Herukka’s education is as Bachelor in Medicine, Master of Science, Applied biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy, Neurosciences and she has been as Laboratory technician, Dept of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio,Graduate Student, Dept of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital, Researcher, Dept of Neurology, University of Kuopio, doctor specialising in Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital. Herukka’s education is as Bachelor in Medicine, Master of Science, Applied biotechnology, Doctor of Philosophy, Neurosciences and she has been as Laboratory technician, Dept of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio,Graduate Student, Dept of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio and Kuopio University Hospital, Researcher, Dept of Neurology, University of Kuopio, doctor specialising in Neurology, Kuopio University Hospital.

Herukka′s research interests include Biological markers for neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer′s disease, Parkinson’s disease and Frontotemporal dementia, Mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer′s disease, Imaging of neurodegenerative diasease, Animal models of Alzheimer′s disease, Genetics of neurodenegerative diseases