Associate ProfessorMaarit Laaksonen
Associate Professor (Teaching and Research)
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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- Associate Professor (Teaching and Research)Faculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Maarit is interested in carrying out research on several diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, and mental health disorders, and a wide range of risk factors relating to lifestyle, environment and genes. She has expertise in disease burden measures and the analysis of large linked primary and secondary health datasets aimed to inform prevention, treatment and costs of diseases.
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTFMH Start-up SchemeFaculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTPopulation-level relevance of preventable risk factors on the burden of cancerWorld Cancer Research Fund1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Vajdic C,
- Yaun S,
- Wang M,
- MacInnis R,
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTBeyond Country of Birth: Transforming approaches to quantifying ethnic inequalities in access to best care for CVDDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2022 - 28 Feb 2027People funded by this grant:
- Wilson A,
- Kritharides L,
- Stanaway FF,
- Huckel Schneider C,
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTImproving cancer prevention, early detection and outcomes through novel applications of cancer burden methods to large linked health dataCancer Institute NSW1 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2017People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M,
- Vajdic C,
- MacInnis R,
- Canfell K
- GRANTCancer Institute of New South Wales1 Jan 2013People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M
- GRANTNovel methods and applications of Population Attributable Fraction (PAF) in longitudinal studiesResearch Council of Finland9 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012People funded by this grant:
- Laaksonen M
