Faculty of Health Sciences - News

The study which discovered childhood sedentariness as an independent risk factor for premature cardiac damage was listed as one of the most significant.

Professor Katja Kanninen’s research group at the A. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences is one of the partners in the new EU-funded MARKOPOLO project.

The Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation has granted a funding of 300 000 euros to Academy Researcher Dogu Baran Aydogan.

UEF’s financial situation is stable, and the revenues and expenses of the budget for 2025 are in balance.

A new comprehensive literature review of the benefits and challenges of integrating haptics-enhanced virtual reality training in dental education curricula highlights the transformative potential of VR-haptics.

The awards ceremony was held on 16 December 2024 at Kuopio Campus.

Finnish scientists have studied how different COVID-19 variants take over human cells to help the virus spread. By understanding this, we can find better ways to stop the virus with new treatments.

Awards were presented to the MoLeWe Research Collective, to Professor Markku Hauta-Kasari, Senior University Lecturer Lasse Heikkinen and University Lecturer Ville Nivalainen in recognition of their communication related to the university’s education in technology, to Professor Tomi Voutilainen, and to the Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Community, CANCER RC.

The majority of children who started smoking tobacco at age 10 years or in their later teens continued to smoke until their mid-twenties. Continuous smoking from childhood significantly increased the risk of premature heart damage, a new study shows.

Nurses with immigrant backgrounds can provide much-needed relief to the nursing shortage in Finland. At the same time, workplaces in healthcare need a deeper understanding of concepts such as cultural sensitivity.