Anu Wartiovaara

Professor
Anu Wartiovaara
Professor Anu Wartiovaara
Born	Anu Elina Suomalainen; 1966 (age 57–58)
Alma mater	University of Helsinki
	Scientific career
Institutions	University of Helsinki
Thesis	Mutations of mitochondrial DNA in human disease (1993)

Anu Wartiovaara (née Suomalainen; born 1966) is a Finnish neuroscience and biomedical researcher, holding the Sigrid Jusélius Professorship of clinical molecular medicine at the University of Helsinki, specialising in mitochondrial disorders.^[2]

She has also been appointed as an Academy Professor of the Research Council of Finland since 2017.^[2]

In 2007, Wartiovaara was elected as a member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.^[3]

In 2013, she was elected as member of the European Molecular Biology Organization EMBO.^[4]

In 2021, the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim [fi] awarded Wartiovaara the Matti Äyräpää Prize for her work on mitochondrial diseases.^[5]

She gained an MD and PhD from the University of Helsinki, with postdoctoral research at the National Public Health Institute of Finland and McGill University of Canada.^[7]

Some of Wartiovaara's publications have appeared under her maiden name Suomalainen, or Suomalainen-Wartiovaara.^[2]

References

^ "Kotimaiset jäsenet" (in Finnish). Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Akatemiaprofessorit" (in Finnish). University of Helsinki. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Varsinaiset jäsenet" [Full members] (in Finnish). Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "EMBO announces new members for 2013". EMBO. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Matti Äyräpään palkinto mitokondriotautien tutkija Anu Wartiovaaralle" (in Finnish). Duodecim. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara". Academia Europaea. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara". The Lancet Neurology. Retrieved 29 October 2023.