Maarit Lehti

Maarit Lehti

Senior Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences
Room number
Mobile
+358406260825
Postal address
Rautpohjankatu 8
Fields of science
315 Sport and fitness sciences
1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology

Biography

I work as a University Researcher and Head of the Sports and Health Laboratory. I am responsible for organizing laboratory infrastructure and personnel to serve the research projects of the faculty. In addition to tending weekly workflow, I am responsible for planning infrastructure and purchases with faculty board of directors. In addition, I lead my own research group, which investigates the effects of exercise on health and performance at the cellular level. I am interested in how physical activity or acute exercise affects cellular respiration in different tissues. We study e.g. the effect of HDL (high density lipoprotein) on cellular respiration and metabolism of muscle cells and the effect of exercise training on the function of white blood cells.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Löfberg, Ida E.
Karppinen, Jari E.
Laatikainen-Raussi, Iida
Ihalainen, Johanna K.
Lehti, Maarit
Hackney, Anthony C.
Mikkonen, Ritva S.
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access

Physiological Reports
Karvinen, Sira
Lähteenmäki, Emilia
Hutz, Bettina
Juppi, Hanna‐Kaarina
Karppinen, Jari E.
Kankaanpää, Anna
Lehti, Maarit
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Journal of Lipid Research
Lund, Jenny
Lähteenmäki, Emilia
Eklund, Tiia
Bakke, Hege G.
Thoresen, G. Hege
Pirinen, Eija
Jauhiainen, Matti
Rustan, Arild C.
Lehti, Maarit
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Löfberg, Ida E.
Karppinen, Jari E.
Laatikainen-Raussi, Vesa
Lehti, Maarit
Hackney, Anthony C.
Ihalainen, Johanna K.
Mikkonen, Ritva S.
Publication
2024
Available through Open Access

European Journal of Applied Physiology
Walker, Simon
Sahinaho, Ulla-Maria
Vekki, Sakari
Sulonen, Mari
Laukkanen, Jari A.
Sipilä, Sarianna
Peltonen, Heikki
Laakkonen, Eija
Lehti, Maarit
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
Karvinen, Sira
Korhonen, Tia‐Marje
Sievänen, Tero
Karppinen, Jari E.
Juppi, Hanna‐Kaarina
Jakoaho, Veera
Kujala, Urho M.
Laukkanen, Jari A.
Lehti, Maarit
Laakkonen, Eija K.
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Frontiers in Endocrinology
Haapala, Eero A.
Leppänen, Marja H.
Lehti, Maarit
Lintu, Niina
Tompuri, Tuomo
Viitasalo, Anna
Schwab, Ursula
Lakka, Timo A.
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Antioxidants
Hirvonen, O. Petteri
Lehti, Maarit
Kyröläinen, Heikki
Kainulainen, Heikki
Publication
2022
Available through Open Access

Physiological reports
Lähteenmäki, Emilia Ilona
Koski, Max
Koskela, Iida
Lehtonen, Elias
Kankaanpää, Anna
Kainulainen, Heikki
Walker, Simon
Lehti, Maarit
Publication
2021
Available through Open Access

Frontiers in Aging
Hirvonen, O. Petteri
Kyröläinen, Heikki
Lehti, Maarit
Kainulainen, Heikki