Education

1973 PhD in Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
1973 MD in Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
1975 Docent in Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
1976 - 1978 Postdoc in Molecular Biology, John Hopkins, Baltimore, USA

Research field

diabetes, familial cancer, cancer genes

Selected publications

Hemminki K, Sundquist J, Brandt A. Familial mortality and familial incidence in cancer. J Clin Oncol 2011;29:712-8

Hemminki K, Försti A, Houlston R, Bermejo JL. Searching for the missing heritability of complex diseases. Hum Mutat 2011;32:259-62.

Hemminki K, Liu X, Ji J, Sundquist K, Sundquist J. Subsequent COPD and lung cancer in patients with autoimmune disease. Eur Respir J 2011;37:463-5.

Hemminki K, Liu H, Hemminki A, Sundquist J. Power and limits of modern cancer diagnostics: cancer of unknown primary. Ann Oncol 2012:23:760-4.

Hemminki K, Sundquist J, Ji J. Is Family History Hemminki K. Familial risks in understanding type 1 diabetes genetics. Nat Rev Genet 2012;13:146.