Office
Cancer IO is coordinated by the Helsinki University.
Our office team - Juha, Jeroen, Heidi and Mirjami - can be reached at cancerio-office@helsinki.fi

Juha Klefström
Research Director
Juha is a FICAN Research Professor and Research Director in the Medical Faculty, University of Helsinki. Klefström is an expert in translational cancer research, breast cancer biology, immuno-oncology, and genetically engineered mouse models.

Jeroen Pouwels
Research Coordinator
Jeroen is research coordinator in the laboratory and project leader at the Medical Faculty of the University of Helsinki. He is an expert in translational (breast) cancer research, immuno-oncology, ex vivo explant cultures and public-private collaborations.

Heidi Haikala
Communications Manager
Heidi earned her PhD from the Translational cancer biology research program, University of Helsinki, and is obtaining her postdoctoral training in Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Her expertise is in combination cancer therapies & translational research.

Mirjami Tran Minh
Communications and Public Affairs Specialist
Mirjami is a biologist and health care professional, with special interest in communicating science for the public and developing better research environment and health care system in collaboration with all Cancer IO stakeholders