailaja Vedantam, Zofia K Gajdos, Alexessander Couto Alves, Helen N Lyon, Manuel A R Ferreira, David P Strachan, Jing Hua Zhao, Michael J Abramson, Matthew A Brown, Lachlan Coin, Shyamali C Dharmage, David L Duffy, Tari Haahtela, Andrew C Heath, Christer Janson, Mika Kähönen, Kay-Tee Khaw, Jaana Laitinen, Peter Le Souef, Terho Lehtimäki, Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium Collaborators, Pamela A F Madden, Guy B Marks, Nicholas G Martin, Melanie C Matheson, Cameron D Palmer, Aarno Palotie, Anneli Pouta, Colin F Robertson, Jorma Viikari, Elisabeth Widen, Matthias Wjst, Deborah L Jarvis, Grant W Montgomery, Philip J Thompson, Nick Wareham, Johan Eriksson, Pekka Jousilahti, Tarja Laitinen, Juha Pekkanen, Olli T Raitakari, George T O'Connor, Veikko Salomaa, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Joel N HirschhornGet full text
Published 2012-01-01
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79by Felix Day, Tugce Karaderi, Michelle R Jones, Cindy Meun, Chunyan He, Alex Drong, Peter Kraft, Nan Lin, Hongyan Huang, Linda Broer, Reedik Magi, Richa Saxena, Triin Laisk, Margrit Urbanek, M Geoffrey Hayes, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Juan Fernandez-Tajes, Anubha Mahajan, Benjamin H Mullin, Bronwyn G A Stuckey, Timothy D Spector, Scott G Wilson, Mark O Goodarzi, Lea Davis, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, André G Uitterlinden, Verneri Anttila, Benjamin M Neale, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Bart Fauser, Irina Kowalska, Jenny A Visser, Marianne Andersen, Ken Ong, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, David Ehrmann, Richard S Legro, Andres Salumets, Mark I McCarthy, Laure Morin-Papunen, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson, 23andMe Research Team, Unnur Styrkarsdottir, John R B Perry, Andrea Dunaif, Joop Laven, Steve Franks, Cecilia M Lindgren, Corrine K WeltGet full text
Published 2019-12-01
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80by Karani S Vimaleswaran, Diane J Berry, Chen Lu, Emmi Tikkanen, Stefan Pilz, Linda T Hiraki, Jason D Cooper, Zari Dastani, Rui Li, Denise K Houston, Andrew R Wood, Karl Michaëlsson, Liesbeth Vandenput, Lina Zgaga, Laura M Yerges-Armstrong, Mark I McCarthy, Josée Dupuis, Marika Kaakinen, Marcus E Kleber, Karen Jameson, Nigel Arden, Olli Raitakari, Jorma Viikari, Kurt K Lohman, Luigi Ferrucci, Håkan Melhus, Erik Ingelsson, Liisa Byberg, Lars Lind, Mattias Lorentzon, Veikko Salomaa, Harry Campbell, Malcolm Dunlop, Braxton D Mitchell, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Anneli Pouta, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits-GIANT Consortium, Elizabeth A Streeten, Evropi Theodoratou, Antti Jula, Nicholas J Wareham, Claes Ohlsson, Timothy M Frayling, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Timothy D Spector, J Brent Richards, Terho Lehtimäki, Willem H Ouwehand, Peter Kraft, Cyrus Cooper, Winfried März, Chris Power, Ruth J F Loos, Thomas J Wang, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, John C Whittaker, Aroon D Hingorani, Elina HyppönenGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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