Tuomas Kiviniemi
Principal investigator
Associate Professor of Cardiology Tuomas Kiviniemi, MD, PhD, FESC, is a cardiologist and principal investigator of CAREDETECT, CAREBANK and LAA-CLOSURE trial and founder of CAREFIB consortium.
Jarmo Gunn
Co-Founder of CAREBANK
Associate Professor of Surgery Jarmo Gunn, MD, PhD is a cardiac surgeon and Co-Founder of CAREBANK.
Maija Hollmen
senior investigator @HollmenLab
PhD Maija Hollmen's team focuses on macrophage phenotype in cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Tuija Vasankari
Research coordinator and project manager
Research coordinator and project manager Tuija Vasankari handles everyday coordination of the studies.
Joonas Lehto
Post doctoral fellow and cardiology fellow MD, PhD Joonas Lehto focuses on
-bleeding and thrombotic events in AVR patients
-postpericardiotomy syndrome
-proteomics
Eveliina Maaniitty
PhD student Eveliina Maaniitty’s primary focus is inflammation in coronary artery disease and peripheral artery disease.
Sami Sinisilta
PhD student Sami Sinisilta’s primary focus is inflammation in atrial fibrillation.
Ilkka Ruohonen
PhD student Ilkka Ruohonen focuses on histopathology of atrial cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation.
Arto Relander
MD Arto Relander focuses on atrial cardiomyopathy.
Veikko Lahtinen
BM Veikko Lahtinen focuses on the role of macrophages in atrial fibrillation and atrial cardiomyopathy.
Emily pan
Post doctoral fellow and surgery fellow MD, PhD Emily Pan studies the epidemiology and mechanisms of ascending aortic aneurysms.
emma viikinkoski
MD, PhD student Emma Viikinkoski studies systemic inflammatory response related to cardiac surgery.