About our group
Prostate Cancer Research Group (PCRG) is co-led by professor Antti Rannikko (urologist) and associate professor Tuomas Mirtti (pathologist).
The group consists of several clinical scientists (PhD students, senior researchers and post docs), preclinical/translational scientists (PhD students and post docs), masters students (bioinformatics, statistics) and assisting personnel.
Assisting personnel:
Study nurses Katja Kiianlinna and Minna Malmstedt, research secretary Ulla Markkanen, biotechnician Miia Kokkola.
Group Leaders
Post Docs
Eugen Czeizler
Andrew Erickson
Daniel Laajala
Ph.D. Students
Oussama Batouche
Timo-Pekka Lehto
Tolou Shadbahr
Oleg Kerro
Ruusu-Maaria Kovanen
Utku Lokman
Juho Pylväläinen
Kevin Sandeman
Senior Researchers
Tuomas Kilpeläinen
Kanerva Lahdensuo
Mika Matikainen
Anssi Petas
Hanna Vasarainen
Assisting Personnel
Jenny Hovisilta
Suvi Karvonen
Katja Kiianlinna
Miia Kokkola
Minna Malmstedt
HUCC
Helsinki Urological Cancer Research Group centers around the clinical and academic work done at the HUS Helsinki University Hospital and Helsinki University. Department of urology is the largest in Finland with an catchment area of ca. 1.5M inhabitants and 25 staff members. Our center is a tertiary referral center for centralized surgery (e.g. Cystectomy, prostatectomy, urethraplasty, RPLND) but at the same time also responsible for the primary diagnostics, treatments and follow-up of all urological cancers in greater Helsinki area.
in association with
Prostate Cancer Research Group
Other research groups
Kidney Cancer
Kidney cancer research group is an active and growing group of researchers led by associate professor Harry Nisen (urology).
Bladder Cancer
Bladder cancer group is co-led by urologist, PhD, Jukka Sairanen (invasive bladder cancer) and urologist, PhD, Riikka Järvinen (superficial bladder cancer).
Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer research group is co-led by urologist, PhD, Hanna Vasarainen and associate professor Otto Hemminki.
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