Jarmo Virtamo

Preventive Cardiology

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

About

Jarmo Virtamo works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.

Jarmo Virtamo is a researcher at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland. He holds an MD degree and has contributed to the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study, investigating nutritional interventions for cancer and cardiovascular diseases. His work includes genome-wide association studies and Mendelian randomization analyses for myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, and cardiometabolic traits.

Research focus

Genetic Epidemiology of Coronary Heart DiseaseMendelian Randomization in Cardiovascular DiseaseNutritional Factors in Heart Disease PreventionSmoking and CHD Risk AssessmentVitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Impact

643 pubs · 55,082 cites · h-index 116

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Researcher

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare · 2018 - Present