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The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t seem to discourage students from studying abroad, since the international Master’s degree programmes taught in English at the University of Eastern Finland attracted a record number of applications this year.

University Lecturer Susanna Kohonen is happy about having found international colleagues and peer support on Twitter.

Sigrid Jusélius Foundation has granted a senior researcher post to Docent Šárka Lehtonen. Her lab develops human-based models to study the mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease.

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Eastern Finland has continued its order which prohibits, in the municipalities of its area of jurisdiction, all public events and general meetings, both indoors and outdoors, which have more than 20 people attending.

MNSc Emilia Laukkanen's PhD thesis showed that coercive measures are used frequently in psychiatric care, and nursing managers’ attitudes are associated with their use.

The University of Eastern Finland has calculated its carbon footprint. Becoming carbon neutral by 2025 is one of the objectives of the University of Eastern Finland’s Strategy Action Plan for 2021–2030.

Naltrexone, used either alone or together with disulfiram or acamprosate, is associated with a decreased risk of hospitalization due to alcohol use disorder (AUD) when compared with non-use of AUD drugs.

The funding will be used to promote research activities in areas of significance to the university, which pertain to drug development and discovery, neurosciences, the forest-based bioeconomy, and the development of technologies that make use of photonics. 

The next UN Climate Conference will be held in Glasgow in 2021, and all participating countries are asked to increase their ambition in climate change mitigation.

In her dissertation, Marika Lappalainen, MD, evaluated complications of febrile neutropenia in patients, who received intensive chemotherapy for hematological malignancy.

The doctoral dissertation of Aaron Kortteenniemi, Bachelor of Medicine, supports the view of transcranial electrical stimulation as a safe form of treatment.

The aim of MSc Mustafa Munawar’s dissertation is to develop rapid detection means for strawberry Phytophthora pathogens which can assist in halting the spread of the pathogens.

Two newly introduced Cochlear implantation electrodes can provide more atraumatic insertion results, according to the doctoral dissertation of Matti Mustajärvi, Lic Med.

Multimorbidity and musculoskeletal disorders are important risk factors for falls, especially for nonslip falls among postmenopausal women, according to the doctoral dissertation of Nadia Afrin, MD, MPH.

Health coaching has a positive effect on health, quality of life and social and health care costs. Therefore, health coaching could be the part of self-care support in the chronic care delivery system. 

The doctoral dissertation of Helena Taivainen, MSc, MD, confirms that measuring the longitudinal motion of the common carotid artery is a feasible method for evaluating vascular health.

Contractual negotiations between the founding members of Neurocenter Finland, the seven universities and five university hospital districts, are progressing as planned. The institution of Neurocenter Finland as an official entity will take place in early 2021.

There are many teachers in the workforce whose training did not include any media education at all. The University of Eastern Finland is now filling this gap.

Becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2025 is a strategic goal for the University of Eastern Finland.