Faculty of Health Sciences - News

UEF awarded a record number of degrees in 2025. The number of doctoral degrees, 206, was particularly significant, as this is clearly higher than in previous years.

GLP-1 medications were associated with a reduced need for hospital care and sickness absence due to psychiatric reasons in a large register-based study.

The awards were presented to Heidi Linnanmäki, Immi Kovanen, Julia Lempola, Pinja Räisänen and Veera Korhonen.

Saara Rissanen’s doctoral research grew into a health technology startup, Daniel Turkia’s fishing hobby led him to create his own lure brand, and Eeli Hautakangas developed a business idea that matches roommates with student apartments.

The PhD study focused on the interaction of the brain's own immune cells, microglia, with amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease.

Moving into the digital age is not just about new technology, but about fundamentally rethinking education, the Haptic & AI in Dental Education Network (HAIDEN) summit showed.

Tumour cells and macrophages in their microenvironment are in constant interaction with one another. Understanding these interaction mechanisms is essential for identifying new targets for cancer therapy.

Why is my colleague speaking so quietly? I can’t even hear my thoughts in this noise! Many of us fail to realise that our hearing has deteriorated – even if it impacts our work.

The multidisciplinary thematic areas offer new perspectives for developing professional competence.

Professor Timo Tokola was selected as the Chair of the new University Collegium of the University of Eastern Finland.