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Leena Maria Ala-Kokko (née Hämäläinen; born 20 July 1961 Oulu) is a Finnish biochemist and molecular biologist, whose research concerns collagens, in particular those found in cartilage, as well as connective tissue disease. She has worked as a professor both in Finland and in the United States and, with her husband, runs a US-based company that carries out molecular diagnostic testing of connective tissue diseases.