Maija Korpisaari

My research focuses on the interrelationships between the living environment, physical activity, and stress physiology. In my doctoral research, I examine how characteristics of the living environment are associated with physical activity and cardiac autonomic function, as well as how physical activity and different residential environments are associated with allostatic load.

I am particularly interested in how the living environment and lifestyle factors are associated with the physiological regulation of stress and long-term physiological burden, and ultimately with health. My research combines perspectives from sports and exercise medicine, population health, and geography.