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Ina Rissanen

Assistant Professor

Biography

Ina Rissanen is an assistant professor in the field of Epidemiology of Cerebrovascular Disease and Brain Health at Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care. Her special interest is the life course of cerebrovascular disease.

Ina Rissanen graduated as medical doctor in 2014 and received her PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology in 2015 from the University of Oulu, Finland. Her PhD thesis, that was partly done during her one-year research visit at University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, was selected as best thesis in the field of psychiatry in Finland in 2015. She has accomplished special clinical training in general practice in 2017 and is currently specializing to neurosurgery in University of Oulu. In 2019, she graduated as Master of Health Economics, Policy and Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She has also accomplished Healthcare Leadership training in University of Oulu in 2020.

As an assistant professor at UMC Utrecht, Ina Rissanen is involved in several projects studying cerebrovascular disease and brain health. Her supervisor is associate professor Mirjam I. Geerlings. Ina Rissanen is also running her own research theme 'Life Course of Stroke' at Center for Life Course Health Research in University of Oulu, Finland. She uses several large longitudinal cohorts, such as Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 and SMART-MR Study, in her research.

Recent publications

Sex differences in modifiable risk factors for stroke incidence and recurrence Ina Rissanen, Maartje Basten, Lieza G Exalto, Sanne A E Peters, Frank L J Visseren, Mirjam I Geerlings,
Journal of Neurology, 2024, vol. 271, p.3347-3358
Imaging of intracranial arterial disease Carlo Lucci, Ina Rissanen, Richard A P Takx, Anja G van der Kolk, Anita A Harteveld, Jan W Dankbaar, Mirjam I Geerlings, Pim A de Jong, Jeroen Hendrikse
Frontiers in radiology, 2024, vol. 4
Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood in Association with Adult Cerebrovascular Disease Ursula Mikkola, Ina Rissanen, Milja Kivelä, Harri Rusanen, Eero Kajantie, Jouko Miettunen, Markus Paananen
Stroke, 2024, vol. 55, p.1857-1865
Productivity costs of lifelong smoking—the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 study Ina Rissanen, Iiro Nerg, Petteri Oura, Sanna Huikari, Marko Korhonen
European journal of public health, 2024, vol. 34, p.572-577
Psychosocial factors, health behaviors and risk of cancer incidence Maartje Basten, Kuan Yu Pan, Lonneke A. van Tuijl, Alexander de Graeff, Joost Dekker, Adriaan W. Hoogendoorn, Femke Lamers, Adelita V. Ranchor, Roel Vermeulen, Lützen Portengen, Adri C. Voogd, Jessica Abell, Philip Awadalla, Aartjan T.F. Beekman, Ottar Bjerkeset, Andy Boyd, Yunsong Cui, Philipp Frank, Henrike Galenkamp, Bert Garssen, Sean Hellingman, Martijn Huisman, Anke Huss, Melanie R. Keats, Almar A.L. Kok, Steinar Krokstad, Flora E. van Leeuwen, Annemarie I. Luik, Nolwenn Noisel, Yves Payette, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Ina Rissanen, Annelieke M. Roest, Judith G.M. Rosmalen, Rikje Ruiter, Robert A. Schoevers, David Soave, Mandy Spaan, Andrew Steptoe, Karien Stronks, Erik R. Sund, Ellen Sweeney, Emma L. Twait, Alison Teyhan, W. M.Monique Verschuren, Kimberly D. van der Willik, Mirjam I. Geerlings
International Journal of Cancer, 2024, vol. 154, p.1745-1759
Temporal Trends and Determinants of Stroke Risk in Patients With Medically Treated Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis Michiel H F Poorthuis, Yoel Solomon, Reinier A R Herings, Frank L J Visseren, L Jaap Kappelle, Michiel L Bots, Ina Rissanen, Gert J de Borst
Stroke, 2023, vol. 54, p.1735-1749