| 2023 -> | Researcher, Psychosocial Factors and Health - study group Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki. |
| 2023 -> | Consultant Psychiatrist Mehiläinen |
| 2019 -> | Member of the ICD-11 Finnish translation core group Finnish Psychiatric Association |
Kimmo Suokas
Last updated: 04.09.2026
Current work
Education
| 2026 | Title of Docent, University of Helsinki |
| 2024 | Doctor of Medical Science, Tampere University |
| 2018 | Residential 3-week Summer Course, European Educational Programme in Epidemiology |
| 2018 | Specialist in Psychiatry, Tampere University |
| 2011 | Licentiate of Medicine, MD, Tampere University |
Awards
| 2025 | Väitöskirjapalkinto kiittäen hyväksytylle väitöskirjalle by Tampereen yliopiston tukisäätiö |
| 2025 | Dissertation Award for a doctoral dissertation accepted with distinction by University of Tampere Foundation |
| 2025 | Martti Kaila -palkinto ansiokkaasta väitöskirjasta by Suomen Psykiatriyhdistys |
| 2025 | Martti Kaila Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation by Finnish Psychiatric Association |
| 2021 | Tutkimuspalkinto by Euroopan psykiatriyhdistys (EPA) |
| 2021 | Research Prize by European Psychiatric Association (EPA) |
| 2020 | Vuoden julkaisu -palkinto erityisen merkittävästä psykiatrian alan julkaisusta by Suomen Psykiatriyhdistys |
| 2020 | Publication of the Year by Finnish Psychiatric Association |
Past work
| 2025–2026 | Project Worker Finnish Psychiatric Association, Helsinki, Finland Expert contributor to the Finnish translation of ICD-11 link |
| 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) link |
| 2023–2025 | Psychiatrist Psykiatriakonsultaatiot Hilla Oy Neuropsychiatry outpatient clinic, Wellbeing Services County of North Karelia |
| 2023–2024 | Researcher Tampere University Out of Despair project link |
| 2023–2024 | Researcher University of Helsinki Psychosocial Factors and Health research group link |
| 2023 | Lecturer Tampere University Social psychiatry link |
| 2022 | Lecturer Tampere University Social psychiatry link |
| 2020–2022 | Psychiatrist Seure Oy Acute, assessment and consultation psychiatry outpatient clinic, City of Helsinki |
| 2016–2019 | Coordinator Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki The Finnish SUPER Study on Genetic Mechanisms of Psychotic Disorders link |
| 2018–2019 | Psychiatrist Psykiatriakonsultaatiot Hilla Oy Psychiatry units in Helsinki, Järvenpää and Vaasa Central Hospital |
| 2018 | Doctoral Researcher Tampere University and Tampere University Hospital Four months in total link |
| 2011–2018 | Specialising Physician
Helsinki University Hospital, Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Finland; Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia (EPSHP), General Hospital Psychiatry Unit, Finland; Tampere University Hospital, Neuropsychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry Unit, Finland; Hospital District of South Ostrobothnia (EPSHP), Psychiatry Unit, Finland; City of Järvenpää Health Centre, Finland; Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Neurology Unit, Finland |