Background
Tiilikainen, Anja Salli Kaarina was born on May 6, 1934 in Helsinki, Finland. Daughter of Jaakko and Anna Eliina (Lepisto) Tiilikainen.
Immunology and microbiology educator
Tiilikainen, Anja Salli Kaarina was born on May 6, 1934 in Helsinki, Finland. Daughter of Jaakko and Anna Eliina (Lepisto) Tiilikainen.
Doctor of Medicine, U. Helsinki, 1960; D in Medical Science, U. Helsinki, 1963.
Research associate department bacteriology and immunology, U. Helsinki, 1960-1964;
assistant professor department bacteriology and immunology, U. Helsinki, 1965-1975;
chief histocompatibility testing laboratory, Finnish Red Cross Blood Transfusion Svc., Helsinki, 1975-1979;
chief municipal microbiology laboratory, City of Helsinki, 1985;
professor clinical immunology and microbiology, U. Oulu, Finland, since 1978. Director department medical microbiology U. Oulu, since 1978. Member expert commission National Medical Board, Finland, since 1968.
National examiner for the specialty in clinical microbiology, since 1978, chairman commission on postgraduate medical education U. Oulu, 1987-1990.
Chairperson local fundraising committee National Society in Finland Supporting UNDevel. Fund for Women, Oulu, 1985-1990. Member county Unifem Finland, since 1990.
Member Finnish Society for Immunology (board directors 1979-1989, chairman 1987-1989), Scandinavian Society for Immunology (county 1984-1990, president 1987-1990), Zonta (board directors, vice president 1983-1985, president 1985-1987, district lieutenant governor 1990-1992), International Union Immunol. Society (county since 1989).