the genetic and environmental etiology of temperament and mental health, specifically
the classification, origin, genetic predisposition, and co-phenotypes of temperament.
Studies
PhD student, University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
(2003-) and Department of Medical Genetics (2006-), supervisors prof.
Heikki Mannila and prof. Leena Palotie
Student of Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering, August
2004-2009
Master of Science (computer science, mathematics, statistics), Helsinki University, 2003
Licenciate of Medicine, Helsinki University, 2000
Matriculation examination, Porkkalan lukio, 1992
Working history
Computer Science
PhD student, Helsinki Institute of Information Technology, August 2009 -
PhD student, Helsinki Graduate School in Computer Science and Engineering,
August 2004 - July 2009
Researcher, Helsinki University, Department of Computer Science, May
2003 - August 2004
Software developer, National Public Health Institute, Department of Infectious Disease
Epidemiology, 2001 - 2003
Teaching
Teaching assistant, Helsinki University, Department of Computer Science,
1999 - 2000, 2003 - 2009
Teacher tutoring (for B.Sc. students)
Scientific Writing
Database Systems
Introduction to Programming, Programming in Java, Programming
Project
Introduction to Databases
Introduction to Application Design
Teaching assistant, Helsinki University of Technology, 1999
Introduction to Programming
Medicine
Doctor in Training, Adolescent Psychiatry, Jorvi Hospital, HUS, partly via Mediverkko Oy, October 2010 - February 2011
Doctor in Training, Espoonlahti Health Care Center via Mediverkko Oy, March 2010 - September 2010
Doctor in Training, Child Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, January 2008 - June
2009
Intern (5 months), Helsinki University Central Hospital, 1999
Physician, Municipal Health Center of Ruokolahti, 1998
Intern (1 month), Helsinki University Central Hospital, 1997
Other
Department secretary, Department of Computer Science, Helsinki
University, 2001
Office secretary, Huoneistokeskus Oy, 1995-1996
Publications
Jaana Wessman, Tiina Paunio, Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson, Mikko Koivisto, Timo Partonen,
Jaana Suvisaari, Joni A. Turunen, Juho Wedenoja, William Hennah, Olli P.H. Pietiläinen, Jouko
Lönnqvist, Heikki Mannila, and
Leena Peltonen: Mixture Model Clustering of Phenotype Features
Reveals Evidence for Association of DTNBP1 to a Specific Subtype of Schizophrenia.
To
appear
in Biological Psychiatry, 2009.
Jaana Heino: Automated Detection of Epidemics from the Usage Logs of a
Physicians' Reference Database. Master's Thesis, Helsinki
University, Department of Computer Science, 2003.