EDUCATION/DEGREE
1969
M.D.
University
of
Helsinki
1972
Doctor
of
Medical
Sciences,
University
of
Helsinki
1975
Docent
in
Virology,
University
of
Helsinki
1983
Docent
in
Paediatrics,
University
of
Tampere
1979
Specialty
Boards
in
Paediatrics
1986
Subspecialty
in
Paediatric
Infectious
Disease
ACADEMIC
DISTINCTIONS
AND
AWARDS
Carried
out
the
first
clinical
trial
of
rotavirus
vaccine
in
humans
in
1982-1983
in
1987-1990.
Responsible
for
research
on
diarrhoeal
disease
vaccines
and
clinical
trials
in
developing
countries
in
the
Diarrhoeal
Control
Programme
of
WHO.
The
Finnish
Society
for
the
Study
of
Infection
(former
Chairman)
European
Society
for
Paediatric
infectious
Diseases
(ESPID,
Bill
Marshall
Lecturer
in
1990)
Currently
the
Director
of
the
Medical
School
in
the
University
of
Tampere
APPOINTMENT
1972-1973
Fellow
in
Pediatric
Infectious
Disease,
Bellevue
Hospital,
New
York
1973-1975
Research
Scientist,
the
Roosevelt
Hospital
(affiliated
with
Columbia
University),
New
York
1981-1987
Acting
Professor
of
Paediatrics,
Tampere
University
Hospital
1987-1990
Scientist
for
the
World
Health
Organization,
Geneva,
Switzerland
1987-1991
Associate
Professor
of
Infectious
Disease,
University
of
Helsinki
1991-present
Professor
of
Virology,
University
of
Tampere,
and
Consultant
Paediatrician
(Paediatric
Infectious
Disease),
Tampere
University
Hospital