Elina Sillanpää

Associate professor

Unit

Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences

Room number

elina.sillanpaa@jyu.fi

Mobile

+358401429639

Postal address

Rautpohjankatu 8a

Fields of science

315 Sport and fitness sciences

3141 Health care science

Research interests

My research group investigates gene-lifestyle-environment interactions with respect to human health, disease, disability and aging. Our special expertise is in physical activity related phenotypes, genetically controlled designs and biobank studies.

Publications

Publication

2025

PLoS Medicine.

Ballin, Marcel

Berglind, Daniel

Henriksson, Pontus

Neovius, Martin

Nordström, Anna

Ortega, Francisco B.

Sillanpää, Elina

Nordström, Peter

Ahlqvist, Viktor H.

Publication

2025

Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.

Perri, Giorgia

French, Chloe

Agostinis-Sobrinho, César

Anand, Atul

Antarianto, Radiana Dhewayani

Arai, Yasumichi

Baur, Joseph A.

Cauli, Omar

Clivaz-Duc, Morgane

Colloca, Giuseppe

Demetriades, Constantinos

de Lucia, Chiara

Di Gessa, Giorgio

Diniz, Breno S.

Dotchin, Catherine L.

Eaglestone, Gillian

Elliott, Bradley T.

Espeland, Mark A.

Ferrucci, Luigi

Fisher, James

Grammatopoulos, Dimitris K.

Hardiany, Novi S.

Hassan-Smith, Zaki

Hastings, Waylon J.

Jain, Swati

Joshi, Peter K.

Katsila, Theodora

Kemp, Graham J.

Khaiyat, Omid A.

Lamming, Dudley W.

Gallegos, Jose Lara

Madeo, Frank

Maier, Andrea B.

Martin-Ruiz, Carmen

Martins, Ian J.

Mathers, John C.

Mattin, Lewis R.

Merchant, Reshma A.

Moskalev, Alexey

Neytchev, Ognian

Ni Lochlainn, Mary

Owen, Claire M.

Phillips, Stuart M.

Pratt, Jedd

Prokopidis, Konstantinos

Rattray, Nicholas J. W.

Rúa-Alonso, María

Schomburg, Lutz

Scott, David

Shyam, Sangeetha

Sillanpää, Elina

Tan, Michelle M. C.

Teh, Ruth

Tobin, Stephanie W.

Vila-Chã, Carolina J.

Vorluni, Luigi

Weber, Daniela

Welch, Ailsa

Wilson, Daisy

Wilson, Thomas

Zhao, Tongbiao

Philippou, Elena

Korolchuk, Viktor I.

Shannon, Oliver M.

Publication

2025

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Núñez-Cortés, Rodrigo

Joensuu, Laura

López-Gil, José Francisco

Calatayud, Joaquín

Petermann-Rocha, Fanny

Andersen, Lars Louis

Sillanpää, Elina

López-Bueno, Rubén

Publication

2025

Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease.

Herranen, Päivi

Waller, Katja

Joensuu, Laura

Palviainen, Teemu

Laakkonen, Eija K..

Kaprio, Jaakko

Sillanpää, Elina

Publication

2025

British Journal of Sports Medicine.

Joensuu, Laura

Koivunen, Kaisa

Tynkkynen, Niko Paavo

Palviainen, Teemu

Kaprio, Jaakko

FinnGen Consortium

Klevjer, Marie

Øvretveit, Karsten

Wisløff, Ulrik

Bye, Anja

Ekelund, Ulf

Sillanpää, Elina

Publication

2025

Cell Reports.

Jacques, Macsue

Landen, Shanie

Sharples, Adam P.

Garnham, Andrew

Schittenhelm, Ralf

Steele, Joel

Heikkinen, Aino

Sillanpää, Elina

Ollikainen, Miina

Broatch, James

Zarekookandeh, Navabeh

Hanson, Ola

Ekström, Ola

Asplund, Olof

Lamon, Séverine

Alexander, Sarah E.

Smith, Cassandra

Bauer, Carlie

Woessner, Mary N.

Levinger, Itamar

Teschendorff, Andrew E.

Gillberg, Linn

Blom, Ida

Helge, Jørn Wulff

Harvey, Nicholas R.

Haupt, Larisa M.

Griffiths, Lyn R.

Deshmukh, Atul S.

Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.

Piirilä, Päivi

Seaborne, Robert A.E.

Klevjer, Marie

Bye, Anja

Wisløff, Ulrik

Jones-Freeman, Bernadette

Eynon, Nir

Publication

2025

Journal of Sport and Health Science.

Ahmadi, Matthew N.

Mundell, Hamish D.

Sutherland, Greg T.

Hamer, Mark

Sillanpää, Elina

Blodgett, Joanna M.

del Pozo Cruz, Borja

Stamatakis, Emmanuel

Publication

2025

Clinical Nutrition.

Ravi, Suvi

Kankaanpää, Anna

Bogl, Leonie H.

Heikkinen, Aino

Pietiläinen, Kirsi H.

Kaprio, Jaakko

Ollikainen, Miina

Sillanpää, Elina

Publication

2025

European Journal of Epidemiology.

Kankaanpää, Anna

Tolvanen, Asko

Joensuu, Laura

Waller, Katja

Heikkinen, Aino

Kaprio, Jaakko

Ollikainen, Miina

Sillanpää, Elina

Publication

2024

Cancer Prevention Research.

Sievänen, Tero

Jokela, Tiina

Hyvärinen, Matti

Korhonen, Tia-Marje

Pylvänäinen, Kirsi

Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka

Karvanen, Juha

Sillanpää, Elina

Seppälä, Toni T.

Laakkonen, Eija K.

Projects

Genetic and biological drivers of physical activity and exercise participation (GEDROPA)

Genetic background, biological mechanisms and commitment to physical activity and lifestyle interventions in different age groups

Genetics, lifestyle, and health - biobank study (BioRecall)

A digital operating model for recall-based studies, utilizing the Finnish Biobank Cooperative (FINBB) OmaBiopankki platform, will be established in the project.

Causal impact of sedentary lifestyle and poor physical fitness of the population on healthcare costs (SED-COST)

SED-COST study investigates causality between physical activity, physical fitness and health care costs.

Polygenic Risk Scores, Physical Activity and Causality in Cardiometabolic Diseases (GenActive)

The GenActive study investigates causal relationships between genetic predisposition, physical activity, and cardiometabolic diseases.

Resetting the Aging Clock with Exercise (AGE-X)

This project investigates associations of biological aging and lifestyles, especially physical activity, utilizing genetically controlled twin designs.

The role of nutrition in the prevention of common diseases

This study examines the association between nutrition habits during adolescence and adulthood with biological aging and the incidence of common diseases.

Genetic and Environmental Exploration of Heterogeneity and Causality in Obesity-Physical Activity Associations (GENESIS)

The GENESIS – project investigates the complex interplay of environment, genes and lifestyle on obesity and obesity-related adverse health outcomes. By applying multiomic methods on epidemiological data, it sets the focus of a population-wide phenomenon t

TraDeRe (Resistance TRAining, DEtraining, and REtraining)

The TraDeRe2 project investigates intra- and inter-individual variation in resistance training responses. The aim is to identify the determinants of individual variation in resistance training, detraining and retraining.

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