Hanna Tolonen
Year of birth: 1971
Official title: Director of Research, Development and Innovations
Tel. +358 29 524 8638
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
- 2016, Associate Professor, public health, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
- 2006, PhD on public health, Kuopio University, Finland
- 1996, Masters of Social Science, Statistics, University of Joensuu, Finland
Professional background
- 1996–, Finnish institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and it’s predecessor National Public Health Institute (KTL), Finland
- 2024–, Director of Research, Development and Innovations
- 2022–2024, Research Programme Director
- 2017–2022, Research Manager
- 2012–2017, Senior Researcher
- 1996–2012, Statistician
Language skills
- Finnish (mother tongue)
- English (excellent)
- Swedish (satisfactory)
- French (basics)
- Spanish (basics)
Current projects
- 2024–2027 JA PreventNCD (Joint Action of Cancer and Other NCDs prevention), work package leader, member of the Executive Committee, member of the Ethics Board
- 2023–2027 JACARDI (Joint Action on Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes), work package leader, member of the Executive Board
- 2022–2025, Environmental Exposure Assessment Research Infrastructure (EIRENE), partner
Previous projects
- 2020–2023, Population Health Information Research Infrastructure (PHIRI) for COVID-19, leader of a work package and member of the steering group
- 2021–2023, HealthyCloud, partner
- 2017–2022, European Human Biomonitoring Initiative (HBM4EU), work package leader, member of the steering group and board of ethics
- 2017–2021, Projections of the burden of disease and disability in Finland – health policy prospects (PoDDy-Hepo), Main Researcher of the project
- 2013–2017, Non-Participation in Health Examination Surveys (NoPaHES), Project Manager
- 2009–2012, European Health Examination Survey (EHES), Project Manager for coordination and pilot projects
Professional memberships
- 2019–, European Public Health Association, Public Health Monitoring and Reporting Section
- 2023–, President
- 2021–2023, Vice-president
- 2019–, Member of the Steering Group
Commitments
No commitments
Publications
Full publication list (LinkedIn)
PhD thesis
Tolonen H (2005). Towards the High Quality of Population Health Surveys. Standardization and Quality Control. PhD Thesis. A27/2005, Helsinki: Publications of the National Public Health Institute. 2005. ISBN 951-740-546-4 (print), 951-740-547-2 (pdf)
