Faculty of Health Sciences - News

Increase in sedentary time from childhood is associated with worsening arterial stiffness, a surrogate for premature vascular damage. However, light physical activity could reduce the risk.

The Young Researcher Awards were presented to Adriana Della Pietra, Heli Mutanen, Mervi Rantsi and Matias Rusanen. The Doctoral Supervisor Award was presented to Taina Yli-Juuti.

In autumn 2023, a unique project was launched to promote the employment of international students in Eastern Finland.

The Finnish Dental Society Apollonia and the Finnish Dental Foundation have awarded several new grants for research projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The financial statement for 2023 was discussed by the UEF Board on 22 March. The financial statement will be discussed by the University Collegiate Body on 7 May.

The Board of the University of Eastern Finland elected Academic Rector, Professor, LLD Tapio Määttä as the new Rector of the university for the five-year term beginning on 1 January 2025.

This thesis work leveraged transcriptomic and lipidomic approaches to unravel cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning an impaired post-ischemic tissue revascularization and evaluated novel immunomodulatory nanotherapies to rescue this impairment in clinically relevant mouse models.

The University of Eastern Finland awarded Professor Tarja Malm for promoting equality in her research group.

The University of Eastern Finland and the biotechnology company FinVector have signed a memorandum of understanding committing the two to a long-term strategic partnership and to further development of collaboration.

Andrew Agbaje was recognised with the New Investigator Award in Childhood Obesity by the European Association for the Study of Obesity, EASO, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation.