TAINA TASKILA, PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow  

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH

April 16, 1972, Oulu, Finland

CONTACT DETAILS

Address and phone number available upon request. Please use the contact link on the left.

EDUCATION

  • PhD, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine,
    University of Helsinki, August 2007
    Dissertation: Cancer Survivors at work – Work-related problems and factors associated with their employment, work ability and social support from the work community
    Link to the dissertation >

  • M.Soc.Sc., Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2000
    Major subject: Social Science History (Grade: Excellent knowledge)
    Thesis: The impact of tuberculosis on the lives of individuals during the great depression (in Finnish)
    Minor subjects: Social Policy and Social Psychology 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Finnish: Mother tongue
English: Excellent knowledge
Swedish and Spanish: Intermediate knowledge 

STATISTICAL SKILLS

Statistical software: SPSS, SAS, and ATLAS.ti
Analytical skills: Multivariate Statistics and Grounded Theory Methods 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, The University of Birmingham, Department of Primary Care and General Practice, August 2007 - present
    Link to the Department's webpage >

  • Researcher
    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Centre of Expertise for Health and Work Ability, July 2001 - July 2007                                    
    Link to the Institute's webpage > 
    • ”Factors affecting return to work, work ability and work satisfaction among cancer survivors”. Working in all three parts of the research project: qualitative study, population-based study and questionnaire survey.
    • Developed grant applications
      Planned the data sets and secured ethnical approvals
      Interviewed people with cancer for the qualitative part of the study, analysed data and reported results
      Planned a questionnaire for the survey
      Conducted some of the analyses for the survey and the population-based study, interpreted and reported results
      Published articles as a first author in peer-reviewed scientific journals

  • Administrative Planner
    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Department of Administration,
    December 2000 - June 2001
    • Planned the budget process for the institute. Collected and administrated the information on the intranet

  • Research assistant
    University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, June - December 1999
    Collected material and prepared the theoretical foundation for a study about the Finnish social crises in the 1930’s at the research project: From the Great Famine Years to the Recession of 1990s: the Social History of Finnish Social Crisis.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Taskila T, Lindbohm M-L.
    Factors affecting cancer survivors' employment and work ability,
    Acta Oncologica 2007; 46(4): 446-451. (invited article)
    Read the abstract online >

  • Taskila T, Martikainen R, Hietanen P, Lindbohm M-L.
    Comparative study of work ability between cancer survivors and their referents,
    European Journal of Cancer 2007; Mar;43(5):914-20.
    Read the abstract online >

  • Taskila T, Lindbohm M-L, Martikainen R, Lehto U-S, Hakanen J, Hietanen P.
    Cancer survivors' received and needed social support from their work place and
    the occupational health services,
    Supportive Care in Cancer 2006; 14 (5): 427-435.
    Read the abstract online >

  • Taskila-Åbrandt T, Pukkala E, Martikainen R, Karjalainen A, Hietanen P.
    Employment status of Finnish cancer patients in 1997,
    Psycho-Oncology 2005; 14: 221-226.
    Read the abstract online >

  • Taskila-Åbrandt T, Martikainen R, Virtanen SV, Pukkala E, Hietanen P, Lindbohm ML.
    The impact of education and occupation on the employment status of cancer survivors,
    European Journal of Cancer. 2004; 40(16):2488-93.
    Read the abstract online > 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

  • Taskila T, Lindbohm M-L, Hakanen J,
    Cancer and Work life, a chapter in a book titled: Cancer 2015
    Finnish Cancer Organizations (ed.), 2006,
    book about the different aspects of cancer in general (in Finnish) 

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

  • Social job resources, optimism and work engagement among employed female cancer survivors and their referents,
    8th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology,
    October 21, 2006
    Venice, Italy

  • Factors affecting cancer survivors' employment and well-being at work,
    keynote presentation,
    Acta Oncologica Symposium,
    August 31 2006,
    Oslo, Norway

  • Factors associated with employment of cancer survivors,
    Department of Health Evaluation Sciences Seminar Series,
    October 5 2005,
    Hershey Medical College, PA, USA

  • A Registry-based study in social epidemiology: Employment status of Finnish cancer patients
    A seminar lecture to PhD students
    October 7 2005,
    Department of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State University, PA, USA

  • Factors associated with work ability of cancer survivors and their referents,
    18th International Symposium on Occupational Health,
    September 12 2005,
    Bergen, Norway

  • The Impact of Education and Occupation on Employment Status of Finnish
    Cancer Survivors,
    7th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology,
     August 26 2004,
     Copenhagen, Denmark

  • Cancer patient and work – Experienced stigmatization at the workplace
    British Sociological Association Annual Conference,
    March 25 2002,
    Leicester, U.K

In addition, several presentations in seminars and workshops in Finland about work-related issues of cancer survivors. 

RESEARCH GRANTS

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE

  • The media and educational campaign of ”Work Life and Cancer 2004-2006”
    The Finnish Cancer Patients' Association, member of the executive group
    • Planned material for the campaign including a quide for cancer survivors returning to work
      Gave lectures to occupational health nurses and doctors about cancer and work -related issues

REFERENCES

Available upon request. Please use the contact link on the left.

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