Veli Kairisto

Contact information:

University of Turku
Department of Clinical Chemistry
Turku University Central Hospital, Dept. 931
FIN-20520 Turku
FINLAND
Tel. +358-2-2612899 (in Finland: 02-2612899)
Fax +358-2-2613920 (in Finland: 02-2613920)
e-mail: veli.kairisto@utu.fi


Current employment:

• Clinical lecturer at the Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Turku
• Specialist at the clinical chemistry department of Turku University Hospital Central Laboratory

Education:

• MD, Licensed physician (1986), Medical Faculty, University of Turku
• Specialist in Clinical Chemistry (1992)
• PhD (1995) Thesis: "Production of reference values from patient data"

Professional interests:

• laboratory diagnostics of inherited metabolic disorders
• research: information technology in the clinical evaluation of laboratory data
• Steering group member of a TEMPUS-project "Development of Education in Academic Laboratory Medicine"
• Organizing committee member of "Laboratory Medicine 98", the XXVI Nordic Congress of Clinical Chemistry
• second developer of "GraphROC for Windows" - software for clinical test evaluation