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Piltonen Terhi Tuulikki,
Date of birth: 30.4.1976
Oulunseläntie 9
90580 Oulu, FINLAND
[email protected]
+358 (0) 405008266
Education
2015
2004
2004
1995
Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ph.D., Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital
Supervisor: Professor Juha Tapanainen
Thesis committee: Professor Richard Legro, University of Pennsylvania, USA
M.D., Medical School, University of Oulu
Oulun Lyseo Upper Secondary School (focusing on arts and science)
Additional education
2007- 2010
1996-1997
Business studies, Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Oulu
Studies in Dept of Chemistry, University of Oulu
Professional experience
20152009-2015
2006-2007
2004-2005
2003-2008
1999-2004
Research work
2015
2011-2014
2013-
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gnecology, Oulu University Hospital
Resident in Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital
Resident in Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Raahe Central Hospital
General doctor, Health Center of Puolanka
Several short-term employments as a general doctor in Health Centers in
Northern Finland/Lapland
Teaching students applying for Medical School (main focus on chemistry)
5mo/year
Supervised PhD thesis
Johanna Puurunen, M.D. PhD (Shared with Professor Juha Tapanainen)
“Androgen secretion and cardiovascular risk factors in women with and
without PCOS - studies on age-related changes and medical intervention”
Clinical Researcher for Finnish Academy (2013 and 2014 6mo/year)
Principal Investigator and establishment of research laboratory.
Supervisor for doctoral thesis projects that are ongoing:
 Anna Sorjamaa MSc.
The inflammatory and metabolic factors on endometrium health in women
with PCOS
 Marika Kangasniemi, Bachelor of Medicine
The role of local and circulating immune cells on female reproductive and
metabolic health
 Masuma Khatun, MSc.
The role of inflammatory signalling in endometrial stem cells in healthy
women and in women with endometriosis.
 Salla Karjula, Bachelor of Medicine
Psychoemotional stress and quality of life related to metabolic and
inflammatory abnormalities in PCOS.
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Meri-Maija Ollila, Bachelor of Medicine (Shared with Associate Professor
Laure Morin-Papunen)
Metabolic morbidity and sympatoexcitation in women with PCOS.
Saara Vuontisjärvi, M.D.
Psychoemotional stress, quality of life and pain responses in women with
endometriosis.
Henna Rossi M.D.
Pain sensation, life style factors and workability in women with
endometriosis
2011-2012
Post Doctoral Researcher, laboratory of Professor Linda Giudice, Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
2010-2012
International Endocrine Scholars program, The Endocrine Society
2004 (1 week)
Cell Culture and Bioassay Training, Imperial College, London
1999-2010
Member of Reproductive Endocrinology Research group of Professor Juha
Tapanainen
2004-2010
Researcher in Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital (36mo/year)
2000-2004
PhD studies with Professor Juha Tapanainen
Posts and awards
2015The Nordic PCOS Awareness Alliance (establishing member)
2015Executive committee member in the Finnish Endocrine Society
2014-2015
Member of Duodecim Current Care Guidelines in “Contraception”
2013-2015
Junior Deputy in Special Interest Group Reproductive Endocrinology of European
Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
2012The Nordic PCOS Network (invited member)
2011The PEACOCKS Society (Invited member)
2010Ad hoc reviewer for:
PlosOne, Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Human Reproduction, Fertility
and Sterility, Biology of Human Reproduction, European Journal of Ob-Gyn and
Reproductive Biology, Regulatory Peptides
2010
Trainee representative in Dept. Ob-Gyn, Oulu University Hospital
2010
International Endocrine Scholars award, The Endocrine Society
2002-2014
4 best oral presentation/case report -awards (European Society for Reproduction
and Endocrinology, Finnish Endocrine Society, Finnish Society of Gynecology)
1998-2004
Member of Medical Faculty Council of Oulu University
Member of Council of Department of Medical Biochemistry
Member of Student Board of Medical faculty
Member of Student Council of Medical faculty
Invited lectures, posters and other invitations (last 5 years)
(not including presentations by supervised PhD students)
2011
ASRM Orlando, Florida, USA (precongres course 2 lectures)
 Impact of Oral Contraceptives in the Management of PCOS
 Statin Therapy in PCOS
2011
The Peacocks meeting Encantado, New Mexico, USA
 FSH deficiency is not the cause of anovulation in PCOS
2011
The Endoecrine Society, Houston, TX, USA (late breaking poster)
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Transcriptome of isolated endometrial cell populations in women with
PCOS reveals increased immune cell trafficking, cell growth and
predisposition to endometrial cancer
The ASRM Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA (oral presentation)
 Aberrant steroid hormone response and increased pro-inflammatory
cytokine secretion in endometrial stromal fibroblasts from women with
PCOS
The Peacock Meeting, Avignon, France
 Metformin and lifestyle treatment are not more effective in adolescents
than adults with PCOS
The Nordic Federation of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stockholm, Sweden
 Metformin in assisted reproductive technology in PCOS
The Finnish Gynecological Association (lecture)
 The metabolic effects of hormonal contraceptives
The Finnish Association for Youth and Adolescent Gynecology, Helsinki,Finland
 The metabolic effects of hormonal contraceptives
The Nordic Fertility Society, Reykjavik, Iceland (lecture)
 Are there PCOS-related health risks later in life?
The Duodecim foundation, Helsinki, Finland
 Post-doc Experiences
Dept. of Obtestetrics and Gunecology, Oulu Finland (lectures)
 Does clinical researcher stay alive?
 Mental distress and QoL in women with PCOS
 Conducting endometrium research in San Francisco-post-doctoral
experiences
 The metabolic effects of hormonal contraceptives
Book chapter invitations
 YEBOG; PCOS “Endometrial markers”
 CRC Press; ”The Endometrium in PCOS”
2012
2013
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
2013-2015
2015
Funding
2001-2015 a total of 580, 000 EUR has been granted for research purposes.
Major (20 000 -160 000 EUR)
2014-2016
Sigrid Juselius Foundation; Homing
2013
The Norden Finland Healthcare Foundation
2011-2014
The Finnish Academy; Clinical Researcher
2011
The Finnish Medical Foundation
2010-2011
Sigrid Juselius Foundation; Postdoctoral Fellowship
2010
The Finnish Academy; Postdoctoral Fellowship
Minor (<20 000EUR)
Several personal grants including Orion Pharmos, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, The Finnish Medical
Foundation, Maud Kuistila Foundation, Oulu University Scholarship Foundation
Other
2007-2008
2005
1995-1996
Languages
9mo
9mo
Maternity leave (standard length in Finland set by the legislation)
Maternity leave
Au-pair in Paris, France
Finnish: Native language; English: Fluent oral and written.
Swedish: Good oral and written; French: Good oral, basic written
German: Limited skills