Panu Rantakokko
Name: Panu Rantakokko
Year of birth: 1972
Official title: Researcher Manager
Tel. +358 29 5246395
E-mail: firstname.lastname(at)thl.fi
Expertise
- Chemical analysis
- Levels of contaminants in the environment and humans
- Health effects of contaminants
Primary duties
- Method development in chemical analysis
- Measurement of pollutant levels
- Research on health effects of pollutants
Education
- 2014; title of docent; Analysis, Human Exposure and Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants; University of Eastern Finland
- 2004, PhD, environmental chemical analysis, University of Kuopio
- 1998, MSc, Environmental Sciences, University of Kuopio
Professional background
- 1997-2006, researcher, KTL
- 2006 ->, Senior Researcher, KTL/THL
- 2014 ->, technical auditor of testing laboratories, Finnish Accreditation Services (FINAS)
Language skills
- Finnish (native)
- English (excellent)
- Swedish (good)
- Spanish (fair)
- German (elementary)
Current projects
- European Joint Project Human Biomonitoring for EU (HBM4EU)
- Prenatal Factors in Autism and other Psychiatric Outcomes in a National Birth Cohort (ADHD ja POP, in Finnish)
- Autism and Prenatal Endocrine Disruptors (A-PED, in Finnish)
- Human exposomic determinants of immunemediated diseases (HEDIMED, in Finnish)
- Innovation for fisheries (TUKALA, in Finnish)
- Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Risk of Testicular Cancer (DISRUPT)
- Early life environment, epigenome, and genome in neurodevelopmental outcomes (PREDO)
- Perfluorinated compounds in the serum of 1-year old children - a study related to EFSA risk assessment (PFLAPSET)
- More diverse and safe domestic fish for food (EU-kalat IV, in Finnish)
Professional memberships
- 2015 -, Scientific Advisory Board of Finnish Chemical Industry
- 2006 -> Member in the network of European Union Reference Laboratory (EU-RL) and National Reference Laboratories (NRLs)
Publications
10 most important publications during last 10 years:
- Rantakokko P, Tuomisto JT, Viluksela M, Tuomisto J, Airaksinen R, Raitakari O, Karvonen AM, Pekkanen J & Kiviranta H (2020) Estimated PCDD/F TEQ and total TEQ concentrations in the serum of 7-10 year old Finnish children. Chemosphere 257: 127137.
- Rantakokko P, Kumar E, Braber J, Huang T, Kiviranta H, Cequier E & Thomsen C (2019) Concentrations of brominated and phosphorous flame retardants in Finnish house dust and insights into children's exposure. Chemosphere 223: 99-107.
- Tornevi A, Sommar J, Rantakokko P, Åkesson A, Donat-Vargas C, Kiviranta H, Rolandsson O, Rylander L, Wennberg M & Bergdahl IA (2019) Chlorinated persistent organic pollutants and type 2 diabetes - A population-based study with pre- and post-diagnostic plasma samples. Environmental Research 174: 35-45.
- Salo HM, Koponen J, Kiviranta H, Rantakokko P, Honkanen J, Härkönen T, Ilonen J, Virtanen SM, Tillmann V, Knip M, Vaarala O & the DIABIMMUNE Study Group (2019) No evidence of the role of early chemical exposure in the development of β-cell autoimmunity. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26: 1370-1378.
- Rantakokko P, Männistö V, Airaksinen R, Koponen J, Viluksela M, Kiviranta H & Pihlajamäki J (2015) Persistent organic pollutants and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in morbidly obese patients: a cohort study. Environmental Health 14:79.
- Vested A, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Olsen SF, Bonde JP, Støvring H, Kristensen SL, Halldorsson TI, Rantakokko P, Kiviranta H, Ernst EH & Toft G (2014) In utero exposure to persistent organochlorine pollutants and reproductive health in the human male. Reproduction 148: 635-646.
- Rantakokko P, Katharina M, Wohlfart-Veje C, Kiviranta H, Airaksinen R, Vartiainen T, Skakkebæk NE, Toppari J & Virtanen HE (2014) Association of placenta organotin concentrations with growth and ponderal index in 110 newborn boys from Finland during the first 18 months of life: a cohort study. Environmental Health 13: 45-54.
- Rantakokko P, Main K, Wohlfart-Veje C, Kiviranta H, Airaksinen A, Vartiainen T, Skakkebæk N, Toppari J & Virtanen H (2013). Association of Placenta Organotin Concentrations with congenital Cryptorchidism and reproductive hormone levels in 280 Newborn Boys from Denmark and Finland. Human Reproduction 28: 1647-1660.
- Koponen J, Rantakokko P, Airaksinen R, Kiviranta H (2013) Determination of selected perfluorinated alkyl acids and persistent organic pollutants from a small volume human serum sample relevant for epidemiological studies. Journal of Chromatography A 1309: 48-55.
- Rantakokko P, Hallikainen A, Airaksinen R, Vuorinen PJ, Lappalainen A, Mannio J & Vartiainen T (2010) Concentrations of organotin compounds in various fish species in the Finnish lake waters and Finnish coast of the Baltic Sea. Science of the Total Environment 408: 2474-2481.