Jussi Kauhanen

Professor

MD, PhD, MPH

University of Kuopio, Finland

 

 

Born: 1958

Four children

Schools and higher education in Kuopio and in the U.S.

 

Current positions in Finland:

 

Full Professor of Public Health at the University of Kuopio, Finland, 2003-

Director, School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, 2004-

Director, International Master of Science in Public Health (MPH) Program, Kuopio, 2001-

First Vice Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Kuopio 2005-

Faculty Committee member, Medical Faculty, University of Kuopio, 2004-

Excecutive Board member of the North Savo District Hospital Administration 2004- 

Board member of the North Savo Community College 2001-

Council member for the Finnish Immigration Institute 2000-

Council for the Finnish Office for Health Technology Assessment (FinOHTA), vice member 2005-

National Council for Addictive Substance Policies, vice member 2007-

Various memberships in national, regional and University-level steering groups and committees 2001-

 

Prior experience:

 

Acting Professor, Public Health, University of Kuopio, 2001-2002

Senior Researcher with the Academy of Finland 1998-2003

Excecutive Board member and treasurer, the Finnish Epidemiologic Society, 2000-2002

Physician-Chief, Occupational Rehabilitation Center, Kuopio, 1996-1998

Clinical experience as a physician since 1988 in:

primary health care, psychiatry, addiction treatment, occupational health care and occupational rehabilitation, prison health, and family practice at private sector

 

Civil and other Service:

 

Member of the Kuopio City Council 1988-2004 

Chairman of the Green Council Group, several years in 1990's and 2000's

First Vice Chairman of the Kuopio City Council 2001-2002

Kuopio City Excecutive Board member, several years in 1990's

Executive Board member of Savonia Polytechnic College 2001-2005

Council member of the Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities 2001-2005

Military: on active duty 1978-1979, currently Reserve Officer (medical lieutenant)

 

International

 

Nordic Center in India (NCI), Chairman of the Board 2007-

European Consortium of Chinese Medicine (ECCM), Chair 2006-

Cross Border Universities Program (Finno-Russian), Academic Coordinator for Public Health 2005-

North-South-South Program (Finnish-African), Program Director in Kuopio 2005-

Maternity and Newborn Child Health (MNCH) Consortium, steering committee member 2005-

 

Visiting scholar, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley 1991-93 and 2002-2003

Visiting researcher: Human Population Laboratory, California Department of Health Services 1991-1993

Visiting scientist: Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute of Research and Evaluation, Berkeley, CA, 2003

Invited lecturer e.g. in the USA, China, India, Belgium, Sweden, Nigeria, Kenya

 

International courses and studies in Finland, Sweden, Italy, and United States 1989-2003

High school in Coopersville, Michigan, USA 1975-1976

Active participation in research and higher education networks in Europe, Americas, Asia, and Africa

 

 

Other Activities

 

Singing in choirs

Hiking treks, biking, snow-shoeing, active cottage life, seasonally

Journalist, columnist and music writer with the regional Savon Sanomat newspaper in 1970's through 1990's

Columnist for the weekly Viikkosavo city paper 2005-