Clinical groups

Our clinical expert groups and task forces plan how the register data is transformed into clinically meaningful disease endpoints.

Clinical expert groups:

Neurology

Hilkka Soininen (lead)

Valtteri Julkunen (secretary)

Gastroenterology

Martti Färkkilä (lead)

Rheumatology

Kari Eklund (lead)

Antti Palomäki (secretary)

Pulmonary diseases

Tarja Laitinen (lead)

Margit Pelkonen (secretary)

Cardiometabolic diseases

Teemu Niiranen (lead)

Felix Vaura (secretary)

Oncology

Tuomo Meretoja (lead)

Eveliina Salminen (secretary)

Ophtalmology

Kai Kaarniranta (lead)

Joni Turunen (secretary)

Dermatology

Kaisa Tasanen-Määttä (lead)

Laura Huilaja (secretary)

Odontology

Pirkko Pussinen (lead)

Aino Salminen (secretary)

Women's health and reproduction

Hannele Laivuori (lead)

Venla Kurra (secretary)

Depression

Iiris Hovatta (lead)

Chia-Yen Chen (secretary)

Ear, nose and throat

Antti Mäkitie (lead)

Argyro Bizaki-Vallaskangas (secretary)

FinnGen in brief

FinnGen is a large public-private partnership aiming to collect and analyse genome and health data from 500,000 Finnish biobank participants. FinnGen aims on one hand to provide novel medically and therapeutically relevant insights but also construct a world-class resource that can be applied for future studies.

FinnGen is one of the very first personalized medicine projects at this scale and the public-private collaborative nature of the project is exceptional compared to many ongoing studies. FinnGen brings together Finnish universities, hospitals and hospital districts, THL, Blood Service, biobanks and international pharmaceutical companies and hundreds of thousands of Finns. Because collaboration is the key to achieving breakthroughs in disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, we welcome everyone on this journey into our shared heritage.