Iivo Hetemäki, M.D., Ph.D.

Visiting Fellow

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Education:

M.D., Ph.D., University of Helsinki, Finland

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Biography

Iivo completed his Ph.D. under the mentorship of Petteri Arstila and Eliisa Kekäläinen, focusing on adaptive immune responses in inborn errors of immunity, including autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED). At FPS, Iivo's research centers on uncovering the mechanisms underlying immune dysregulation in APECED and how they can be remedied with immunomodulatory drugs.