Jyrki K. Virtanen, PhD

Associate professor
University of Eastern Finland
Kuopio, Finland

I am an associate professor of nutrition and public health, especially nutritional epidemiology. My main topics of interest include the role of dietary factors in development of chronic diseases, mainly cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and memory disorders. The study methods include both observational cohort studies and clinical trials. https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/person/jyrki.virtanen/

Presentation(s):

• Opening Session & Presidential Symposium: Food as Medicine: New Findings to Explain Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Dietary Linoleic Acid

  Saturday, July 22, 2023
  4:30 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Randomized Controlled Trials and Cardiovascular Risk Factors

  Saturday, July 22, 2023
  5:05 PM – 5:25 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

• Panel Discussion - Preventing Heart Disease with Dietary Linoleic Acid: Mechanisms Beyond Cholesterol Lowering Effects

  Saturday, July 22, 2023
  5:45 PM – 6:00 PM ET

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.