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The position of Associate Professor funded by donations to the University of Eastern Finland from Genelec, the City of Iisalmi, Normet, the Olvi Foundation and the Savings Bank Optia Foundation.

“To really understand the complexities of health care phenomena, it’s a good idea to combine people’s stories with numerical data. Mixed methods research tools have evolved rapidly in the past decade,” says Professor Ahtisham Younas.

A recent Finnish study has found that rewilding residential yards affected the skin and oral microbiota of residents and was linked to the body’s inflammatory responses.

The findings suggest that there is no single threshold that can be used to define abnormal eating behaviour for everyone.

Finland and Namibia are strengthening their academic partnership.

The Center for Photonics Sciences at the University of Eastern Finland and Akita Prefecture in Japan are entering into a partnership that will bring together North Karelia’s expertise in photonics and Akita Prefecture’s expertise in robotics and technology.

The title of Academician of Science is the highest honour that can be bestowed on any individual scientist in Finland and can be held by no more than 16 distinguished Finnish scientists and scholars at a time.

People who develop Alzheimer’s disease before the age of 65 experience a growing range of health problems and increasing use of healthcare services years before diagnosis. However, cardiovascular risk factors are not especially pronounced.