Eeva Jalavisto (until 1934 Elmgren;[a] 21 March 1909 – 12 June 1966)[1] was a Finnish Professor of physiology and an influential researcher and policy maker in the areas of health and social care of the elderly as well as wider gerontology.

[2] Born in Kerimäki to Chief Physician Dr Robert Elmgren [fi] and Ines née Meurman, Eeva Elmgren completed her secondary education at the Helsingin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, graduating in 1927.

[3] Jalavisto worked at the University of Helsinki Institute of Physiology from 1933, reaching the rank of Docent in 1941, and that of Professor in 1947.

[3] From 1949 to 1953, Jalavisto chaired the Finnish Association for the Welfare of Older People [fi].

[1] She undertook research visits to Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom and the US from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.