Henna Tyynismaa

Professor Henna Tyynismaa serves as Vice Dean of Research at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics (Medicum). Her research focuses on Biomedicine and Neurosciences, particularly Mitochondrial Diseases and Motor Neuron Disorders.

Key research areas include:

• Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegeneration
• Genetic mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Metabolic biomarkers for neuromuscular disorders
• Stem cell modeling of inherited neuropathies

Notable scientific awards:

• Best PhD thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Helsinki (2007)
• University of Helsinki Biomedical Thesis Award (2007)

Current projects:

• Sigrid Juselius Foundation (2023-2026): Investigating CHCHD10 dysregulation in motor neuron disease
• MetaStem Centre of Excellence (2023-2025): Exploring Stem Cell Metabolism in disease contexts

She actively supervises doctoral students in multiple programs and contributes to peer review for journals like European Journal of Human Genetics and Frontiers in Genetics.