Juulia Jylhävä is a Senior research fellow at the Tampere University, Finland, and Principal researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. She is leading the Systems Biology of Aging group that focuses on unraveling the causes and consequences of biological aging through genomic methods. Her recent  work includes identification of various omics determinants of age-related frailty and other aging traits, integrating genetics, epigenomics, metabolomics and proteomics methods. She applies large-scale genetic data in genome-wide association studies and Mendelian randomization, to explore genetic and molecular factors causally contributing to frailty and age-related diseases. Her research aims to bridge the gap between molecular biology and clinical applications, providing insights into potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for healthier aging. She collaborates extensively across disciplines, contributing to international consortia and advancing precision medicine in geroscience.

Decoding biological aging and frailty through genomic methods