Elina Sillanpää

Elina Sillanpää

Associate professor
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Room number
Email
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

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

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

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
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.
Publication
2024

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Joensuu, Laura
Waller, Katja
Kankaanpää, Anna
Palviainen, Teemu
Kaprio, Jaakko
Sillanpää, Elina
Publication
2024

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Silventoinen, Karri
Maia, Jose
Sillanpaa, Elina
Sund, Reijo
Gouveia, Elvio R.
Antunes, Antonio
Marques, Goncalo
Thomis, Martine
Kaprio, Jaakko
Freitas, Duarte
Publication
2024

Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
Herranen, Päivi
Koivunen, Kaisa
Palviainen, Teemu
Kujala, Urho M.
Ripatti, Samuli
Kaprio, Jaakko
Sillanpää, Elina
FinnGen
Publication
2024

Liikunta ja tiede
Sillanpää, Elina
Aaltonen, Sari
Kujala, Urho M.
Kaprio, Jaakko

Research groups

Research group

The interaction between genetics and lifestyle in promoting health and preventing diseases – Elina Sillanpää's research group

We investigate genetic and lifestyle factors that predict biological aging, health, and functional capacity.

Projects

Project

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.
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.
Project

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.
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Project

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.
Project

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.
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Project

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
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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.