Research group

Principal investigators

Liisa Lehtonen
Liisa Lehtonen
  • Professor, Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku
  • Head of the Division of Neonatology at Turku University Hospital
  • Principal Investigator of APPLE (I & II)
Suvi Stolt
Suvi Stolt
  • Associate Professor, Logopedics, University of Helsinki
  • Principal Investigator of APPLE II

Researchers

Liisa Lehtonen, MD, Professor of Paediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital 

Suvi Stolt, PhD, Associate Professor of Logopedics, University of Helsinki

Liis Toome, MD, Specialist in paediatrics, Tallinn Children’s Hospital

Sari Ahlqvist-Björkroth, PhD, Psychologist, University of Turku 

Jukka Leppänen, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Turku 

Okko Räsänen, Associate Professor of Computing Sciences, Tampere University 

Birgit Kaasik, Speech therapist, Tallinn Children’s Hospital 

Minna Paaso, Research nurse, Turku University Hospital

 

Doctoral students

Anette Aija, PhD student, MD, Specialist in paediatrics, University of Turku

Eva Ståhlberg-Forsén, PhD student, Speech therapist, University of Helsinki 

Einari Vaaras, M.Sc. (Tech), University of Tampere

 

Master’s thesis students

Kati Siirilä, MA (Psych) 

Ella Hämäläinen, MA (Speech-Language Pathology)

Pauliina Rinne, MA (Speech-Language Pathology)

Mirka Hyvönen, Master’s thesis student (Psychology) 

Laura Aarnos, Bachelor of Medicine, M. Sc. (Tech), licentiate student

 

Research cooperation

Reija Latva, MD, Chief Physician, Child Psychiatry