
Food Research
Research areas cover widely the impacts of food on our health and well-being. Our research laboratories offer facilities to study the digestion of food constituents, gut health and permeability, and relationships between food items and other ingredients with the host and the gut microbiota. Especially we aim to study new protein sources, their structure, safety, bioavailability, and health effects in vitro and in vivo; existing and new probiotics, prebiotics, and other functional foods and ingredients, their identification, safety and availability, and related technologies. Furthermore, we carry out short- and long-term clinical intervention studies as well as organoleptic evaluations. In food safety research, we are currently working on new technological solutions that can increase food quality and extend the shelf life of food products. We work openly with stakeholders and strive to promote open science in the food sector.
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Professors
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Hani El-Nezamy
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Marjukka Kolehmainen
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition
Senior Researchers
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Jenni Korhonen
Senior University LecturerSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Carlos Gomez Gallego
Senior ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Otto Savolainen
Senior ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition
Post-doctoral Researchers
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Kati Väkeväinen
University TeacherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Iman Zarei
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Anna Kårlund
Visiting ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Kaisa Raninen
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Suchetana De Storvik
Postdoctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Ehsan Shad
Project ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition
Doctoral Researchers
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Valeria Iannone
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Johnson Lok
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Kati Riekkinen
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Oona Koivisto
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Darren Healy
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Moona Partanen
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Vilma Liikonen
Doctoral ResearcherSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition