Katri Räikkönen

Katri Räikkönen is a Full Professor of Psychology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, with a career spanning over two decades. She has held multiple prestigious roles including Academy Professor (2015-2019) and Vice Dean of Research (2012-2014), and currently serves as a WP-leader for the Horizon Europe-funded HappyMums project (2022-2026). Her research focuses on lifecourse psychology, prenatal programming, and maternal-child mental health, integrating epidemiology, omics, and epigenetics.

• Fields of Interest: Lifecourse, Fetus, Epidemiology, Omics, Mother, Psychology, Prenatal, Biology, Placenta

Her work has secured over 5.1M€ in funding during the past five years, including grants from Horizon Europe, The Academy of Finland, and the Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation. She has received significant awards such as the Helsinki City Science Prize (2017) and the Bronze Medal from the University of Helsinki (2021).

• Bronze medal, University of Helsinki (2021)
• Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2017)
• Pro Psychology Award (2017)
• Helsinki City Science Prize (2017)
• Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (2012-present)