Professor

Anu Wartiovaara
Born
Anu Elina Suomalainen

1966 (age 57–58)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Helsinki
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Helsinki
ThesisMutations of mitochondrial DNA in human disease (1993)

Anu Wartiovaara (née Suomalainen; born 1966) is a Finnish neuroscience and biomedical researcher, holding the Sigrid Jusélius Professorship of clinical molecular medicine at the University of Helsinki, specialising in mitochondrial disorders.[2]

She has also been appointed as an Academy Professor of the Research Council of Finland since 2017.[2]

In 2007, Wartiovaara was elected as a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.[3]

In 2013, she was elected as member of the European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO.[4]

In 2021, the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim awarded Wartiovaara the Matti Äyräpää Prize for her work on mitochondrial diseases.[5]

In 2022, she was elected Member of the Academia Europaea.[6]

She gained an MD and PhD from the University of Helsinki, with postdoctoral research at the National Public Health Institute of Finland and McGill University of Canada.[7]

Some of Wartiovaara's publications have appeared under her maiden name Suomalainen, or Suomalainen-Wartiovaara.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Kotimaiset jäsenet" (in Finnish). Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Akatemiaprofessorit" (in Finnish). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Varsinaiset jäsenet" [Full members] (in Finnish). Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "EMBO announces new members for 2013". EMBO. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Matti Äyräpään palkinto mitokondriotautien tutkija Anu Wartiovaaralle" (in Finnish). Duodecim. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara". The Lancet Neurology. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
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