PROGRAMME

SUMMER SCHOOL: FUTURE EXPERTISE IN HEALTH SCIENCES
Sunday, 18 August 2024

18.00- Get-together

Feel free to join us for a trip to Suomenlinna fortress which belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a unique monument of military architecture. We will meet at Kauppatori and take a ferry to Suomenlinna. The trip is at your own cost, but the ferry is part of the Helsinki public transportation and easily accessible. In case the weather is not on our side (heavy rain), the trip will be cancelled. Practical information will be sent to those willing to participate in the Suomenlinna trip.

Monday, 19 August 2024

9:00 - 12:00     Registration and setting up posters               

11:00 - 12:15    Lunch

12.15 - 12.30    Welcome Words and NorDoc history and future / Prof. Markus Forsberg, University of Eastern Finland and Prof. Grete Anita Dyb, University of Oslo

12:30 - 15:45    Session #1 Professional development through self management / Chair Grete Anita Dyb               

12:30 - 13:00    Scientist, expert and leader in the future / MD, PhD Eino Solje, University of Eastern Finland          

13:00 - 13:30    Career planning / Career Counselor Jarkko Immonen, University of Helsinki               

13:30 - 13:45    Break 

13:45 - 15:45    Lecture: Research-informed perspectives on doctoral researchers’ wellbeing and Activity: Researcher social support network mapping / Prof. Kirsi Pyhältö and PhD Lotta Tikkanen, University of Helsinki

15:45 - 16:15    Coffee break               

16:15 - 18:00    Session #2 Revolution in research methodology / Chair Markus Forsberg              

Single cell techniques               

16:15 - 16:55    Single Cell sequencing and spatial omics / PhD Pirkko Mattila, Research Director, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)

16:55 - 17:10   Q&A on single cell techniques              

17:10 - 17:25    Break               

AI as a research tool               

17:25 - 17:45    Profiling disease risk by EHR data analytics / PhD Miika Koskinen, Data Analytics Leader, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS)          

17:45 - 18:05    Using machine learning to predict treatment outcomes in head and neck cancer / PhD Karolina Punovuori, University of Helsinki

18:05 - 18:20    Q&A on AI as a research tool

18:20 - 18:25    Closing words / Markus Forsberg               

18:30 - 20:00    Wine & Cheese               
 

Tuesday, 20 August 2024

8:30 - 9:00    Coffee               

9:00 - 9:05    Opening day 2 / PhD Alma Kartal-Hodzic, University of Helsinki           

9:05 - 12:00   Session #3 Science in media / Chair Alma Kartal-Hodzic             

As a scientist in media               

9:05 - 9:30    "The role of a scientific expert in media" / Prof. Ursula Schwab, University of Eastern Finland                 

9:30 - 9:40    "From dissertation press release to public media" / MD, PhD Lotta Oksanen, University of Helsinki

9:40 - 9:50    "From original publication to public media" / MD, MPH, PhD, FESC, FAHA Andrew Agbaje, University of Eastern Finland: From Scientist to Society, the Media as a Mediator: Evidence from BBC World News Live TV interview on childhood obesity               

9:50 - 10:05    Break               

Science communication               

10:05 - 10:15    Science basement: Intoroduction / Popularisation of science               

10:15 - 12:15    Science basement and ClariSci: Parallel workshops:               

Workshop 1: Communicating your knowledge through SciComm (general SciComm skills)               

Workshop 2: SciComm and Social Media               

Workshop 3: How to talk about your research (public speaking)

Workshop 4: Pitch your Science to different audiences (science pitching)

Workshop 5: Science & Theater (SciComm & stage presence)

12:15 - 13:15    Lunch             

13:15 - 13:30    Preparing good poster and the best poster announcement / PhD Andreas Dahlin, Visualize your Science             

13:30 - 15:00    Session #4 Science-driven healthcare policy and decision making / Chair Inka Puumalainen     

13:30 - 13:45    How and why EU funds health & life science research and innovation / PhD Sampo Sammalisto, Business Finland               

13:45 - 14:00    Innovations – Bringing research, education and business together / Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations Lead Monica Åberg Yngve, EIT Health Scandinavia (ONLINE)

14:00 - 14:15    Science behind healthcare policy making / Director of the Department of Health Security Otto Helve, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)               

14:15 - 14:30    Evidence-based medicine – Good care guidelines in brain disorders / Director Eero Rissanen, Neurocenter Finland               

14:30 - 14:45    Communication between the academia, business and public healthcare / PhD Inka Puumalainen, The Association of Finnish Pharmacies               

14:45 - 15:15    Panel discussion - how science drives healthcare renewal? / Chair Sampo Sammalisto               

15:15 - 15:30   Closing words and Welcome to the next Summer School / Markus Forsberg