Research Collaboration

The STEPS study collaborates with national and international research groups both within and beyond the European Union (EU) countries. The aim is to achieve the highest possible quality of scientific output and the widest possible use of the research data. While the collected study data may be shared with collaborators for analysis, all identifying information is always removed to protect participant privacy.

Our main national research partners in Finland are:

Professor Sari Stenholm, University of Turku, Department of Public Health

Professor (emeritus) Jussi Vahtera, University of Turku, Department of Public Health

Professor Katja Pahkala, University of Turku, Centre for Population Research and Paavo Nurmi Centre

Associate Professor Mirkka Lahdenperä, University of Turku, Department of Biology

Professor Jukka Käyhkö, University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology

Specialist Researcher Carlos Gonzales Inca, University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology

Associate Professor Nora Fagerholm, University of Turku, Department of Geography and Geology

Aki Koponen, Research Director, University of Turku, School of Business

Professor Pasi Koski, Teacher Training Institute, University of Turku

Professor Mika Kivimäki, University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health

Professor Niina Katajapuu, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health and Welfare

Our main international research partners:

Professor Juha Kere, University of Helsinki and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Professor Lars Bode, University of California San Diego, USA

Professor David Cameron-Smith, Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Australia

PhD Karl Fraser, AgResearch, New Zealand

PhD Shikha Pundir, Liggins Institute, New Zealand

Associate Professor Clare Reynolds, University College Dublin, Irland

Professor Carlos A (Jr) Camargo, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Dr Gaby van Dijk, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands

Professor Vincent Jaddoe, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands

Romy Gaillard, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dr. Marianne Eijkemans, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands

Assistant professor Kohei Hasegawa, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

(Professor Sam Putnam, Bowdoin College, USA)