Benwillies Onchong'a, MSc: Doctoral defence in General Medicine, Kuopio

The doctoral dissertation of Benwillies Onchong'a, MSc, entitled All-cause mortality and COVID-19 among patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease during and after hospitalization in Nairobi, Kenya, will be examined at the Faculty of Health Sciences. The Opponent in the public examination will be Professor Anneli Uusküla of the University of Tartu, and the Custos will be Docent Ari Voutilainen of the University of Eastern Finland. The public examination will be held in English.

A press release of the dissertation will be published at https://www.uef.fi/en/doctoral-dissertations  the week before the public examination.