Faculty of Health Sciences - News

While the immediate and most visible impact of medication errors is on patients, they can also profoundly impact healthcare professionals involved in these incidents, referred to as “second victims”.

Persistent over-dilation of muscle microvasculature may be one reason causing chronic limb-threatening ischemia. This surprising finding may offer new avenues for screening and treatment.

The research project of a Senior Researcher Maija Lahtela-Kakkonen has received significant funding from the Research Council of Finland.

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.