University of Eastern Finland | |
Tanila Group
The Tanila group works on the neurobiological underpinnings of memory impairment both due to subtle age-related changes and as a consequence of beta-amyloid accumulation, as well as on diet and drug based therapies for AD in transgenic mouse models. This is of course the ideal combination one looks for in a project like this.
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Heikki Tanila
Professor in Molecular Neurobiology
A. I. Virtanen Institute
University of Kuopio
P.O. Box 1627
Neulaniementie 2
70211 Kuopio (Finland)
Tel: +358-40-3552084
Mobile: +358-44-3637-202
Fax: +358-17-1630-30
E-Mail: Heikki.Tanila@uku.fi
URL: www.uku.fi/aivi |
Soininen Group
The Soininen group has a long-term experience and she has conducted several large projects in molecular epidemiology, genetics, diagnostics and therapy of Alzheimer's disease, as well as neuroimaging in aging and dementia. She has been running large scale population based studies in life style and genetic risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment. Her list of publication includes 366 papers and over 270 original publications. She is an coordinator of another EU project and has been P.I. in 15 Clinical Drug Trials in the last 6 years. She will be heading the clinical trial project, for which she is ideally suited. Among her staff a Miia Kivipelto, MD, PhD, and docent in neuroepidemiology, who is maybe the most promising young expert on epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease for the topics of our research and already an authority on that topic (51 publications). Kivipelto has positions in Finland and Sweden and will together with Gustafson head the epidemiological studies.
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Hilkka Soininen
MD, PhD
Professor at the Department of Neurology
Kuopio University Hospital
Building 5 8 floor
P.O. Box 1777
70211 Kuopio (Finland)
Tel: +358-17-1730-12
Fax: +358-17-1730-19
E-Mail: hilkka.soininen@uku.fi
URL: http://www.uku.fi/neuro
URL: http://www.uku.fi/ktk/eng/ |
