Faculty of Health Sciences - News

Subij Shakya, a second-year Master's student at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF), shares his journey in public health. From practical health projects to witnessing the northern lights, his experiences at UEF have shaped his aspirations to become a global health leader.

Agbaje is the first recipient of the new award.

Found in the Finnish population, a rare variant of the TYROBP gene significantly increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study led by the University of Eastern Finland shows.

Research conducted with zebrafish can contribute to personalised medicine approaches, including the selection of the most individually suitable treatments for patients with cancer.

The method, called KMAP, enables intuitive visualisation of short DNA sequences and helps reveal how regulatory elements behave in different biological contexts.

A new study investigates the first experiences of Estonian and Finnish pharmacists with Cross-border ePrescription.

The doctoral study provides valuable insights into how deep learning can be used to address critical challenges in breast cancer screening, diagnosis, and genetic risk analysis.

Persistently high blood sugar and insulin resistance significantly increased the risk of worsening functional and structural heart damage during growth from adolescence to young adulthood.

Ten researchers of the YUFE4Postdocs projects are currently doing their research at the University of Eastern Finland.

Exposure to air pollution derived ultrafine particles alters gene transcription by epigenetic mechanisms, a new study shows. The changes affected, for example, cellular survival.