Vappu Taipale
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Professori Vappu Taipale | |
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 Taipale in 2011 | |
| Born | Vappu Tuulikki Puustinen 1 May 1940 |
| Education | Doctor of Medicine and Surgery |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
| Occupations | Psychiatrist, politician |
| Years active | 1966-2008 |
| Spouse | Ilkka Taipale |
| Deputy Minister and Minister of Social Affairs and Health | |
| In office 1982–1984 | |
| Director-General, National Agency for Welfare and Health / National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health | |
| In office 1985–2008 | |
Vappu Taipale (née Puustinen; born 1 May 1940)[1] is a Finnish retired politician and physician.
In 1966, Taipale graduated with a licentiate's degree in medicine and qualified to practise medicine.[1] In 1980, she obtained her doctorate in the field of psychiatry from the University of Helsinki.[1]
She worked as a psychiatrist in various roles at the Helsinki University Central Hospital throughout the 1970s. She has also held the positions of Docent (Associate Professor) at the universities of Kuopio (now the University of Eastern Finland) and Tampere, specialising in child and adolescent psychiatry.[1]
In 1991, Taipale was awarded the title of Professor,[1] and in 1998 she received an honorary doctorate in public administration (Hallintotieteiden kunniatohtori) from the University of Vaasa.
