Hanna M Ollila
@HannaMOllila
FIMM-EMBL Group leader @FIMM_UH University of Helsinki Instructor at MGH, Harvard Autoimmunity, sleep and genetics
Super exciting work by @JCedernaes and team. Short sleep is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and this paper dives into the mechanisms and biomarkers at molecular level!
🧵(1/7) Proud that our new study is finally out after years of work! 🎉 Did you know even short-term #sleep loss 💤 can result in a molecular fingerprint linked to increased future #cardiovascular disease risk? 🫀 ❤️🩹 biomarkerres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… Also timing & #exercise 🏃♂️ matter ->
I didn't have much hope that we'd find genetic determinants of long-COVID, but after years of work, @VilmaAho, @tomoco_naka, @HugoZeberg and @HannaMOllila made it happen! nature.com/articles/s4158…
Exciting to share our paper on genetics of #longCOVID with @VilmaAho, @tomoco_naka, @HugoZeberg and many others! nature.com/articles/s4158… @HiLIFE_helsinki @helsinkiuni @MGBResearchNews
"Long COVID clinical evaluation, research and impact on society: a global expert consensus" Delphi study: international consensus regarding the clinical evaluation & medical investigation of Long COVID with expert consensus recommendations to physicians. link.springer.com/article/10.118…
Big congratulations to Dr. Tommi Strausz on a successful PhD defense on sleep bruxism aka grinding teeth during sleep. A pleasure to supervise such a thoughtful scientist — excited to see what’s next! @FIMM_UH #PhDDefense #SleepResearch #Bruxism #ProudSupervisor

Excited to contribute to this collaborative effort digging into the biology of #Lyme disease and gynecological pathologies across multiple cohorts! 🧬🔬 Check out the new preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @ImmunoFever
Finally online - sharing our findings that #Lyme disease bacteria can live in female reproductive organs for over a year and increase risk for gynecological disease!!! We found this increased risk in mice and humans! 😱 (thread below) medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Finally online - sharing our findings that #Lyme disease bacteria can live in female reproductive organs for over a year and increase risk for gynecological disease!!! We found this increased risk in mice and humans! 😱 (thread below) medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
During evacuations, health risks go beyond smoke. Viruses like flu, COVID-19, RSV & norovirus spread quickly in shelters. Stay safe w/ these tips: 😷 Wear a high-quality mask 🧼 Wash hands for 20 secs or use 60%+ alcohol sanitizer (but not 4 norovirus) 🤧 Cover coughs/sneezes
Who would benefit from checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy for cancer? A machine learning model based on routine lab tests and basic clinical data outperformed FDA approved biomarkers (such as PD-L1) nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatureMedicine from nearly 10,000 patients…
Viola Helaakoski (group Ollila) will defend her doctoral thesis "Elucidating Mechanisms Underlying The Relationship Between Sleep Disruption, Alcohol Use and Psychiatric Traits" on 4 Oct. Dr. Olivia Veatch @KUMedCenter will act as the opponent. Welcome! helsinginyliopisto.etapahtuma.fi/Kalenteri/Engl…
Two new chapters from my free online book in human genetics out this weekend! These complete Part 3 of the book, on human population structure and history: 3.3: Human prehistory [separate thread] 3.4: Ancient DNA: a genetic time capsule [this thread] web.stanford.edu/group/pritchar…
I'm delighted to release the first half of my new open-access online textbook in human population genetics: web.stanford.edu/group/pritchar…
Raynaud's Syndrome Genetics & Biology Uncovered @HannaMOllila who led the study called it "a prime example of an approach where genetic GWAS-driven discovery is used to study disease pathomechanisms and identify several causal genes related to a disease". genomeweb.com/genetic-resear…