Faculty of Health Sciences - News

A recent study is the first to report that the fatty acid composition of blood and the enzyme activity associated with it predict the development of bone mineral density from childhood to adolescence.

The University of Aveiro has joined the MIRACLE research project to develop more accurate and personalised methods for cardiovascular disease risk assessment, prevention, and treatment.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

The fluorescence-based tissue monitoring device enables safe and efficient brain tumour detection.

The findings open the door for microbiome-based precision therapies for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and complex metabolic disorders.

The Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2025 Awards were presented at the UEF Learning Environment Seminar on 19 August.

The conference themes are Children, exercise, and planetary health, as well as Long-term athletic development in a changing world.

A novel drilling plate simulating the tactile and structural properties of natural human dental tissues may provide dental students with increasingly realistic training opportunities in the preclinical phase.

“Investing in hearing care can also help prevent memory disorders,” Professor Aarno Dietz pointed out in a workshop organised by the Hearing Valley project and the UEF Brain Research Unit.

Tutkimus syventää ymmärrystä siitä, miten hypoksia vaikuttaa geenisäätelyyn sydän- ja verisuonisairauksissa, ja nostaa esiin KDM-entsyymit mahdollisina uusina lääkehoitojen kohteina.