Our goal is to make active living and healthy ageing available to an increasing number of people.
“Cardiovascular diseases have been studied for a long time, yet we keep finding new approaches to their treatment.”
SEPPO YLÄ-HERTTUALA
Academy Professor, UEF
“Boundaries in research addressing different brain diseases are starting to be a thing of the past.”
ASLA PITKÄNEN
Professor, UEF
“We are also studying healthy ageing, that is, what kinds of factors contribute to well-being and good functional capacity in senior years.”
HEIKKI KRÖGER
Professor, UEF
“The objective is to identify the key factors contributing to the risk of cancer, to improve cancer diagnostics, and to develop increasingly personalised and more effective treatments.”
VELI-MATTI KOSMA
Professor, UEF