{"id":570,"date":"2018-12-11T20:26:38","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerec.fi\/2018\/12\/11\/agnes-research-group-1\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T20:26:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T20:26:38","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/agnes-research-group-1\/","title":{"rendered":"","raw":""},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false,"raw":""},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers and their interests in AGNES-study Principal investigator Taina Rantanen Professor of Gerontology and Public HealthPromotion of functional ability and wellbeing in ageing population, active ageing, person-environment interaction, physical activity and mobility, epidemiology, randomized controlled trials, longevityKatja Kokko Docent in&hellip;","protected":false,"raw":""},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_fi_post_content":"<div id=\"articleHeader\"><\/div>                                                                                                                                                                                                                     <div id=\"parent-fieldname-description\">                   Researchers and their interests in AGNES-study                <\/div>                                                                                                                                                                                        <p><i>Principal investigator <\/i><\/p><p><b>Taina Rantanen<\/b> Professor of Gerontology and Public Health<\/p><ul><li>Promotion of functional ability and wellbeing in ageing population, active ageing, person-environment interaction, physical activity and mobility, epidemiology, randomized controlled trials, longevity<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Katja Kokko<\/b> Docent in Psychology (life-span psychology), Research Director<\/p><ul><li>Psychological and emotional well-being and\u00a0their links\u00a0to active ageing and physical functioning.<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Erja Portegijs<\/b> Senior Researcher, PhD<\/p><ul><li>Personal and environmental factors and their associations with activity and mobility of older people.<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Timo_Rantalainen\"  target=\"_blank\"><b>Timo Rantalainen<\/b><\/a> Senior Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Gait dynamics, and sedentary and physical activity behaviour quantification based on multiple day wearable sensor recordings.<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Mary Hassandra<\/b> Senior Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Intervention development, application and evaluation to change behaviors across life span and different settings<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Anne Viljanen<\/b> Senior Lecturer, Ph.D., Docent in Gerontology<\/p><ul><li>Sensory functions and active aging<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Merja Rantakokko<\/b> Docent in Gerontology, PhD, Postdoctoral researcher<\/p><ul><li>Equal opportunities for participation in physical activity, person-environment interaction and wellbeing<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Milla Saajanaho<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Resilience, active ageing and psychological well-being<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Laura Karavirta<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Ambulatory assessment of physical activity and heart rate for health and performance<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Katja Pynn\u00f6nen<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Counsellor in AGNES-promo: Promotion of active ageing among Finnish older people -study,<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Active ageing, perceived well-being, life goals, motivation, support of autonomy, social interaction<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Johanna Eronen<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Health literacy among older persons<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/anujkarvonen.wixsite.com\/anukarvonen\"  target=\"_blank\"><b>Anu Karvonen<\/b><\/a> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Mind-body connection; ambulatory heart rate in connection with psychological well-being and cognitive functioning, psychological and physiological resilience<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Eeva Aartolahti<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><p><b>Timo T\u00f6rm\u00e4kangas<\/b> Postdoctoral Researcher in statistics<\/p><ul><li>Application of item response theory (IRT) models in measurement scale development.<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Inna Lisko <\/b>Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p><ul><li>Physical and cognitive health<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Pia Laukkanen<\/b> Doctor, D.Med.Sc.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dsbg.unibas.ch\/de\/personen\/timo-hinrichs\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><span><b>Timo Hinrichs<\/b><\/span><\/a> Senior Researcher, Doctor of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland<\/p><ul><li>The association between arterial stiffness and active ageing.<\/li><\/ul><p><i>Doctoral candidates<\/i><\/p><p><b>Kirsi Keskinen<\/b> Project Researcher, MSc<\/p><ul><li>Outdoor mobility, environmental gerontology, spatial analyses<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Lotta Palmberg<\/b> M.Sc. (Health Sciences), public health nurse<\/p><ul><li>Fatigability, sleep, physical activity and unmet physical activity need<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Sini Siltanen<\/b> M.Sc. (Health Sciences)<\/p><ul><li>Doctoral dissertation about the associations of psychological resilience, physical performance, and perceived autonomy with active ageing.<\/li><\/ul><p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/fi.linkedin.com\/in\/heidi-skantz-538477a6\"  target=\"_blank\">Heidi Skantz<\/a><\/b> Technical Assistant, M.Sc. (Health Sciences)<\/p><ul><li>Themes related to the walking, walking modifications, unmet physical activity need and active ageing.<\/li><\/ul><p><i>Other research group<\/i><\/p><p><b>Markku Kauppinen<\/b> Project Researcher, Statistician, M.Sc<\/p><p><b>Eeva-Maija Palonen<\/b> Project Researcher, M.Sc. (Health Sciences), physiotherapist<\/p><ul><li>Research coordinator<\/li><\/ul><p><b>Niina Kajan<\/b> Project Researcher, M.Sc. (Sport Sciences)<\/p><ul><li>Project management, communication<\/li><\/ul>                    ","_fi_post_name":"agnes-research-group-1","_fi_post_excerpt":"","_fi_post_title":"AGNES research group","_en_post_content":"","_en_post_name":"","_en_post_excerpt":"","_en_post_title":"","edit_language":"en","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yleinen","entry","no-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gerec.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}