Jouko Miettunen

PhD
Professor
Clinical epidemiology

Research Unit of Population Health
Faculty of Medicine

I am a professor of clinical epidemiology working mainly on psychiatric and psychological topics in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort studies. I have experience from several national and international projects relating to life course epidemiology. My background is in statistics and epidemiology. I have supervised 17 doctoral students and I have over 300 publications in journals and text books. My publications are especially on mental health, epidemiology and medical statistics. See also my personal web page: http://www.joukomiettunen.net/.

Research interests

Schizophrenia, Depression, Bipolar disorder, Epidemiology, Psychiatry, Temperament, Register research, Psychometrics

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Professional and community activities

Member of European Science Foundation (ESF) College of Expert Reviewers (2019-2021)

Member of the National Scientific Panel of Population Policy (2020-21)

Vice-member of the National Committee on Medical Research Ethics (TUKIJA) (2020-22)

Chair (2020-21) and vice-chair (2018-25) in a National Publication Forum (julkaisufoorumi) panel 13 (clinical medicine II and dental sciences)

Member of editorial board of “Psychological Medicine” (2011-) and “PLOS One” (2018-)

Member of the executive committee of education of the University of Oulu (2018-2021)

Vice-member of the executive committee and of the executive committee of research of the University of Oulu (2018-2021)

Member of the doctoral training committee for Health and Biosciences of the University of Oulu (2014-)

Member of the Scientific Committee (2012-) of the Northern Finland Birth Cohorts

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Medical Research Center Oulu (2017-)

Scientific merits

Thesis supervisions

Doctoral dissertations

Filatova Svetlana, PhD (Trends and interactions of risk factors in psychotic disorders – Northern Finland Birth cohorts studies) [2018] (principal supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/49710

Haapea Marianne, PhD (Selection and information bias in psychiatric research) [2010] (assistant supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-951-42-6157-2

Huhtaniska Sanna, MScD (Predictors for changes in brain morphology in schizophrenia) [2018] (principal supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/50057

Hulkko Anja, MScD (Cognition and psychiatric medication in schizophrenia) [2017] (assistant supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/48907

Juola Pauliina, MScD (Outcome in schizophrenia and its predictors - the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort) [2015] (assistant supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-0772-8

Käkelä Juha, MScD (Family history of psychosis and outcome of schizophrenia) [2018] (principal supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/52440

Keskinen Emmi, MScD (Familial risk and its associations to risk factors for psychoses - the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort) [2015] (principal supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-1048-3

Kinnunen Lotta, MD (The association of parental somatic illness with offspring’s mental health) [2021] (principal supervisor] - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/209936

Mäkinen Johanna, MScD (Methods of search and analysis of published schizophrenia research) [2010] (principal supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/files/isbn9789514262838.pdf

Moilanen Jani, MScD (The use of antipsychotic medication and its association with outcomes and brain morphometry in schizophrenia – the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study) [2016] (assistant supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-1206-7

Mustonen Antti, MD (Substance use as risk factor for psychoses) [2018] (principal supervisor, Finnish Addiction Medicine association thesis award and University of Oulu Medical Faculty thesis award) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/54704

Penttilä Matti, MScD (Duration of untreated psychosis - the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort) [2013] (assistant supervisor) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-0149-8

Ramsay Hugh, MScD (Familial risk and adverse cognitive outcomes in psychotic disorders) [2017] (assistant supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/48972

Rissanen Ina, MScD (Nervous system medications and suicidal ideation and behaviour. The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966) [2015] (principal supervisor, Finnish Psychiatric Research Foundation thesis award) - http://jultika.oulu.fi/Record/isbn978-952-62-0807-7

Roivainen Eka, PhD (Validity in psychological measurement: an investigation of norms) [2015] (principal supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/38078

Saarinen Aino, PhD (Is psychosis risk associated with structural and functional abnormalities in the brain?) [2020] (assistant supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node22821

Taka-Eilola Tiina, MD (Mental health problems in the adult offspring of antenatally depressed mothers in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort; relationship with parental severe mental disorder) [2019] (assistant supervisor) - https://www.oulu.fi/yliopisto/node/59248

305

publications

405

citation count of most cited publication

7549

citations

46.00

H-index (Scopus)

Contact information

E-mail

jouko.miettunen@oulu.fi

Phone number

+358407167261

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Visiting address

Aapistie 5B, 90220 Oulu

Postal address

Center for Life Course Health Research, PO Box 5000, 90014 University of Oulu

Keywords

Medicine and health sciences Clinical medicine epidemiology Neurology and psychiatry depression Public health care science, life course and health cohort research health of Northern finns