Petra Parviainen

Petra received her Master of Science degree from Drug Discovery and Development program from University of Turku in 2020. She completed her master´s thesis in Preclinical Imaging Laboratory of Turku PET Centre. In addition to biomedicine, she has an education and degree (BSc) in chemistry studies from University of Turku.

After her graduation in 2020, Petra started working as a research assistant at the Turku PET Centre first in Laura Airas’ group, before starting as a research assistant in the Turku Alzheimer Imaging Lab in 2021. Petra has also started her PhD project in collaboration with Lauri Nummenmaa Lab in 2023, studying early risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease. Petra´s education background, work experience and PhD project motivate her to produce useful information to drug development and methods for diagnostics use.

Funding: Brain Foundation, Turku University Hospital Foundation, University of Turku Foundation, Government Research Funding, Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research University of Turku, Lieto Savings Bank Foundation

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