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Principal Lecturer in Futureproof Heallth and Wellbing innovation Hub and Developing Rehablilitation Master's Degree Program.

Project manager and Principal researcher in RDI projects.

Responsible for the Co-creating Child and Youth Wellbeing  -research and development program.

Co-leader at the Finnish Universities Network for Rehabilitation (FiRe) with Arto Hautala, Associate Professor at the University of Jyväskylä.

I also serve as a PhD supervisor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki.

A Digital App to Enhance Child’s Rehabilitation

Creating Well-being in Daily Life Through Inclusive RDI

Platform Ecosystem for Strengthening of RDI Activities in Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation

Developing Social Rehabilitation Through Education

The Rehabilitator's Own Goals Research

Guidance of Relatives in Therapy Work

The Child's Right to Participate in Rehabilitation

Assessment of Rehabilitation Services

Tools for Diversity Management in Rehabilitation Competencies

Evidence-based Health care

Expertise in Health Promotion and Occupational Health

Honours and awards:

Solver 2023: Lifetime Achievement Award for long-term, high-quality work in teaching, research, influencing society or supporting the higher education community, Metropolia UAS.

Actions of the Year of Research-Based Knowledge 2021: 1) TEDx talk, 2) Tulevaisuudenkuntoutus.fi.

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences' Good Instructor Award 2020–2021.

ITLA Award 2020: development of a method for children's rehabilitation based on scientific evidence.

Course: Innovation Agent, Aalto University 25.9 - 16.11.2012.

Examples of my publications:

Jeglinsky-Kankainen I, Vänskä N, Kinnunen A, Sätilä H, Sipari S. The Perspectives of Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy on Transition to Adult’s Health Care and Rehabilitation. Disabilities. 2025; 5(1):12.

Sipari S, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Helenius S, Harra T, Kinnunen A, Väisänen S, Jeglinsky I. Participatory Research Partnership in Rehabilitation—Co-Development of a Model for Collaboration Process. Disabilities. 2023; 3(3):410-425. 

Sipari S, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Helenius S, Väisänen S, Harra T. Participatory Research Partnership in Rehabilitation. Metropolia UAS OIVA-series 55, 2022. 

Palisano RJ, Chiarello LA, Vänskä N, Sipari S. Content Validity and Utility of the Collaborative Process for Action Plans to Achieve Children’s Participation Goals. Disabilities. 2022; 2(4):626-640. 

Sipari S, Tammelin M, Helenius S, Janhunen E, Rantakokko M, Vänskä N, Harra T. Knowledge Needs in Rehabilitation Perspectives of Service Users and Professionals. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences. 2022; 3: 1-10. 

Kinnunen A, Jeglinsky I, Vänskä N, Lehtonen K, Sipari S. The Importance of Collaboration in Pediatric Rehabilitation for the Construction of Participation: The Views of Parents and Professionals. Disabilities. 2021; 1(4):459-470. 

Vänskä N, Sipari  S, Jeglinsky  I, Lehtonen K, Kinnunen A, Pollari K. Co-development of the CMAP Book to enhance children’s participation in paediatric rehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation, 2021. 

Vänskä N, Sipari S, Haataja L. What Makes Participation Meaningful? Using Photo-Elicitation to Interview Children with Disabilities. Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics, 2020; 40:6:595–609.

Doctoral thesis:

Sipari S. Kuntouttava arki lapsen tueksi: kasvatuksen ja kuntoutuksen yhteistoiminnan rakentuminen asiantuntijoiden keskusteluissa. Jyväskylä studies in education, psychology and social research 342, Jyväskylän yliopisto 2008. 

TEDx talk 2021: Sipari S. Haluatko olla kohde vai kumppani tieteellisessä tutkimuksessa? 

Uusimaa REDI Advisory Board, Member of the Research Group 2025-

European Congress of Paediatric Physiotherap, Scientific comittee member 2025 - 2026

Finnish Universities Network for Rehabilitation (FiRe), Co-leader 2025-

The Society for Rehabilitation Research and Development, Member of scientific committee 2023-

National Association for Pediatric Rehabilitation, Chair 2020-

Kuntoutus-journal, Editorial board member 2015-

Duodecim, Informing Families of their Child's Disability -good practice consensus recommendation, , Member of the recommendation panel 2022 - 2023