| 2024 | PhD in Social Psychiatry, Tampere University |
| 2018 | Residential 3-week Summer Course, European Educational Programme in Epidemiology |
| 2018 | Specialist Degree in Psychiatry, Tampere University |
| 2011 | MD, Tampere University |
Kimmo Suokas
Last updated: 05.02.2026
Education
Current work
| 2023 -> | Researcher, Psychosocial Factors and Health - study group Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. |
| 2023 -> | Consultant Psychiatrist Mehiläinen |
| 2019 -> | Member of the ICD-11 Finnish translation core group Finnish Psychiatric Association |
Awards
| 2025 | Martti Kaila Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in 2024 by the Finnish Psychiatric Association |
| 2025 | University of Tampere Foundation Grant for a doctoral dissertation accepted with distinction 2025 |
| 2021 | Research Prize by the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) |
| 2020 | Publication of the Year award by the Finnish Psychiatric Association |
Past work
| 2025 | Psychiatrist Mehiläinen Consultant at psychiatric clinic at Pirkanmaa area |
| 2025 | Psychiatrist Mehiläinen Consultant at psychiatric clinic at Lappeenranta central hospital |
| 2019–2025 | Project Worker Finnish Psychiatric Association, Helsinki, Finland Representative in the National Quality Register for Psychotic Disorders project at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) |
| 2025 | Psychiatrist Mehiläinen Consultant at psychiatric clinic at Lahti central hospital |
| 2022–2025 | Psychiatrist Psykiatriakonsultaatiot Hilla Oy Consultant at North Karelia wellbeing services county neuropsychiatric clinic. |
| 2023–2024 | Researcher Tampere University Out of Despair project |
| 2023–2024 | Researcher University of Helsinki Psychosocial Factors and Health - study group |
| 2023 | Lecturer Tampere University Social psychiatry |
| 2022 | Lecturer Tampere University Social psychiatry |
| 2020–2022 | Psychiatrist Seure Oy Consultant at Helsinki City Acute outpatient clinic |
| 2018–2019 | Psychiatrist Psykiatriakonsultaatiot Hilla Oy Consultant at psychiatry units in the City of Helsinki, City of Järvenpää, and Vaasa Central Hospital, Finland |
| 2016–2019 | Coordinator Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland at University of Helsinki, Finland The Finnish SUPER Study on Genetic Mechanisms of Psychotic Disorders: The main focus was to coordinate recruitment of 2000 study participants and sample collections at the region of Tampere University Hospital (Tays), together with five study nurses |
| 2018 | PhD Student Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital altogether four months |
| 2011–2018 | Specialising Physician at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland, Adolescent Psychiatry Unit; The Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia (EPSHP), Finland, General Hospital Psychiatry Unit; Tampere University Hospital, Finland, Neuropsychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry Unit; EPSHP, Finland, Psychiatry Unit; City of Järvenpää Health Center, Finland; Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Finland, Neurology Unit |