News
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19. December 2008
Pekka Puska was appointed Director General of the National Institute for Health and Welfare
The Government appointed Professor Pekka Puska
as Director General of the National Institute for Health and Welfare
(THL) on 27 November, 2009.
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11. December 2008
Treatment of patients comorbid with alcohol dependence and major depressive disorder with memantine and escitalopram – outcome and predictors
Public defence of a doctoral thesis on 19th of December.
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10. December 2008
Contact information for the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) as of January 1st, 2009
The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) created through
the merger of the National Public Health Institute (KTL) and the
National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
(STAKES) will commence operating at the start of 2009. See below for
THL's contact details...
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28. November 2008
Life Events and Social Support among Patients with Major Depressive Disorder, public defence of a doctoral thesis on 5th of December
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06. November 2008
The Finnish health portal HealthFinland - a winner of the international Semantic Web Challenge
The Finnish national health information system and portal HealthFinland received the 3rd Award of the International Semantic Web Challenge at the 7th International Semantic Web Conference.
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31. October 2008
APECED and the onset of autoimmunity, public defence of a doctoral thesis on the 7th of November
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23. October 2008
IANPHI leaders convened to cement global public health infrastructure
Altogether 80 national public health institute (NPHI) directors,
country observers and partners attended the third annual meeting of the
International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI)
in Bilthoven, Netherlands in mid-October.
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10. October 2008
Doctoral thesis: Early growth and adult health: focus on blood pressure, glucose tolerance status and body composition
Theory of developmental origins of adult health and disease proposes
that experiences during critical periods of early development may have
consequences on health throughout a lifespan.
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03. September 2008
Professor Jussi Taipale has been awarded the Andres Jahre’s Junior Prize
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18. August 2008
Odor perception - determined by nature or nurture?, public defence of a doctoral thesis on August 21st
Master of Science (Food Science), Antti Knaapila from the Department of Molecular Medicine, KTL, and the Department of Food Technology, University of Helsinki, presents his doctoral thesis Genetic and Environmental Influences on Human Responses to odors (Perintö- ja...
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24. July 2008
Making water safe for children and young people - Water related service providers have received new guidelines on water safety
Water safety for children and youth is a subject of concern for all of Europe. In order to reduce risks, the European Child Safety Alliance (EuroSafe) has drawn up new safety guidelines for water related service providers.
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09. June 2008
Home blood pressure measurement − epidemiology and clinical application, doctoral thesis
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22. May 2008
NCL-proteins are connected to lipid metabolism and to each other, public defence of a doctoral thesis on the 6th of June
M.Sc. Annina Lyly from the Department of Molecular Medicine at KTL and University of Helsinki presents her doctoral thesis Molecular Interactions Underlying Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses CLN1 and CLN5 (Neuronaalisten seroidilipofuskinoosien CLN1:n ja CLN5:n taustalla olevat molekyylitason...
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06. May 2008
Genes regulating the inflammatory rection associate with the risk for cardiovascular disease in Finnish population, public defence of a doctoral thesis on 16th of May.
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05. May 2008
The Mechanisms of Hedgehog Signal Transduction, doctoral thesis