{"id":2235,"date":"2024-04-16T14:28:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T12:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bru\/?page_id=2235"},"modified":"2026-04-02T14:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:47:46","slug":"get-to-know-our-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/bru\/get-to-know-our-staff\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Get to know our staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our staff includes doctors, research nurses, psychologists, a coordinator and a project specialist\/financial administration professional. In addition, five laboratory professionals work in the Biomarker Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A varying number of academic researchers from the Neurology\/Institute of Clinical Medicine also work in the Brain Research Unit. Get to know them by clicking the menu at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrow buttons below the person descriptions take you to the University of Eastern Finland’s expert search service<\/strong>, through which you can find additional information about the person and their research groups, projects and networks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eino Solje<\/p>\n \n

Professor, Director of the UEF Brain Research Unit<\/p>\n \n \n

Eino Solje, MD, PhD, is a Director of the UEF Brain Research Unit. He is a Professor of Clinical Research at the University of Eastern Finland (Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences). He works also as the assistant chief physician responsible for memory disorders at Kuopio University Hospital.<\/p>\n \n

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Reetta K\u00e4lvi\u00e4inen<\/p>\n \n

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Reetta K\u00e4lvi\u00e4inen is Chair of Neurology at the University of Eastern Finland (Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences). She is also Director of Kuopio Epilepsy Center at the Kuopio University Hospital and a Member of EpiCARE ERN (European Reference Network for rare and complex epilepsies). In addition, K\u00e4lvi\u00e4inen is a Member of Board of the Neurocenter Finland. <\/p>\n \n

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Alina Solomon<\/p>\n \n

Professor<\/p>\n \n \n

Alina Solomon is a professor of neuroepidemiology at the University of Eastern Finland (Neurology\/ Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences). She is also a senior researcher at the Karolinska Institute (Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden) and Visiting Professor at Imperial College London (AGE Unit, Imperial College London, UK).\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n \n

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Sudhir Kurl<\/p>\n \n

Medical Researcher <\/p>\n \n \n

Sudhir Kurl, MD, PhD, doctor by training, docent of Public Health, with over 20 years of experience in clinical drug trials, especially in the field of memory, stroke, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Internationally, Sudhir Kurl has published more than 200 scientific publications in various medical specialties. Sudhir is a highly liked research doctor both in the working community and among the research subjects.<\/p>\n \n

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