About Us

Our multidisciplinary group is located at the BioMag laboratory in the Meilahti district, and Synapsia building together with Spinal Cord Injury Center in the Laakso district of Helsinki. Both locations are part of Helsinki University Central Hospital. We are also affiliated with University of Helsinki.

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Group members

Anastasia Shulga

MD, PhD, neurologist,

Principal Investigator

Aleksandra Tolmacheva

MD, pediatrician,

PhD student

Piia Haakana

MSc, physiotherapist,

PhD student

Anna-Lena Nyman

physiotherapist,

Researcher

Markus Pohjonen

MD, physiatrist,

PhD student

Sarianna Savolainen

MSc, physiotherapist,

Researcher

Ilida Suleymanova

MSc, engineer,

Researcher

Henri Lehtonen

MSc, paramedic,

Researcher

Senior advisors

Jyrki Mäkelä

MD, adjunct professor,

neurologist

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Erika Haaksiluoto

MD, adjunct professor,

clinical neurophysiologist

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Jari Arokoski

MD, professor,

physiatrist

Pantelis Lioumis

Adjuct professor,

engineer

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Andrei Rodionov, PhD

Roope Havu, MD

Magdolna Mezes, MD  (visiting researcher)

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Former members