Professor Pekka Puska CV

PDF-document, 10 Kb

Personal

• Name: Pekka Puska, M.D., M.Pol.Sc., Ph.D.
  
• Born: 18 December 1945, Vaasa, Finland
• Place of residence: Helsinki
• Family: wife (Arja), daughter (b. 1992), son (b. 1993)

Education and Academic Affiliations

• Master of Political Sciences 1968 (University of Turku)
• Doctor of Medicine 1971 (University of Turku)
• PhD (dissertation, epidemiology/public health) 1974 (University of Kuopio)
• Docent, University of Helsinki 1983- (public health)
  
• Docent, University of Kuopio 1985- (public health)
• Visiting scholar, University of Stanford 1983

The North Karelia Project

• Principal investigator and Director 1972-1997

Professional Background

1969	Research assistant, Department of Social Medicine, University of Turku
1972-1978	Principal Investigator of the North Karelia Project, University of Kuopio
1978-2001	Professor and director of Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health nstitute of Finland
1992-2000	Director, Division of Health and Chronic Diseases, National Public Health Institute of Finland
1995-2000	Deputy to Director General, National Public Health Institute of Finland - 2000- 2001 Director General, National Public Health Institute of Finland
2001-2003	Director, Department of Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, World Health Organization, Geneva
2003-	Director General, National Public Health Institute of Finland

Positions in Finland

• President, National Union of Finnish Students (SYL) 1970
• Finnish National University Council: member, vice chairman and chairman 1978-1983 - Member of Board of Academy of Finland 1978-1983
• Member of Finnish National Parliament (and member of its health committee) 1987-1991
• Elector of President of the Republic 1988 - President, Finnish Centre for Health Education 1989-1995
  
• Chair, North Karelia Project Research Foundation 1985-
  
• Member, Board of ENSO-GUTZEIT LTD 1991-1994
  
• Member, City Council of Joensuu 1993-1997
  
• President, Finnish Health Association (Terveys ry.) 1999-2001
  
• President, Finnish Heart Association 2004-2009 Chair, Finnish Heart Foundation 2004-2008
  
• Chair, Board of UKK Institute 2005- Chair, National Nutrition Council 2005-2008
  
• Chair, KTL Foundation 2006- Vice-Chair, Board of ALKO Oy (National Alcohol Monopoly company) 2007-
  
• Member of numerous governmental committees and working groups in the field of public health and research
  
• Numerous expert functions with many Finnish non-governmental organizations (e.g. Finnish Medical Association)
  

International Positions

• Member, WHO permanent panel of experts on cardiovascular diseases 1978-2001
  
• Director, WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Programmes for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (KTL) 1985-1999
  
• Chair, Management Committee of the CINDI programme of WHO/EURO 1994-2001
  
• Member, Close the Gap Committee in Hungary (World Bank public health project) 1994-97; and Expert Consultative Group (World Bank public health project) 1997-99
  
• Chair, scientific committee of the World Health Education conference, Helsinki 1991
  
• Director, International QUIT AND WIN 1994-2006 - Chair, Organizing committee of the European Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki 1996
  
• Chair, Steering Committee of the 2nd European and 1st Ibero American Conference on Tobacco or Health, Gran Canary, Spain 1999
  
• Chair, International Steering Committee, 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki 2003
  
• Member, Governing Council of IARC 2004-
  
• Vice-President, Int. Ass. of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), 2006-
  
• President, Int. Conf. on Prevention of Diabetes and its complications 2008
  
• President Elect (2007-8), President (2009-10) and Past President (2011-12), World Heart Federation (WHF)
  ________
  

• Several advisory positions of international scientific conferences and international scientific journals
  
• Temporary advisor and short term consultant of WHO on numerous occasions
  
• Numerous expert services with various international organizations and agencies (including European Union)
  

Honours

• Several honours in Finland (in the field of health promotion and science communication)
  
• WHO Annual Health Education Award 1990
  
• AMIE Award 1991, International Union for Health Education, European Office
• Academician, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences 1997
  
• Honorary Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), University of St. Andrews (Scotland) 1999
  
• WHO Tobacco Free World Award 1999
  
• Honorary Member of Hungarian Society of Hygiene 2000
  
• John P. McGovern Award 2003, American School Health Ass.
  
• Health Education Award 2003, The Healthtrac Foundation
  
• Recognition Award in Medicine 2004, Y. Jahnsson Foundation
  
• Nordic Public Health Award 2005
  
• Rank Prize 2008, Rank Foundation
  

Publications etc.

• Some 500 scientific publications (mainly in English) in the field of public health, epidemiology, disease prevention and health promotion
• 10 books in the field of public health (several of them for the great public)
• Numerous articles on public health
  
• Produced several health promotion TV-series
  
• Guided over 20 academic dissertations

Grants

• Numerous grants from Finland (Academy of Finland, foundations etc.) and from abroad (USDA, EU etc.)

 

Short address for this page: http://www.ktl.fi/portal/15603 Updated: 7.3.2008