Vappu Tuulikki Taipale
Professor, Doctor of Medicine. Born: 1 May 1940, Vaasa, Finland
Married, 4 children, 6 grandchildren
Associate Professor in Child Psychiatry at the University of Kuopio 1980-1982
Minister of Health, 1982-1983
Minister of Social Affairs 1983-1984
Director General, National Board of Social Welfare 1984-1991
Director General, National Agency for Welfare and Health 1991-1992
Director General, STAKES (National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health)1992- 2008
Member, EU 7th Framework Programme, Advisory Group, Health 2005-
Co-President, IPPNW (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) 2008-
Senior Advisor, WHO Collaborating Centre for mental health promotion, prevention and policies 2008-
Member (2001- 2007, Chair 2004-), UN University Council
Member, Board of Directors, TEKES (National Technology Agency) 1999- 2005
Vice Chair of the Board of Academy of Finland 1999-2004 (main national funding agency for research)
Member, UN Commission for Social Development 1988-1991
Member of the Board, European Centre for Social Policy and Research 1987-1996
Chair, UN Mission to Macedonia in 1998
Member and vice chair, COST (Cooperation in the Field of Science and Technology) Technical committee on Social Sciences and Humanities 1989-2005
Chair, COST A5 (Ageing and Technology) 1991-1996
Chair, EU 5th Framework Programme, External Advisory Group on Key Action 6 "The Ageing Population") 1997-2002
Chair of the Advisory Board of the Research and Development Center at the Finnish Wellbeing Center, Sendai, Japan.
several books and textbooks (in Finnish) on social and health policy, child and adolescent mental health, ageing, peace.
