Last updated January 14, 2012
CURRICULUM VITAE
Poikolainen, Kari Kullervo
Born in Helsinki, January 7, 1945
LATEST POSTIONS
1983- Adjunct Professor in Public Health Science, University of Helsinki
2000-2010 Research director, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, retired.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1972 Licentiate of Medicine, University of Helsinki
1973 Approbatur examination in Statistics, University of Helsinki
1977 Doctor of Medical Science, University of Helsinki
1978 Specialist Examination in Public Health, National Board of Health
1996 Special qualification in Addiction Medicine, Finnish Medical Association
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
1968-72 House Officer (Hesperia Mental Hospital, Helsinki, Psychiatric Outpatient Office, Nikkilä Mental Hospital, Department of Dermatology of Helsinki, Central University Hospital), total 7 months
1969-73 General Practitioner (Jyväskylän mlk, Palokka), total 3 months
1972-74 Research Fellow, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies
1974 Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University, of Tampere (5 months)
1974-80 Assistant, Department of Public Health Science, University of Helsinki
1977 Research Fellow, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies (3 months)
1977-94 Physician, Alcoholism outpatient treatment unit, City of Helsinki (part-time, 4 hours a week)
1978-79 Acting Research Director, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies (7 months)
1981-85 Senior Research Fellow, Medical Research Council, Academy of Finland
1981 Assistant Senior Physician, Töölö Alcoholism Treatment Unit (one month)
1983 Acting Associate Professor of Social Medicine, University of Helsinki (one month)
1985-97 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Epidemiology, National Public Heath Institute
1987 Acting Professor, Department of Public Health Science, University of Oulu (7 months)
1988-90 Acting Chief Physician, Department of Planning, National Board of Health (21 months)
1994-97 Research Director, A-Clinic Foundation (37 months)
1997-98 Chief Physician, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Heath Institute (7 months)
1998-2000 Research director, Järvenpää Addiction Hospital (24 months)
RESEARCH AWARDS, HONOURS AND MAJOR GRANTS
1973 Science Popularization Award (Tiedonjulkistamispalkinto), State of Finland
1978 Editorial writing competition of the Finnish medical journal Duodecim, III Prize
1979 Writer prize, Finnish medical journal Duodecim
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
1982-87 Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine
1986- Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti
1997-2005 Addiction
MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Finland
Suomalainen lääkäriseura Duodecim, Sosiaalilääketieteen yhdistys, Suomen lääkäriliitto, Alkoholi- ja huumetutkijain seura, Biostatistiikan seura, Helsingin yliopiston dosenttiyhdistys
International
1981-2001 International Epidemiological Association
1981- Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs
1987- Kettil Bruun Society For Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol
1995-2008 Research Society on Alcoholism
1995-2008 International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism
2001- European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism
2005-2009 European Society of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
PEER REVIEWS
Addiction - Alcohol, Research and Health - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research - Alcohol & Alcoholism - Annals of Medicine - Archives of Diseases in Childhood - BMJ - Clinical Cardiology - Duodecim - European Journal of Public Health - Forensic Science International - International Journal of Epidemiology - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health - Lancet - Nordisk alkohol- och narkotikatidskrift - Pediatrics - Personality and Individual Differences - Preventive Medicine - Psychiatria Fennica - Scandinavian Journal of Social Medicine - Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti - Suomen lääkärilehti - Yhteiskuntapolitiikka.
OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MERITS AND ACTIVITIES
1974-76 Member of the Executive Committee, the Society of Social Medicine
in Finland
1974 Secretary, the Society of Social Medicine in Finland
1974-79 Member, Working Group on Developmental Co-operation, Finnish Medical Association
1980 Temporary Adviser, WHO Expert Committee on the Implementation of the
Convention on Psychotropic Substances, 1971
1980 Assistant Editor, Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti (Journal of Social Medicine, a refereed scientific journal in Finnish)
1981-85 Editor, Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti (Journal of Social Medicine, a refereed scientific journal in Finnish)
1981-2002 Member, the Ethical Committee of the Institute of Occupational Health
(Helsinki)
2003-2009 Deputy member, the Ethical Committee of the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital (HUS)
1983-86 Chairman, Working Party on the Finnish Modification of the ICD-9
1984-99 Advisor in Epidemiology, National Board of Health, later National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
1985-2000 Member of the Board and Executive Committee, Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies
1986 Qualified and shortlisted for the 1st place of preference for the post of Professor in Public Health Science, University of Kuopio
1986 Qualified and shortlisted for the 1st place of preference for the post of Professor in Public Health Science, University of Oulu
1988-95 Official opponent for doctoral dissertations (3 times)
1988-10 Examiner for doctoral dissertations (12 times)
1989 Advisor to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, on the appointment to the post of Adjunct Professor in Biometry and Epidemiology (Dr. Paul Knekt)
1991 Temporary adviser, WHO/ADAMHA joint project on diagnosis and classification of mental disorders, and alcohol- and drug-related problems, task force on alcohol and drug related problems
1992 Temporary adviser, WHO working group on geographical information systems for health care management
1992 Member of the WHO 28th Expert Committee on Drug Dependence, Geneva
1992-2008 Member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Drug Dependence and Alcohol Problems
1994 Advisor to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, on the appointment to the post of Adjunct Professor in Addiction Medicine (Dr. Kaija Seppä)
1995 Advisor to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tampere, on the appointment to the post of Adjunct Professor in Epidemiology (Dr. Eero Pukkala)
1997-2005 Assistant editor for Addiction
2002 Member of the Jellinek Memorial Fund Selection Committee for the 2003 Jellinek Memorial Award
2003 Tutor in the public health medicine specialty training programme
2006-2010 Member of the Advisory Board of the ERAB: The European Foundation for Alcohol Research
PUBLICATIONS
Please see www.kolumbus.fi/kari.poikolainen
EXAMINER FOR DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS
Since 2008 only:
Satu Winqvist: Alcohol Misuse in Relation to Traumatic Brain Injury: The Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis, Medica D 970, 2008
Tuula Oksanen: Workplace social capital and employee health. University of Turku, 2009
Terhi Launiainen:Drug epidemiology, interactions and pharmacogenetics -
A post-mortem database study. University of Helsinki, 2011