Markus Jokela

Markus Jokela is a Professor at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychology and Logopedics. His research spans psychology, public health, and behavioral epidemiology, with a focus on personality traits, mental health, and their interplay with physical health and societal factors.

• Field of Science: Psychology, Public health care science, Environmental and occupational health
• Projects: Social networks and demographic resilience, Teacher wellbeing, Fertility behavior, Genetic and environmental influences

Research interests include mental health epidemiology, personality-health associations, fertility determinants, and psychosocial interventions. Recent work examines proteomic ageing signatures, depression-anxiety dynamics in digital therapy, and obesity-depression causality.

Key article trends show cross-disciplinary engagement with depression subtyping, fertility intentions, entrepreneurial stress, and neighborhood effects. Subfields span from psychotherapy outcomes to metabolically healthy obesity.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Young Researcher Award (PsykoNet, 2010)
• University of Helsinki Ph.D. thesis awards (2007)
• Honorary Research Associate, UCL (2008-)

As a supervisor, he has guided doctoral candidates Venla Berg, Heini Väisänen, and Tom Rosenström, among others. His projects like NetResilience (2024-2027) and FTProWell (2016-2019) demonstrate sustained funding from the Strategic Research Council and other bodies.