Salla Hietakoste

Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc.

Personal Information

  • Room: Canthia 2065
  • Email: salla.hietakoste[at]uef.fi
  • Current research interests: Obstructive sleep apnea and its effects on cardiorespiratory system
  • Current and previous experience:
    • PhD Researcher, Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 1.9.2020–
    • Researcher, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital (Kuopio, Finland), 1.3.2019–
    • Assistant researcher, Department of Radiology, Oulu University Hospital (Oulu, Finland), 1.6.–31.7.2017
  • Education:
    • M.Sc. (Biophysics), Department of Physics, University of Oulu (Oulu, Finland), 2020
    • B.Sc. (Physics), Department of Physics, University of Oulu (Oulu, Finland), 2016
    • Graduate of Finnish Upper Secondary School, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Oulun Lyseon lukio (Oulu, Finland), 2012
  • Skills: Biosignal analysis, data analysis, MATLAB
  • Language proficiency:
    • Finnish, native language
    • English, fluent
    • Swedish, fair
  • Awards:
    • Young Investigator Award, World Sleep Congress 2022, Rome, Italy, oral presentation
  • Lecturing:
    • Teaching assistant on several biophysics’ courses at Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, (Oulu, Finland), 2017–2018
  • Hobbies: Aerial yoga, running, crafts, snowboarding