Petri T. Kovanen works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Wihuri Research Institute.
Petri T. Kovanen is the Director of the Wihuri Research Institute in Helsinki, Finland. He graduated as a Specialist in Internal Medicine from the University of Helsinki in 1984 and has focused his research on the effects of mast cells in the arterial wall on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. He worked in the laboratory of Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein in Dallas from 1976 to 1980, studying LDL particle metabolism.
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Specialist in Internal Medicine
University of Helsinki
1984
PhD
University of Helsinki
1975
MD, PhD
University of Basel
1970
Director
Wihuri Research Institute · 1997 - Present
Scientific Director
Wihuri Research Institute · 1984 - 1997
Researcher
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · 1976 - 1980