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Success in the 2024 Global Mobility call enables new openings with a total of 14 new partners.

The TrueHear project was granted approximately 480,000 euros from Business Finland’s Research to Business call.

Andrew Agbaje’s abstract on the effect of childhood sedentariness on liver health was selected for an Outstanding Abstract Award at the Endocrine Society’s ENDO 2024 congress in Boston.

In a new multinational study, persons with very early Alzheimer's disease showed a reduced rate of cognitive-functional decline after a six-month multidomain lifestyle intervention combined with medical food.

A healthy diet that adheres to nutrition recommendations is associated with better blood glucose levels and a lower risk of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, also in individuals with a high genetic predisposition to type 2 diabetes.

Scientific Councils have granted a total of 10.5 million euros of funding to 9 new Academy Research Fellows and to 11 Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The Board made its decision based on the overall assessment and comparison of the applicants.

Funding was granted to three new Academy Research Fellows, 11 Academy Projects and one new Clinical Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland.

The University of Eastern Finland is particularly successful in climate action, the latest THE Impact Ranking shows.

Periodontitis, an inflammation of the structures supporting the teeth, significantly increases the risk of stroke in people under 50 years of age who do not have any known predisposing causes.