Hanna Leppänen

Hanna Leppänen

Name: Hanna Leppänen
Year of birth: 1983
Official title: senior reseacher
Tel. +358295246386
E-mail: [email protected]

Expertise

  • Microbial exposure
  • Ozonation in indoor environments
  • Using air cleaning devices in indoor environments

Primary duties

  • Microbial exposure and indoor air quality indoors – research and expert work

Education

  • 2017, PhD, Environmental Health, University of Eastern Finland
  • 2007, MSc, Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio

Professional background

  • 19/2020 – Senior reseacher, Environmental Health Unit, THL
  • 1/2009 – Researcher, Environmental Health Unit, THL
  • 11/2007 – 12/2008 Researcher, Department of Environmental Health, KTL
  • 10/2005 – 10/2007 Research assistant, Department of Environmental Health, KTL
  • 5/2005-8/2005 Trainee, Department of Environmental Health, KTL

Language skills

  • Finnish (native)
  • English (excellent)
  • Swedish (fair)
  • German (elementary)

Publications (selected)

  • Toxicological transcriptome of human airway constructs after exposure to indoor air particulate matter: In search of relevant pathways of moisture damage-associated health effects. Elsevier, 2022. Environment International. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202100622X?via%3Dihub
  • Exposures in moisture damaged schools and associations with respiratory symptoms in students: A multi-country environmental exposure study. Indoor Air, 2021,00:1–15. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12865
  • Activation of toxicology-related genes in human airway constructs after exposure to indoor air particulate matter from moisture-damaged houses.
    European Respiratory Journal, 2020, 56: 4923. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/56/suppl_64/4923
  • Indoor bacteria and asthma in adults: a multicentre case-control study within ECRHS II. European Respiratory Journal, 2018, 7, 51. https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/2/1701241.long
  • Quantitative assessment of microbes from samples of indoor air and dust. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 2018, 28(3):231-241. https://www.nature.com/jes/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/jes201724a.html
  • Toxicity of airborne dust as an indicator of moisture problems in school buildings. Inhalation Toxicology 2017, 29, 75-81. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08958378.2017.1296511?journalCode=iiht20
  • Evaluation of sampling methods for toxicological testing of indoor air particulate matter. Inhalation Toxicology 2016, 28, 500-507. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08958378.2016.1210702?journalCode=iiht20
  • Determinants, reproducibility and seasonal variation of bacterial cell wall components in house dust. Indoor Air 2014, 25, 260-272. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12141/abstract
  • Determinants, reproducibility and seasonal variation of ergosterol levels in house dust. Indoor Air 2014, 24, 248-259. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ina.12078/abstract

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