Associate ProfessorMaarit Laaksonen

Associate Professor (Teaching and Research)

Faculty of Medicine and Health

BIO

Maarit Laaksonen is a biostatistician with 20 years international research experience in the field of epidemiology and public health. Her main research focus is on the development of novel disease burden measures and their application to health data to inform priorities for reducing burden of disease. She currently leads national and international research projects evaluating the determinants of the future burden of cancer with the aim of improving cancer prevention, early detection and outcomes.

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Finnish
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Swedish
    Can read, write and understand
  • German
    Can read, write and understand
  • French
    Can read, write and understand

SCHOOL

  • School of Public Health

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)