Tuula Tamminen
President of WAIMH, President of ESCAP
Married, two grown-up children, two grandchildren (third one expected).

CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Child Psychiatry
University of Tampere
Medical School
(Acting professor 1989-1993, appointed to office 1993-)
Chief Medical Officer,
Child Psychiatry
Tampere University Hospital
(Since 1989-)
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (1990, University of Tampere)
Psychotherapist (Individual therapist since 1984, Family therapist since 1990)
Psychiatric Management Training 1990-1992
Pirkanmaa Quality Management Training 1997-1998

CURRENT CONFIDENTIAL POSTS (most important)
President (2004-2008), President-Elect (2000-2004), Treasurer (1996-2000) and Member of the Executive Committee of the World Association for Infant Mental Health
President of the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (1997-2008, elected 9th June 1996)

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS (most important)
Acting professor of Social Psychiatry and lecturer (1984-1989)
Various medical posts in the fields of school health care and well-baby clinics, pediatrics, family counselling, mental health care, teaching and research, on different hospital wards and at different administrative levels.

CONFIDENTIAL POSTS IN FINLAND (most important)
Member of the Executive Board of Emil Aaltonen’s Foundation (as from 2000-)
Member of the Executive Board of the Finnish Cultural Foundation (as from 2003-)
Member and vice-president of the Executive Board of the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Pirkanmaa Fund (as from 2001-)
Chair of the Finnish Association of Child Psychiatry (1992-1996) (Member of Executive Board 1989-1996), Founder member and Chair of the Committee for Infant Mental Health (1988-1992)
Vice-Chair of the Psychiatrists and Child Psychiatrists Section under the Finnish Medical Association (1992-1994)
Chair of the Executive Board of the Students’ Health Care Fund Tampere Centre (1994-1999)
Various confidential posts within the University of Tampere and University Hospital of Tampere.

INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS (most important)
President of the Organizing Committee for the 6th World Congress for Infant Mental Health (1992-1996)
Finnish representative for child psychiatry at the Union Européene des Médecins Specialistes (1992-1994)
Member of Editorial Board for ”Signal” (as from 1994-)
Invited founder member and Member of the Section Board for the Women’s Mental Health in the World Psychiatric Association (1994-1999), Membership secretary (1996-1999)
Member of the Working Group for the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals (1996)
Member of the Section Board for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the World Psychiatric Association (1996-1999)
Invited lecturer and advisor in Japan in 1996, 1998 and 2006 (Sendai, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima and Hamamatsu)
Vice-President of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (as from 1999-)
Invited member of the Initiative for the World Psychiatric Association on Perinatal and Infant Mental Health (as from 2007-)

PROJECT LEADERSHIP (most important)
Tampereen Lääkäripäivät, Chair of Organizing Committee for the Annual Congress of the Tampere Medical Association (1993-1995; committee member 1991- 1995).
Development project for education and training in preventive infant mental health work, Institute for Extension Studies, University of Tampere, project leader (1995-1996 and 1997-1998, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000).

ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS (most important)
Prospective follow-up study on mother’s pre- and postnatal depression and it’s impact on development and welfare of child (started in 1989-)
In contact with Professor R. Emde Colorado Health Science Center, Denver, USA
Preventive intervention study on infant families in primary health care (started in 1996-)
In contact with Professor D. Hilton University of London and Professor J. Tsiantis, University of Athens.
Premature born babies and infants at risk (started in 1999-)

EXPERT APPOINTMENTS
(most important)
Various expert appointments in Finland and abroad, e.g. expert for the Academy of Finland.
Member of Editorial Board for Archives of Women’s Mental Health.
Reviewer for Journal of Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Lääketieteellinen Aikakauskirja Duodecim.
Dissertation advisor, pre-reviewer and opponent in the fields of child psychiatry (8), psychiatry (1), psychology (3) , pediatrics (1) and nursing (1) (all together 14).
Chair of Interaction and Human Understanding –panel of the FinnSight 2015, Academy of Finland and Technology Research and Developing Center Of Finland.
Member and participant in European Commission’s workshops and WHO European Ministerial Conference on Mental Health (1999, 2004 and 2005).
Others (most important)
Numerous expert appointments in projects under the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Ministry of Education, the former National Board of Health, the National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, the National Board of Education, the League of Hospitals in Finland, the Finnish Association of Local Authorities, and others.
Expert appointments in joint projects involving, among others, the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, the Central Union for Child Welfare, the Shelter Home Union, Pelastakaa Lapset-Save Our Children, the Population and Family Welfare Federation, the Mental Health Association, and the Central Federation for Mental Health.
OTHER APPOINTMENTS (most important)
Several training and supervisory appointment for various associations, occupational groups, organizations, etc.
Minor projects and charity events with different voluntary organizations, congregations, individual artists and influential figures.
Several radio, TV and magazine interviews.

PUBLICATIONS
About 100 original research articles, 100 abstracts and 200 other publications including:
International scientific publications, Finnish textbooks, Finnish reviews and expert overviews and articles on the development and welfare of children, family and parenthood, preventive mental health work and infant psychiatry and early interaction.
Articles and commentaries concerning the human being, life, ethical values and humanity.
The full list of publications will be sent on request (minna.sorsa@uta.fi).

HONOURS
Pro Women Award 1997
Us Women Magazine Company
100-Aniversary Medal 1997
Central Federation for Mental Health
Good Apple Award 1998
Association for Medical Journalist
Depression Research Award 1998
Lapinlahti Psychiatry Centre
Väinö Tanner Award 2000
Väinö Tanner Foundation and Academy
Golden Honorary Medal 2001
City of Tampere
Floristic Mayor of the Tampere-city 2005
Arvo Ylppö Award and statue 2006
Certificate of honor 2006
Federation of Free Churches of Finland

OTHER
Professional advisor for Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari (the wife of the Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari (1997-2000).
Honorary delegate of Mrs Eeva Ahtisaari during the Finnish President’s State Visit to Ukraine in March the 31st- April 2nd 1998.
National Defence Course no 146 (1998).
National Academy of Values Finnish Church’s seminars for the influential citizens 1999-2000 and active member of the academy ever since.