Outi Lyytikäinen

Year of birth: 1957
Official title: Research Professor
Tel. +358 29 524 8783
E-mail: [email protected]

Expertise

  • Healthcare-associated infections (surveillance and prevention)
  • Antimicrobial resistance (surveillance and control)
  • Infectious disease epidemiology (surveillance and outbreak investigations)

Primary duties

  • Research related to the surveillance of infectious diseases
  • Supervising EPIET and EUPHEM fellows and PhD students

Education

  • 2001, Docent in internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1999, Special expertise in hospital hygiene, Finnish Medical Association, Finland
  • 1998, Specialist in infectious diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1997, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1992, Specialist in internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 1984, Licentiate of Medicine (M.D.), Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland

Professional background

  • 2005–2022, several memberships and roles in the ECDC expert groups
  • 1998–2022, Project leader of the Finnish Hospital Infection Program (SIRO), KTL and THL
  • 1995–1997, EPIET (European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training) -trainee, Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Language skills

  • Finnish (native)
  • English

Current projects

  • Developing surveillance of healthcare-associated infections 
  • Developing surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
  • Bloodstream infections
  • Exploring behavioural factors influencing COVID-19-specific infection prevention and control measures in long-term care facilities
  • Developing surveillance of influenza

Previous projects

1998–2022, setting up and developing the Finnish Hospital Infection Program (SIRO)

Professional memberships

  • National expert group of antimicrobial resistance control, THL
  • National pandemic preparedness plan (current updating), Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
  • Client and Patient Safety Strategy and Action Plan 2022–2026, Finnish Centre for Client and Patient Safety

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