Maija L. Castrén

Background

Castrén, Maija L. Daughter of Uuno I. Lipsanen and Kyllikki Hämäläinen.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Kuopio, Finland, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, University Kuopio, Finland, 1995—1995.

Career

Resident, department pediatrics University Hospital Kuopio, Finland, 1983—1985, resident, department neurology & child neurology Kuopio, Finland, 1995—1996. Visiting fellow NICHHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1986—1989. Instructor, department human genetics University Helsinki, Finland, 1989, researcher, 2003—2005, senior lecturer, department medical genetics, 2006—2007.

Resident, department human genetics University Hospital Helsinki, 1990—1991, resident, department child neurology, 1996—1998. Researcher Max Planck Institute Psychiatrie, Munich, 1991—1994, University Kuopio, 1999—2003, docent in development neurogenetics, 2006.

Achievements

• Maija L. Castrén has been listed as a noteworthy medical researcher, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Adoption Families, Finland. Member of Scandinavian Society Pediatric Neurology, Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, American Society Human Genetics, International Society Stem Cell Research, Society Neurosci.

Connections

Married Eero H. Castrén, August 8, 1881. Children: Rose, Daisy.

Father:

Uuno I. Lipsanen

Mother:

Kyllikki Hämäläinen

Spouse:

Eero H. Castrén

child:

Rose Castrén

child:

Daisy Castrén