CURRICULUM VITAE

20 December 2009

NAME: Kari Kuulasmaa

DATE OF BIRTH: 3 January 1954

PLACE OF BIRTH: Saarijärvi, Finland

EDUCATION:

• MSc (mathematics and statistics), 1977, University of Jyväskylä, Finland;
• Diploma in Mathematical Statistics, 1979, University of Cambridge, U.K.;
• PhD (applied probability theory), 1983, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.;
• Specialist Qualification in Management, 2006, Haaga-Perho Continuing Education, Helsinki, Finland.

EMPLOYMENT:

• Assistant, Department of Mathematics, University of Jyväskylä 1976-78
• Post graduate studies under Heriot-Watt University Scholarship, Edinburgh, U.K. 1979-82
• Assistant, Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of Oulu 1982-84
• Assistant Professor (acting), Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of Oulu 1984
• Biostatistician, WHO MONICA Data Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki 1984-86
• Chief, WHO MONICA Data Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki 1987-2000
• Head, International Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention (formerly Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion), National Public Health Institute, Helsinki 2001-2008
• Senior researcher, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 2009
• Research Professor, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 2009-

OTHER POSITIONS, EXPERIENCE:

• Member, Steering Committee of the WHO MONICA Project (1987-)
• Faculty Member of the WHO International Seminar on Methodology in Noncommunicable disease prevention, Polvijärvi, Finland (1986)
• Participant of WHO Consultation on Statistical Aspects of Tobacco Related Mortality, Geneva (1989)
• Principal Scientist of the WHO MONICA Project (1994-)
• President of the Finnish Society of Biostatistics (1995-97)
• Faculty Member of the Education and Training Programme of the European Society of Cardiology entitled "Cardiovascular Epidemiology", Shannon, Ireland (1998)
• Member, Management Group of the MORGAM Project (1998-)
• Leader, European Health Risk Monitoring Project (2001-2002)
• Member, Steering Group of the GenomEUtwin Project (2002-2007)
• Leader, Feasibility of a European Health Examination Survey Project (2006-2008)
• Member, Steering Committee of the European Health Survey System (2006-)
• Member, Expert Advisory Group for the WHO and CDC for planning Global Adult Tobacco Surveillance in middle and low income countries, 2006-2007
• WHO Temporary Adviser on Revision of WHO Definition of Myocardial Infarction, Geneva (2008)
• Adjunct Professor (Docent), University of Helsinki (2008-)
• Member,  International Scientific Advisory Committee for a Centre of Excellence for Public Health, Northern Ireland (2008-)
• Leader of a Project to develop and plan a pilot European Health Examination Survey in European Union and EFTA Member States in preparation to test examination modules and field procedures for this survey (Service contract between the EU, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Statistics Norway and Istituto Superiore di Sanità)

PUBLICATIONS:

• 97 original scientific articles in international journals
• 6 original scientific articles in Finnish Journals
• 15 review articles
• 33 scientific publications in the World Wide Web
• 71 published abstracts
• 19 invited presentations in international conferences (without published abstract)

The list of publications is available separately.