About me

Professor Leo Dunkel graduated in Medicine in 1981 at the University of Helsinki, Finland and completed his residency in Paediatrics and Paediatric Endocrinology at the Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki. After his residency, he undertook postdoctoral training in the Division of Reproductive Biology at Stanford University. He worked at the University of Kuopio, Finland, as Chair of Paediatrics in the Department of Clinical Medicine, before moving to the Centre for Endocrinology at the William Harvey Research Institute in 2011. Professor Dunkel was the Founding member and first Chairman of the Finnish Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (1999) and has been an active member of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (Member from 1988), including as a Council Member (2000-2004) and Program Organising Committee Member (2007-2012). Professor Dunkel has also served on the Committee for Scientific Education, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki (1998-2001) and University of Kuopio (2004-2011) and on the Editorial Boards of several scientific journals. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.