Scientific Committee Members

The Scientific Committee establishes and oversees the various working groups within the project and advises the Scientific Director. The Scientific Committee is composed of the Scientific Director, working group leaders and scientific representatives appointed by the University of Helsinki, biobanks and pharma partners.

MEMBERS OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chair: Aarno Palotie, Professor, Research Director, FIMM 

 

Arctic Biobank: Johannes Kettunen, PhD, Professor, Genetics and biostatistics, University of Oulu

Auria Biobank: Johanna Schleutker, Professor, Institute of Biomedicine, PhD, Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Turku 

Borealis Biobank: Johannes Kettunen, PhD, Professor, Genetics and biostatistics, University of Oulu

Central Finland Biobank: Jari Laukkanen, Cardiologist, Head of the Department, Central Finland Health Care District, KSSHP

Eastern Finland Biobank: Arto Mannermaa, Professor, School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Eastern Finland

FinBB: Johanna Mäkelä, Director of Research and Services, FinBB

Finnish Red Cross Blood Service: Mikko Arvas, Blood donor research lead and a bioinformatician, Finnish Red Cross Bloodservice

HUS: Olli Carpen, Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki

Tampere Biobank: Katriina Aalto-Setälä, Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, BioMediTech, Tampere University 

THL Biobank: Markus Perola, Research Professor, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

University of Helsinki: Samuli Ripatti, Professor, Director, FIMM

 

Abbvie: Bridget Riley-Gills, Principal Research Scientist

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals: Luke Ward, Director, Statistical Genetics

Astra Zeneca: Ioanna Tachmazidou, Principal Data Scientist, Statistical Genetics

Biogen: Ellen Tsai, Statistical Geneticist, Scientific Director

BMS: Shameek Biswas, Senior Director

Boehringer Ingelheim: Zhihao Ding, Director and Head of Human Genetics

Genentech: Rion Pendergrass, Principle Scientific Manager 

GSK: Jonathan Davitte, Senior Director, Translational Genetics and Phenomics

Janssen Biotech: Dawn Waterworth, Senior Director

Maze Therapeutics: Robert Graham, Senior Principal Scientist

Merck: Neha Raghavan, Associate Principal Scientist

Novartis: Nicole Renaud, Co-lead of Human Genetics & Targets, Discovery Sciences

Pfizer: Anders Malarstig, Senior Director

Sanofi: Katherine Klinger, Sr. Vice President Genetics and Genomics and Presidential Fellow