Veikko Salomaa CV
Veikko Salomaa, M.D., Ph.D., Research Professor
CURRICULUM VITAE
Research Professor
Department of Chronic Disease Prevention
National Institute for Welfare and Health
Pl 30, FI-00271 Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358-20 6108620
Fax: +358-9-20 610 8338
E-mail: firstname.lastname@thl.fi
Personal
Born: November 08, 1950
Married, two children
Research Interests
Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases
Roles of blood coagulation and inflammation in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease events
Education
M.D., University of Helsinki, 21.12.1976
Specialist in internal medicine, University of Helsinki, 15.11.1984
Ph.D. (Medicine), University of Helsinki, 30.8.1988
Senior Lecturer (docent) of Public Health, University of Helsinki, 21.12.1994
Professional experience
General Practitioner, Health Center of Korpilahti, 1976-78
Assistant Physician, Department of Medicine, Malmi Hospital, Helsinki, 1979-81
Assistant Physician, 2nd Department of Medicine, University Hospital of Helsinki, 1982-84
Medical Officer, EKA Corporation, Helsinki, 1985-87
Senior Researcher, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki, 11.04.1988-31.12.1994
Head of the Cardiovascular Disease Unit, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki, 01.01.1995-31.12.2000
Chief Physician, 01.01.1999-31.12.2008
Acting Head of the Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki 30.10.2000 - 30.10.2001
Head, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Unit, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Helsinki 01.11.2001-31.12.2008
Research Professor, National Public Health Institute, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion 01.06.2005-31.12.2008
Research Professor, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Department of Chronic Disease Prevention 1.1.2009 - present
Research abroad
Visiting Scientist, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 01.08.1991-11.08.1992 and 01.08.1997-31.07.1998
Major grants
Finnish Heart Association, the Fund of February 19th, for the FINRISK Hemostasis Study, 1,000 000 FIM in 1992
Finnish Academy, Genetic and environmental determinants of hemostatic activity, 526 800 FIM in 1995
Finnish Academy, The Finnish Platelet Aggregation and Inflammation Study (PAIS), 511 000 FIM in 1996
Finnish Academy, Analysis of 500 polymorphisms in 55 candidate genes as predictors of incident coronary heart disease events, stroke and total mortality, 900 000 FIM in 2001
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Capturing the genetic variation of candidate loci in relation to cardiovascular disease in a Finnish population sample, 40 000 € in 2003
Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Naisten sydäninfarktin erityispiirteet, hoito ja ennuste (in Finnish, about the special characteristics of women's heart infarction and the treatment), 30 000 € in 2005
The Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Utilizing whole-genome association strategy to locate genetic variants predisposing to cardiovascular disease, 50 000 € in 2007
Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, New biomarkers in the prediction of cardiovascular risk, 40 000 € in 2008
Finnish Academy, Public health genomics to practice in cardiovascular diseases, 228 980 € in 2008
Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Genomic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors in Finland - The National FINRISK Study, 45 000 € in 2009
Academic activities
Opponent and reviewer of several doctoral theses for the University of Kuopio, University of Turku, University of Helsinki and University of Tampere. Currently a supervisor of three doctoral students.
Reviewer of scientific papers submitted to medical journals, e.g. Circulation, Stroke, Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Thrombosis Research, American Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, European Journal of Epidemiology, Suomen Lääkärilehti.
Honors
Pentti I. Halonen Medal from the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research, Dec. 2, 2005
Fellow of the American Heart Association, March 1, 2006
Positions of trust and duties as a scientific expert
Scientific secretary in the Governmental Committee on Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, 15.10.1988 - 30.09.1989
Member of the Finnish Heart Association's Joint National Expert Group revising the recommendations on detection and treatment of hypertension, 29.09.1993 - 31.05.1994
Member of the Finnish Heart Association's Joint National Expert Group on the primary prevention of hypertension, 29.09.1993 - 31.05.1994
Member of Scientific Committee, Working Group on Epidemiology and Prevention, European Society of Cardiology, 01.11.1992 - 16.05.1994
Invited expert on cardiovascular disease epidemiology, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, 01.01.1997-31.12.2008
Member of the Management Group of the MORGAM (MOnica Risk, Genetics, Archiving and Monigraph) Study 1999 - present
Co-chairman of the SSC Scientific Subcommittee on Predictive Variables in Cardiovascular Disease, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 01.01.2003-11.07.2009
Member at Large of the Spring Program Committee of the Council on Epidemiology, American Heart Association 01.03.2004 - 29.02.2006
Member of the Advisory Board of The Gutenberg Study (PI professor Stefan Blankenberg, University of Mainz, Germany) 11.07.2006 - present
Associate Editor, European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 22.09.2006 - present
Publications
232 original publications and 8 reviews in English, 49 papers and 12 reviews in Finnish language, several other publications and numerous abstracts in international congresses.