CV
Dr. Juha Pyykkö
Email: juha@pyyxxo.fi
EDUCATION
+ Ph.D. in International Health, Tampere University, Finland
+ M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Tampere, Finland
WORK
+ PYYXXO
ENTREPRENEUR
[Data consulting]
+ World Health Organization
EXTERNAL CONSULTANT
[Data monitoring on multi-country research projects]
+ Boston University School of Public Health
VISITING SCHOLAR
[Eye tracking studies]
+ University of Turku
SENIOR RESEARCHER
[Visual attention data analysis]
+ Tampere University
STATISTICIAN / DATA MANAGER / RESEARCHER
[Research projects on maternal and child health]
SKILLS
+ ANALYSIS:
statistical analysis, data visualization
+ RESEARCH:
data management, data collection, data monitoring, data cleaning, article writing, presentation
+ TOPICS:
visual attention, eye tracking, infant development, growth, nutrition interventions
+ SOFTWARE/CODE:
R, Stata, LaTeX, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, REDCap, CommCare, TeleForm, SPSS, HTML5, FTP, MySQL
+ LANGUAGE:
suomi, English, français, svenska
TEACHING
+ Statistics with SPSS for 2nd-year medical students
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
+ Lauer et al.
Markers of environmental enteric dysfunction are associated with poor growth and developmental outcomes among young children in Lusaka, Zambia
2024, The Journal of Pediatrics
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114408
+ Salenius et al.
Association between prenatal provision of lipid‐based nutrient supplements and cesarean delivery: Findings from a randomized controlled trial in Malawi
2022, Maternal & Child Nutrition
doi: 10.1111/mcn.13414
+ Pyykkö et al.
Associations between individual variations in visual attention at 9 months and behavioral competencies at 18 months in rural Malawi
2020, PLoS ONE
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239613
+ Pyykkö et al.
Cross-cultural analysis of attention disengagement times supports the dissociation of faces and patterns in the infant brain
2019, Scientific Reports
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51034-x
+ Pyykkö et al.
Early development of visual attention in infants in rural Malawi
2018, Developmental Science
doi: 10.1111/desc.12761
+ Klevor et al.
A mixed method study exploring adherence to and acceptability of small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) among pregnant and lactating women in Ghana and Malawi
2016, BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
doi: 10.1186/s12884-016-1039-0
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AS COLLABORATOR
+ Perumal et al.
Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis
2023, BMJ
doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-072249
+ Lawn et al.
Small babies, big risks: global estimates of prevalence and mortality for vulnerable newborns to accelerate change and improve counting
2023, The Lancet
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00522-6
+ Erchick et al.
Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000-2021
2023, BJOG
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17510
+ Hazel et al.
Neonatal mortality risk of vulnerable newborns: A descriptive analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 238 203 live births in low- and middle-income settings from 2000 to 2017
2023, BJOG
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.17518
FUNDERS
+ Osk. Huttusen säätiö
+ Lastentautien tutkimussäätiö (Kansanterveysyhdistyksen rahastosta)
+ Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Irene ja Frans Koskenmäen rahastosta)
+ Kangasalan kaupungin Björkqvistin rahasto