Olli T. Raitakari
Preventive Cardiology
Åbo Akademi University
About
Olli T. Raitakari works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Åbo Akademi University.
Olli Raitakari is a Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku. He serves as the Director of the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Turku. He is the Principal Investigator of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study and the STRIP Study, focusing on cardiovascular risk factors from childhood to adulthood.
Research focus
Atherosclerosis preventionGenetic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseaseChildhood risk factors for adult cardiovascular diseaseDietary interventions for cardiovascular healthVascular epidemiology
Impact
1,390 pubs · 99,167 cites · h-index 145
Training
PhD
University of Turku
1995
MD
University of Turku
1989
Affiliations
Work Experience
Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Turku · 2017 - Present
Academy Professor
University of Turku · 2012 - 2016
Chief Physician, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
Turku University Hospital · 2004 - 2016
Consultant in Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine
Turku University Hospital · 2002 - 2004
Postdoctoral Researcher
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital · 1997 - 1999