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  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Finland Leader Award
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Hilkka Soininen is affiliated with the University of Eastern Finland in Finland. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, focusing on various subfields including Psychiatry and Mental Health, Physiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably:

  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Recent publications include:

  • "World-Wide FINGERS Network: A global approach to risk reduction and prevention of dementia," 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "The diagnostic and prognostic capabilities of plasma biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • "The reliability of a deep learning model in clinical out-of-distribution MRI data: A multicohort study," 2020, Medical Image Analysis
  • "Inherited myeloproliferative neoplasm risk affects haematopoietic stem cells," 2020, Nature
  • "36-month LipiDiDiet multinutrient clinical trial in prodromal Alzheimer's disease," 2020, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hilkka Soininen include:

  • Miia Kivipelto
  • Tiia Ngandu
  • Alina Solomon
  • Timo Strandberg
  • Jenni Lehtisalo

Hilkka Soininen commonly publishes in the following venues:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Alzheimer s Research & Therapy
  • BMC Geriatrics
  • Nature Communications

The scientist has been recognized as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Best Publications

  • Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

    Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Jean-Charles Lambert;Carla A Ibrahim-Verbaas;Denise Harold;Adam C Naj

  • A 2 year multidomain intervention of diet, exercise, cognitive training, and vascular risk monitoring versus control to prevent cognitive decline in at-risk elderly people (FINGER): a randomised controlled trial

    Tiia Ngandu;Tiia Ngandu;Jenni Lehtisalo;Alina Solomon;Alina Solomon;Esko Levälahti

  • Genome-wide association study indentifies variants at CLU and CR1 associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    J Lambert;S Heath;G Even;D Campion

  • Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Paul Hollingworth;Denise Harold;Rebecca Sims;Amy Gerrish

  • Midlife vascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease in later life: longitudinal, population based study.

    Miia Kivipelto;Eeva-Liisa Helkala;Mikko P Laakso;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Prevalence of dementia and major subtypes in Europe : A collaborative study of population-based cohorts

    A. Lobo;L. J. Launer;L. Fratiglioni;K. Andersen

  • Prevalence of cerebral amyloid pathology in persons without dementia: a meta-analysis.

    Willemijn J. Jansen;Rik Ossenkoppele;Dirk L. Knol;Betty M. Tijms

  • Obesity and vascular risk factors at midlife and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease.

    Miia Kivipelto;Tiia Ngandu;Laura Fratiglioni;Matti Viitanen

  • Leisure-time physical activity at midlife and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease

    Suvi Rovio;Ingemar Kåreholt;Eeva-Liisa Helkala;Matti Viitanen

  • Gene-wide analysis detects two new susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease.

    Valentina Escott-Price;Céline Bellenguez;Li-San Wang;Seung-Hoan Choi

  • Risk score for the prediction of dementia risk in 20 years among middle aged people: a longitudinal, population-based study.

    Miia Kivipelto;Miia Kivipelto;Miia Kivipelto;Tiia Ngandu;Tiia Ngandu;Tiina Laatikainen;Bengt Winblad;Bengt Winblad

  • A structural variation reference for medical and population genetics

    Ryan L Collins;Ryan L Collins;Harrison Brand;Harrison Brand;Konrad J Karczewski;Konrad J Karczewski;Xuefang Zhao;Xuefang Zhao

  • Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease

    Rebecca Sims;Sven J. Van Der Lee;Adam C. Naj;Céline Bellenguez;Céline Bellenguez

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid β-Amyloid 42 and Tau Proteins as Biomarkers of Alzheimer-Type Pathologic Changes in the Brain

    Tero Tapiola;Irina Alafuzoff;Sanna-Kaisa Herukka;Laura Parkkinen

  • Midlife vascular risk factors and late-life mild cognitive impairment: A population-based study

    M. Kivipelto;E.-L. Helkala;T. Hänninen;M. P. Laakso

  • MR volumetric analysis of the human entorhinal, perirhinal, and temporopolar cortices.

    R Insausti;K Juottonen;H Soininen;A M Insausti

  • Common genetic variants influence human subcortical brain structures.

    Derrek P. Hibar;Jason L. Stein;Jason L. Stein;Miguel E. Renteria;Alejandro Arias-Vasquez

  • A 1-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study of donepezil in patients with mild to moderate AD

    B. Winblad;K. Engedal;H. Soininen;F. Verhey

  • Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele, elevated midlife total cholesterol level, and high midlife systolic blood pressure are independent risk factors for late-life Alzheimer disease.

    Miia Kivipelto;Eeva-Liisa Helkala;Mikko P. Laakso;Tuomo Hänninen

  • Consensus report of the working group on: 'Molecular and biochemical markers of Alzheimer's disease'

    Peter Davies;Judith Resnick;Burton Resnick;Sid Gilman

Frequent Co-Authors

Miia Kivipelto
Miia Kivipelto University of Eastern Finland
Simon Lovestone
Simon Lovestone University of Oxford
Magda Tsolaki
Magda Tsolaki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Patrizia Mecocci
Patrizia Mecocci University of Perugia
Mikko Hiltunen
Mikko Hiltunen University of Eastern Finland
Tiina Laatikainen
Tiina Laatikainen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons King's College London
Jaakko Tuomilehto
Jaakko Tuomilehto University of Helsinki
Pieter Jelle Visser
Pieter Jelle Visser Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Bruno Vellas
Bruno Vellas Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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