Faculty of Health Sciences - News

UEF set an ambitious objective to become carbon neutral by the end of 2025. Despite emissions decreasing, this objective will not be achieved.

Students from Finland and Southern Africa took part in a new practical course on toxicology under the auspice of the ToxiSA: From Toxicity to Safety project.

A hands-on course held in Kuopio introduced students and researchers to the fundamental principles of electrophysiology, with a particular focus on applications involving human cells and tissues.

Professor Kirsi Helkala, Director Marko Korhonen, Managing Director Siamäk Naghian and Senior Editor-in-Chief Erja Yläjärvi were elected to the UEF Board that will start its term of office at the beginning of 2026.

Carotid stenosis increases the risk of stroke in both men and women. However, plaque characteristics often differ between the sexes, a recent study shows.

Sirpa Kähkönen, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Markku Kulmala and Axel Börsch-Supan, all to receive an Honorary Doctorate, will give public Studia Generalia lectures at Kuopio Music Centre on 5 June.

The textbook explains how nutrition has shaped human evolution and its consequences for our susceptibility to diseases like diabetes and atherosclerosis.

One-year-old infants had 44% lower odds of having food allergies if their mother consumed avocadoes during pregnancy, according to an observational study among 2,272 mother-child pairs in Finland.

The doctoral research led to the development new methods, designed to advance the discovery of disease subtypes and facilitate targeted drug development.

The PhD study examined the key success factors in the labour migration and recruitment of internationally educated nurses (IENs) from outside the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) to the Nordic countries.