Šárka Lehtonen

PhD Pharm., Sigrid Jusélius Research Fellow

Academic degrees:​
Adjunct Professor in Neuropharmacology, UEF, 2016​
PhD Pharm (Pharmacology), University of Kuopio, 2005​
MSc Pharm (Pharmacology), Charles University in Prague, 1999

Major positions and appointments:​

• Sigrid Jusélius Research Fellow, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2021​-2024
• Senior researcher, Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, 2018-​
• University researcher, Saastamoinen säätiö Fellowship, University of Eastern Finland, 2013-2016​
• Visiting researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012-2013​
• Assistant in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2007-2011​
• Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, 2005-2007​
• PhD student, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2001-2005​

Teaching:

• Supervision of PhD, MSc, BSc., medical trainees, ERASMUS and EDUFI students
• Course coordinator – Regenerative medicine (5 ECTS), taught yearly at the UEF (Biomedicine) during the autumn semester
• Broad experience of teaching in various courses of pharmacology, neuroscience and stem cell biology 

The lab is funded by​​: