Last updated on June 25, 2025
Research groups
Researchers affiliated with TamCAM have organized themselves under a total of 12 research groups.
PeeTU - Paediatric Clinical Trials Unit
The group operates at the Tampere University Hospital and offers centralised clinical trial services (phase I-II) to children and adolescents in Finland.
Group leader: Clinical Instructor Sauli Palmu
Child and Adolescent Health Promotion
The group studies childhood obesity and related complications, and also focuses on celiac disease, intestinal disorders, and autoimmune diseases in children.
Group leader: Professor Kalle Kurppa
CNS - Computational Neuroscience Group
Research in the group promotes understanding of complex molecular, cellular and circuit level phenomena underlying brain activity dynamics in health and disease.
Group leader: Senior Research Fellow Marja-Leena Linne
Child Psychiatry
The research activities of the Child Psychiatry group focus on studying the development of small children’s emotional life and parenthood.
Group leader: Professor Kaija Puura
Virology
The Virology group has a long experience in studies evaluating the role of viruses and other microbes in immune-mediated diseases including type 1 diabetes, asthma, allergy and celiac disease.
Group leader: Professor Heikki Hyöty
Global Health
The Global Health group focuses on producing and synthesizing scientific evidence that can be used to promote maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health globally, with a special emphasis on reduction of worldwide health disparities.
Group leader: Senior Research Fellow Ulla Ashorn
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Adolescent Psychiatry
The research group on Adolescent Psychiatry is focused on aggression and violence in adolescent mental disorders; puberty, sexual behavior and gender identity in adolescence; and adolescent mental health epidemiology and health services research.
Group leader: Professor Riittakerttu Kaltiala
Obstetrics and Clinical Genetics
The Obstetrics and Clinical Genetics group focuses on the impact of common pregnancy disorders, especially hypertensive pregnancy disorders, and rare diseases on maternal and child health.
Group leader: Professor Hannele Laivuori
HemoRes - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
The Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Research Group, HemoRes, studies the molecular and genetic basis of childhood leukemias and develops novel mechanism-based targeted therapies.
Group leader: Professor Olli Lohi
NEDIS - Children's and Adolescents' Health Promotion
The NEDIS research group focuses on risk and protective factors on individual, school and societal levels influencing health and wellbeing of school-aged children and adolescents.
Group leader: Emerita Professor Arja Rimpelä
Healthcare Research and Quality
The Healthcare Research and Quality group aims to improve healthcare quality by optimizing treatment and diagnostic practices and enhancing efficiency.
Group leader: Associate professor Péter Csonka
Nutritional epidemiology
The Nutritional epidemiology group studies maternal and child nutrition, and the development of immune-mediated diseases in children.
Group leader: Professor Suvi Virtanen
