Helena Leino-Kilpi#

Present and Previous Positions

• 2024 - present professor emerita
• 2024 - present researcher, Turku University Hospital
• 1998 - 2023 Professor in Nursing Science, University of Turku, Dept of Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine
• 2002 - 2023 Nurse Director (part-time), Hospital District of Southwest Finland/Turku University Hospital
• 2002 - 2022 Head of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku
• 2002 - 2022 Chair of the Doctoral Programme in Nursing Science (DPNurs), University of Turku
• 2016 - 2021 Visiting Professor (part-time), Trinity College Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ireland
• 2007 - 2016 Chair of the Finnish National Doctoral Programme/Network in Nursing Science
• 2008 - 2009 and 1998-1999, Senior scientist, Academy of Finland (total 12+12 months)
• 1986 - 1997 Assistant professor/lecturer/senior research associate, associate professor in nursing, University of Turku
• 1992 Visiting Scholar in Nursing, New York University, Division of Nursing , USA (5 months)
• 1977 - 1985 Registered Nurse/Nurse teacher in several organisations in Finland and Sweden

• Professional competence of students.
• Research in nursing/health care education/pedagogics, consisting of
• Technological educational solutions
• Analysis of the realisation of patients' rights
• Evaluation of outcomes of nursing education
• Research in health care and nursing ethics, consisting of
• Moral courage and ethical competence of professionals
• Research in clinical nursing/health care, consisting of analysis and instrumentation
• Evaluation of the quality of nursing care
• Competence of nurses for quality care
• Empowering patient education
• Ethics of leadership

• 2012 Kerttu Pohjola-Prize, Finnish Nurses Association
• 2016 Finnish Association of Neurological Diseases Neuroliitto
• 2017 Finnish Association of Academic Nurses and Leaders (Akavan sairaanhoitajat ja Taja ry), Golden Medal
• 2007 Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (given by the President of Finland)
• 2016 Doctores Honoris Causa, University of Klaipeda, Lithuania
• 2019 Venny Snellman-Prize, Finnish National Foundation of Nursing Education
• 2022 Honorary Member, Finnish Nurses Federation
• 2023 Selected among the 100 most influential nurse researchers in Europe, Sigma, International Honorary Society
• 2024 Terveydenhuoltoneuvos, nominated by the President of Finland

• 2019 - 2020 Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (OKM), Education for nurse leaders. Partner in an national collaborative funding (co-ordinator Univ of Eastern Finland)
• 2017 - 2020 Academy of Finland, Professional Competence in Nursing, ProComp, Collaborating partners from five European countries (Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Iceland), 438 000 euros
• 2017 - 2020 European Commission, Erasmus+program, Nurse Leadership. PI Thora Halfsteinsdottir, University of Iceland
• Responsible partner in Finland Leino-Kilpi, University of Turku, 42 000 euros
• 2017 - 2020 Fnnish Institute of Occupational Health, VETÄVÄ-program (in cancer care), PI Virpi Sulosaari, Turku University of Applied Sciences. Funding for University of Turku /Leino-Kilpi, 35 700 euros
• 2010 - 2013 European Commission, RightTimePlaceCare project (398 000 euros for Leino-Kilpi in Turku University, total funding for the project 6.9 million euros, PI Gabriele Meyer/Univ Witten/Halle)
• 2015 - 2024 Health District of South-West Finland, around 20-25 000/yr, around 100 000 euros (for clinical research)
• 2017-2021 Academy of Finland, Professonal Competence in Nursing-research (438 000 euros)
• 2021-2022 Ministry of Education, Stara (198 000 euros)
• 2023-2025 European Health and Digital Executive Agency HaDEA, Digital Skills Training for Health Care Professionals in Oncology, DigiCanTrain, member of the international team, responsible for the Finland's part