Olena Iakunchykova

Postdoctoral Fellow - Centre of Lifespan Changes in Brain and Cognition

Email olena.iakunchykova@psykologi.uio.no

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Visiting address Forskningsveien 3A

Postal address Postboks 1094 Blindern 0317 Oslo

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Academic interests

My current research interest include studying of risk factors for dementia and psychiatric diseases, genetic epidemiology, immunological pathways in brain disease, interaction of cardiovascular and neurological disease.

Background

I have a Bachelor degree in Biology (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv, Ukraine), and Master of Science degree in Epidemiology (State University of New York, Albany, USA). I have defended a PhD thesis at Department of Community Medicine in UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Tromsø, Norway)

Iakunchykova, Olena; Pan, Mengyu; Amlien, Inge; Roe, James Michael; Walhovd, Kristine B & Fjell, Anders Martin [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2024). Genetic evidence for the causal effects of C–reactive protein on self-reported habitual sleep duration. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity - Health (BBI - Health). ISSN 2666-3546. 37. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100754.
Iakunchykova, Olena; Lange, Theis & Leon, David A. (2024). Multiplicative and additive interactions between risk factors for coronary heart disease. Annals of Epidemiology. ISSN 1047-2797. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.11.012.
Iakunchykova, Olena; Leonardsen, Esten Høyland & Wang, Yunpeng (2024). Genetic evidence for causal effects of immune dysfunction in psychiatric disorders: where are we? Translational Psychiatry. ISSN 2158-3188. 14(1), p. 1–11. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02778-2.
Iakunchykova, Olena; Schirmer, Henrik; Vangberg, Torgil Riise; Wang, Yunpeng; Benavente, Ernest D. & van Es, René [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2023). Machine-learning-derived heart and brain age are independently associated with cognition. European Journal of Neurology. ISSN 1351-5101. 30(9), p. 2611–2619. doi: 10.1111/ene.15902. Full text in Research Archive
Leonardsen, Esten Høyland; Vidal-Piñeiro, Didac; Roe, James Michael; Frei, Oleksandr; Shadrin, Alexey & Iakunchykova, Olena [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2023). Genetic architecture of brain age and its casual relations with brain and mental disorders. Molecular Psychiatry. ISSN 1359-4184. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02087-y. Full text in Research Archive
Pan, Mengyu; Roe, James Michael; Nudel, Ron; Schork, Andrew J.; Iakunchykova, Olena & Fjell, Anders Martin [Show all 11 contributors for this article] (2023). Circulating S100B levels at birth and risk of six major neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders: a two-sample Mendelian Randomization Study. Translational Psychiatry. ISSN 2158-3188. 13(1). doi: 10.1038/s41398-023-02478-3.
Cook, Sarah; Solbu, Marit Dahl; Eggen, Anne Elise; Iakunchykova, Olena; Averina, Maria & Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2022). Comparing prevalence of chronic kidney disease and its risk factors between population-based surveys in Russia and Norway. BMC Nephrology. ISSN 1471-2369. 23(1), p. 1–14. doi: 10.1186/s12882-022-02738-2. Full text in Research Archive
Iakunchykova, Olena; Averina, Maria; Wilsgaard, Tom; Malyutina, Sofia; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V & Cook, Sarah [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2021). What factors explain the much higher diabetes prevalence in Russia compared with Norway? Major sex differences in the contribution of adiposity. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. ISSN 2052-4897. 9(1). doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-002021. Full text in Research Archive
Iakunchykova, Olena; Schirmer, Henrik; Leong, Darryl; Malyutina, Sofia; Ryabikov, Andrew & Averina, Maria [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Heavy alcohol drinking and subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities of structure and function. Open heart. ISSN 2053-3624. 8(1). doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2020-001457. Full text in Research Archive
Trias-Llimós, Sergi; Pennells, Lisa; Tverdal, Aage; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Malyutina, Sofia & Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Quantifying the contribution of established risk factors to cardiovascular mortality differences between Russia and Norway. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77877-3. Full text in Research Archive
Iakunchykova, Olena; Averina, Maria; Wilsgaard, Tom; Watkins, Hugh; Malyutina, Sofia & Ragino, Yulia [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2020). Why does Russia have such high cardiovascular mortality rates? Comparisons of blood-based biomarkers with Norway implicate non-ischaemic cardiac damage. . Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 74(9), p. 698–704. doi: 10.1136/jech-2020-213885. Full text in Research Archive
Cook, Sarah Anne; Hopstock, Laila Arnesdatter; Eggen, Anne Elise; Bates, Katie; Iakunchykova, Olena & Kontsevaya, Anna [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2020). Pharmacological management of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (blood pressure and lipids) following diagnosis of myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes: Comparison between population-based studies in Russia and Norway. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. ISSN 1471-2261. 20(234). doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01513-1. Full text in Research Archive
Iakunchykova, Olena; Averina, Maria; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Wilsgaard, Tom; Soloviev, Andrey & Schirmer, Henrik [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Evidence for a direct harmful effect of alcohol on myocardial health: A large cross-sectional study of consumption patterns and cardiovascular disease risk biomarkers from northwest Russia, 2015 to 2017. Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA). ISSN 2047-9980. 9(1), p. 1–17. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014491. Full text in Research Archive

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Iakunchykova, Olena (2022). ECG age, brain age, and cognitive function in the Tromsø study.
Iakunchykova, Olena; Averina, Maria; Kudryavtsev, Alexander V; Soloviev, Andrei; Wilsgaard, Tom & Leon, David Adrew (2019). CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE BIOMARKER PROFILES AMONG HARMFUL AND HAZARDOUS DRINKERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY FROM NORTH WEST RUSSIA. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. ISSN 0143-005X. 73, p. A9–A10. doi: 10.1136/jech-2019-SSMabstracts.20.

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