Universidade da Madeira

Publication Date: 09/12/2025

Conference: Madeira Twin Cohort – a rich source of information on the role of genetic and environmental factors in human physique

No próximo dia 11 de dezembro, realiza-se a conferência "Madeira Twin Cohort – a rich source of information on the role of genetic and environmental factors in human physique", organizada pelo Departamento de Educação Física e Desporto da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais.

A conferência vai decorrer na Sala 24, no Campus Universitário da Penteada, das 14h00 às 15h00, e será proferida por Karri Silventoinen (Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki).

SOBRE KARRI SILVENTOINEN

Karri Silventoinen (born 1972) received his master’s degree in demography in 1997 and doctoral degree in epidemiology/public health in 2000 from University of Helsinki. After one year of post-doctoral training at the Finnish National Public Health Institute, he worked two years (2002–2004) as a research associate at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. From 2004 to 2008, he worked as a senior research scientist at the Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki. In 2009, he was appointed as a university lecturer of demography at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki; in the years 2012–2013 and 2015–2016 he worked as an acting professor of demography. In 2019, he was nominated as a professor of demography with special emphasis on social inequalities in health at University of Helsinki. Since 2014, he has also worked as a visiting part-time professor at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. He has published around 300 original scientific articles in international peer-reviewed journals, has around 30 review articles and book chapters and has edited two academic textbooks. He has been an official supervisor of 14 doctoral dissertations. His main research interests cover socioeconomic and global health inequalities, physical and mental development of children and risk factors of metabolic diseases addressed by methods in epidemiology and statistical genetics. He has active collaboration with research groups in several countries. Currently, he is the principal investigator of international CODATwins project targeted to combine data from all twin cohorts in the world. He has served as a reviewer of funding applications and research papers for multiple scientific institutions and journals.

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Conference: Madeira Twin Cohort – a rich source of information on the role of genetic and environmental factors in human physique