Core Team

Tomi Mäkelä

Tomi Mäkelä

Executive Officer

Satu Mustjoki

Satu Mustjoki

Scientific Director

Katriina Koski

Katriina Koski

Project Manager

Marion Henriksson

Marion Henriksson

Operations Manager

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iCAN National Program permits

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Patient and Public Involvement & Communications

Patient and Public Involvement & Communications

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Mikael Puustinen

Mikael Puustinen

Business Developer

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Satu Sankkila

Satu Sankkila

Executive Assistant

Kirsi Talonen

Kirsi Talonen

Senior Legal Counsel

Mervi Toriseva

Mervi Toriseva

iCAN National Program Coordinator

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Data Team

Eric Fey

Eric Fey

Data Team Lead

Sailalitha Bollepalli

Sailalitha Bollepalli

Bioinformatician

Tua Karling

Tua Karling

Data science coordinator

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Anna Kuosmanen

Anna Kuosmanen

Bioinformatics Team lead

Valtteri Nieminen

Valtteri Nieminen

Development Manager

Veronika Suni

Veronika Suni

Data Manager

Imre Västrik

Imre Västrik

Esa Pitkänen

Esa Pitkänen

Omics approaches and data platform theme leader

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