Arto Hautala

Dr. Arto Hautala has a background of physical therapy, exercise physiology and biomechanics. He gained his doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu in Finland from the field of physiology focusing physical exercise and autonomic nervous system. Dr. Hautala has worked as a post-doc human genomics researcher in the laboratory of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in USA where he familiarized himself with molecular biology and methods of genetic analysis. At the present he works as Associate Professor of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Finland). Dr. Hautala represents the head of academic discipline of physiotherapy in Finland and is the director of Physiotherapy Team.

Dr. Hautala serves as a chair in the working group planning Finnish Current Care guideline for exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and he is an expert appointed by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim and the Executive Board of Current Care for the Finnish guideline of physical activity and exercise training. Dr. Hautala is the director of MOKUVE (Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Network of 11 Universities in Finland) during 2021-2025 and the vice president of the Finnish Society of Sport Sciences for 2021-2025. Additionally, Dr. Hautala has been nominated as an expert to the Research and Evaluation Division to assist National Sports Council (Ministry of Culture and Education, Finland) during 2023-2027.