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The XXII Nordic Stroke Society Congress will be held in Kuopio on 21–23 August and Kuopio Health Insights on 20–21 August.

The register-based cohort study included data on one million children and nearly 100,000 fractures.

The university was ranked in the top 50 in the SDGs related to Responsible Consumption and Production and Climate Action.

Grants were awarded for PhD researchers and postdoctoral researchers for a research period abroad.

Pfizer Finland joined the Kuopio Health cooperative as a partner in May 2023. The University of Eastern Finland is one of the members of the cooperative.

The project will examine the use of lipid nanoparticles in transporting mRNA into ocular tissues.

The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment granted more than 5.2 million euros of funding to Academy Projects at the University of Eastern Finland.

The findings support the idea that even a modest reduction in the beta-amyloidogenic processing of APP may be a feasible strategy for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Dr Emma Kwegyir-Afful completed Doctor of Health Sciences in (Public Health) in 2018 and International Master's Degree Programme in Public Health in 2013.

Concurrently combined intravenous cell transplantation and rehabilitation safely and additively improved the long-term behavioral recovery of rats after cerebral ischemia.