
Vita
Graduated (MD), University of Tampere, Finland 1979; occupational health practitioner until 1989. Acquired specialist competence in Occupational Medicine in 1989. 1989-1994 Senior Medical Officer, National Board of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland, and 1995-2003 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health. PhD in 2003, thereafter Chief of Public Health Programme, Province of Southern Finland. Temporary assignments in WHO-Euro and University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.
Official title: Principal Adviser
Institution: National Public Health Institute, Finland (www.ktl.fi , from 1 January 2009 www.thl.fi )