THL divisions

Below you will find a list of all THL divisions as well as the departments and units in these divisions. The directors of the divisions and departments and the heads of units are given in brackets. For more detailed information on THL staff, please use the staff directory on the right-hand side of the page.

Management

1. Welfare and Health Policies (Assistant Director General Marja Vaarama)

Department of Social and Health policy and Economics (Sakari Karvonen)

• Centre for Health and Social Economics (Unto Häkkinen)
• Minimum Income Unit (Pasi Moisio)
• Policy Monitoring and Impact Research Unit (Johanna Lammi-Taskula)

Department of Health, Functional Capacity and Welfare (Seppo Koskinen)

• Population Health Unit (Paul Knekt)
• Functional Capacity Unit (Minna-Liisa Luoma)
• Health and Welfare Inequalities Unit (Eila Linnanmäki)

2. Welfare and Health Promotion (Assistant Director General Erkki Vartiainen)

Department of Lifestyle and Participation (Antti Uutela)

• Health Behaviour and Health Promotion Unit (Piia Jallinoja)
• Injuries and Functional Capacity Unit (Anne Lounamaa)
• Nutrition Unit (Suvi Virtanen)
• Participation and Accessibility Unit (Eveliina Pöyhönen)

Department of Chronic Disease Prevention (Tiina Laatikainen)

• Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Prevention Unit (Jarmo Virtamo)
• Diabetes Prevention Unit (Markku Peltonen)
• Disease Risk Unit (Jouko Sundvall)
• Forensic Genetic Paternity Testing Unit (Marjo Kestilä)
• Population Studies Unit (Antti Jula)
• Public Health Genomics Unit (Anu Jalanko)

Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction (Pekka Hakkarainen)

• Alcohol and Drugs Unit (Christoffer Tigerstedt)
• Alcohol and Drug Analytics Unit (Kimmo Kuoppasalmi)
• Addiction Prevention Unit (Kalervo Kiianmaa)

3. Health Protection (Deputy Director General Juhani Eskola)

Department of Vaccination and Immune Protection (Terhi Kilpi)

• Clinical Research Unit (Arto Palmu)
• Immune Response Unit (Outi Vaarala)
• Vaccination Programme Unit (Tuija Leino)
• Vaccine Research Unit (Jukka Jokinen)
• Viral Infections Unit (Ilkka Julkunen)

Department of Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control (Petri Ruutu)

• Epidemiologic Surveillance and Response Unit (Markku Kuusi)
• Bacteriology Unit (Anja Siitonen)
• Inflammatory Mechanisms Unit (Marko Salmi)
• Intestinal Viruses Unit (Merja Roivainen)
• Antimicrobial Resistance Unit (Jari Jalava)

Department of Environmental Health (Juha Pekkanen)

• Assessment and Modelling Unit (Matti Jantunen)
• Chemical Exposure Unit (Hannu Kiviranta)
• Environmental Epidemiology Unit (Timo Lanki)
• Environmental Microbiology Unit (Aino Nevalainen)
• Environmental Toxicology Unit (Hannu Komulainen)
• Water and Health Unit (Ilkka Miettinen)

4. Health and Social Services (Assistant Director General Marina Erhola)

Department of Children, Young People and Families (Anneli Pouta)

• Child and Adolescent Health and Welfare Unit (Heljä-Marja Surcel)
• Child, Adolescent and Family Services Unit (Päivi Lindberg)
• Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit (Maija Ritamo)

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (Jouko Lönnqvist)

• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Unit (Mauri Marttunen)
• Mental Health Problems and Substance Abuse Services Unit (Jaana Suvisaari)
• Mental Health Promotion Unit (Eija Stengård)
• Mood, Depression and Suicidal Behaviour Unit (Timo Partonen)

Service System Department (Markku Pekurinen)

• Technologies and Practices Assessment Unit (Marjukka Mäkelä)
• Health and Social Services Development Unit (Jukka Kärkkäinen)
• Service System Research Unit (Anna-Mari Aalto)
• Forensic Medicine Unit (Riitta Kauppila)
• Ageing and Services (Harriet Finne-Soveri)