Persons

The CLRC team consists of academic staff members, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, speech and language therapists, and other clinicians interested in child language development and its disorders. In addition, numerous master’s students are involved in research carried out in CLRC.

Director

  • Sari Kunnari, SLT, PhD, docent, professor

Senior staff, postdoctoral researchers and clinicians

  • Kerttu Huttunen, SLT, PhD, docent, professor
  • Soile Loukusa, SLT, PhD, docent, senior lecturer/researcher
  • Leila Paavola, SLT, PhD, senior lecturer
  • Taina Välimaa, SLT, PhD, docent, senior lecturer/researcher
  • Anneli Yliherva, SLT, PhD, docent, senior lecturer
  • Elina Niemitalo-Haapola, SLT, PhD, senior lecturer
  • Terhi Hautala, SLT, PhD, senior lecturer
  • Katja Dindar, PhD, psychologist, postdoctoral researcher
  • Leena Mäkinen, SLT, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
  • Matti Lehtihalmes, professor of logopedics (emeritus)
  • Kari Suomi, professor of phonetics (emeritus)
  • Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen, SLT, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
  • Katri Saaristo-Helin, SLT, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
  • Anne Suvanto, SLT, PhD, postdoctoral researcher
  • Jaakko Laitakari, MD, postdoctoral researcher
  • Päivi Laukkanen-Nevala, PhD, biostatistician

Docents

  • Anu Klippi (University of Helsinki)
  • Seppo Laukka (University of Oulu)
  • Eeva Leinonen (Murdoch University, Australia)
  • Paavo Leppänen (University of Jyväskylä)
  • Jarmo Hämäläinen (University of Jyväskylä)
  • Jussi Niemi (University of Eastern Finland)
  • Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen (University of Oulu)

PhD students

  • Bushra Awad
  • Leena Ervast
  • Kaisu Heinänen
  • Elisa Heikkinen
  • Minna Heikkinen
  • Eveliina Kallio
  • Anna Kiviniemi-Pulli
  • Joanna Löytömäki
  • Seila Pihanurmi
  • Veera Pirinen
  • Katariina Rantalainen
  • Tuuli Saari
  • Sini Smolander
  • Anna-Kaisa Tolonen
  • Krista Tuohimaa