Anni Pitkänen

Anni Pitkänen

Doctoral Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Room number
VIV 146
Email
anni.j.pitkanen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358504074770
Postal address
Kuntoportti 5

Biography

I work as a Doctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences. My research focuses on body weight trajectories from childhood to adulthood and theri associations with genetics, environment and biological aging.

Publications

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Research groups

Research group

GenActive – Elina Sillanpää's research group

We investigate genetic and lifestyle factors that predict biological aging, health, and functional capacity.

Projects

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Project

Genetic and Environmental Exploration of Heterogeneity and Causality in Obesity-Physical Activity Associations (GENESIS)

The GENESIS – project investigates the complex interplay of environment, genes and lifestyle on obesity and obesity-related adverse health outcomes. By applying multiomic methods on epidemiological data, it sets the focus of a population-wide phenomenon t