| FULL
NAME Timo Juha
Erkinjuntti |
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| DATE AND PLACE OF
BIRTH Helsinki 24
September 1951 |
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| EDUCATION AND TRAINING |
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| Licentiate of
Medicine, University of Helsinki |
mar-77 |
| Doctor of Medical
Science, University of Helsinki |
apr-88 |
| Specialist in General Practice |
dec-82 |
| Specialist in Neurology |
jun-85 |
| Docent in
Experimental Neurology, University of Helsinki |
dec-88 |
| in Clinical
Neurology, University of Helsinki |
apr-94 |
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| PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL
APPOINTMENTS |
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| General Practitioner (total
27.5 months) |
1977-1980 |
| House Officer, Internal Medicine (Helsinki Town Hospital), |
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| Psychiatry (Helsinki Town
Hospital), Neurosurgery (Helsinki |
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| University Central Hospital
[HUCH]) (total 12.5 months) |
1979-1981 |
| House Officer Neurology (part of the time acting Hospital |
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| Physician, Specialist and
Lecturer, HUCH) (total 59.5 months) |
1980-1985 |
| Research Associate, Academy of Finland
(total 9 moths) |
1985-1986 |
| Senior House Officer in Geriatric Neurology, |
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| HUCH (total 3 months) |
1986-1987 |
| Research Associate, Academy of Finland |
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| (total 18 months) |
1987-1990 |
| Acting Lecturer in Neurology, University of |
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| Helsinki (total 13 months) |
1990-1991 |
| Clinical Research
Fellow, University of Western Ontario, |
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| Canada (total 13 months) |
1991-1992 |
| Acting Lecturer in Neurology, University of |
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| Helsinki (total 4 months) |
1992 |
| Acting Professor in Neurology, University of |
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| Helsinki (total 7 months) |
1993 |
| Lecturer in Neurology, University of Helsinki (total 5 months) |
1993 |
| Senior Research
Fellow, Academy of Finland (total 31 months) |
1994-1996 |
| Lecturer in Neurology, University of Helsinki (total 8 months) |
1996-1997 |
| Specialist, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Helsinki |
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| University Central Hospital |
1997-2002 |
| Chief, Memory
Research Unit, , Helsinki University |
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| Central Hospital |
1997- |
| Visiting professor, Johan Wolfgang Goethe University, |
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| Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
2000-2001 |
| Visiting professor, Institute for Ageing and Health, |
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| University of Newcastle upon
Tyne |
2002- |
| Scientist, Department of Neurology, University of Helsinki |
2002- |
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| RESEARCH AWARDS, HONOURS AND MAJOR GRANTS |
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| Clinical Research
Fellow, Department of Clinical Neurological |
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| Sciences (Prof. Vladimir C.
Hachinski), University of Western |
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| Ontario, Canada. |
1991-1992 |
| Visiting Scientist, The John P. Robarts Research Institute, |
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| London, Ontario, Canada, (Head
professor H.J.M.Barnett). |
1991-1992 |
| Traineeship in
Clinical Neurosciences by Fidia, |
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| University of Western Ontario,
Canada. |
1993 |
| Visiting professor, Johan Wolfgang Goethe |
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| University, Frankfurt am Main,
Germany |
2000-2001 |
| Visiting professor, Institute for Ageing and Health, |
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| University of Newcastle upon Tyne |
2002- |
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| EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Alzheimer’s Disease
and Associate Disorders |
1997- |
| Pyschogeriatrics |
2000- |
| Cerebrovascular
diseases |
2002-2004 |
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| EDITOR |
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| Stroke |
2000-2002 |
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| MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETES |
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| The Finnish Medical Association |
1977 - |
| The Finnish Medical
Society Duodecim |
1977 - |
| The Finnish
Neurological Society |
1982 - |
| The Finnish Geriatric
Society |
1988 - |
| The Finnish Society
of General Practice |
1982 - |
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| The Societas
Gerontologica Fennica |
1982 - |
| - Secretary |
1985-1989 |
| - Chairperson |
1989-1990 |
| - Executive Committee |
1990-1995 |
| The Brain Research
Society of Finland |
1985 - |
| The Finnish Alzheimer Society |
1989 - |
| - Chairperson |
1994 - 1997 |
| Vanhustyön keskusliitto - Centralförbundet för de |
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| gamlas väl ry. Executive
Committee |
1990 - 1994 |
| The World
Federation of Neurology, Research Group on Dementia |
1985 - |
| -Executive Committee |
1998- |
| -Treasurer |
2002 - 2004 |
| Nordic Society for
Research in Brain Ageing |
1990 - |
| - Executive Committee |
1990 - 1996 |
| American Academy of
Neurology (Corresponding Fellow) |
1992 - |
| American
Heart Association Stroke Council (Honorary Fellowship) |
1992 - |
| International
Psychogeriatric Association |
1992 - |
| - Board of
Directors |
1992 -2000 |
| European Agency for
the Evaluation of |
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| Medical Products (EMEA) Expert
List |
1995 - |
| Advisory Board of the
Finnish Memory Research Units |
1996- |
| - Chairperson |
1996-1997, 2001- |
| European Task Force
on Age-related White Matter Disorders |
1996 - |
| - Chairperson |
1996 -1998 |
| International Working
Group on Harmonisation |
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| of Dementia Drug Guidelines |
1996- |
| -Working Group
Facilitator: Vascular Dementia |
1997 - |
| -Member of the
Executive Committee |
1997 - |
| Alzheimer's Disease
International, Medical |
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| Scientific Advisory Panel |
1997 - |
| The Finnish
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Society |
1997 - |
| -Executive Committee |
1997 - |
| -Vice-chairman |
2001- 2002 |
| -Chairman |
2002 - |
| The International
Society for Vascular Behavioural and |
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| Cognitive Disorders, Founding Member. |
2002- |
| -Member Executice
Committee |
2003 - |
| The World Federation
of Societies of Biological Psychiatry: |
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| Task Force on Dementia.
Member. |
2003- |
| Alzheimer Europe –
Expert Advisory Panel, Member |
2003- |
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| OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL |
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| MERITS AND ACTIVITIES |
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| Medical Council of
Canada Evaluating Examination (MCCE) |
1990 |
| Membership
at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of |
1991 |
| Ontario, Canada
(Educational license for 5 years) |
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| Declared qualified
for the post of Professor of |
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| Geriatrics, University of Kuopio |
1991 |
| Declared qualified
for the post of Associate Professor |
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| of Neurology, University of
Helsinki |
1993 |
| Declared
qualified for the post of Professor
of Neurology, |
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| University of Helsinki |
2001 |
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| Referee in
international scientific journals |
1989- |
| Acta Neurol
Scand, Alzheimer’s Disease and Associated |
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| Disorders, Annals of Neurology, |
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| Archives of
Neurology, Biological Psychiatry, Cerebrovascular |
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| Diseases, Duodecim,
Encyclopedia of Gerontlogy, European |
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| Archives of
Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, |
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| European
Neurology, Journal of Affective disorders, International |
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| Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, |
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| International
Psychogeriatrics, Journal of
Neurology, Journal of |
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| Neurology Neurosurgery and
Psychiatry , |
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| Journal of
the Neurological Sciences, Stroke |
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| Examiner for doctoral
dissertations |
1992, 1995, 1995 |
| Supervisor for
doctoral dissertations |
1994, 1998, 2000, 2001 |
| Official Opponent for
doctoral dissertations (Total 9) |
1994,1995,1998,1999, |
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2001,2002,2003, 2004 |
| Secretary of the
State Committee of Sleep Disorders |
1988-1989 |
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| Timo
Erkinjuntti |
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| Memory Research Unit |
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| Department of
Neurology |
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| Helsinki University
Central Hospital |
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| B.O. Box 300, 00290
HYKS, |
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| Helsinki, Finland |
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| Phone +358-40 5000 827 |
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| Timo.Erkinjuntti@hus.fi |
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