Faculty of Medicine

The mission of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, is to conduct high-quality research and provide research-based undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine and dentistry.

News

News from the Faculty of Medicine and the field of medical science.

14.2.2020

Health news

Vitamin C may shorten ventilation in critically ill patients

Vitamin C administration shortened the duration of mechanical ventilation in critical care patients, but the effect depended on the severity of...

13.2.2020

Health news

A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development

A new innovation makes it possible, for the first time, to quantitatively assess children’s spontaneous movement in the natural environment.

29.1.2020

Higher education & science policy

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry Jouko Lönnqvist is the Faculty of Medicine’s Alumnus of the Year 2020

Jouko Lönnqvist, a psychiatrist and professor, continues to work as a consultant on the development of organisations and management as well as...

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Makers of the future

The Faculty of Medicine educates health care specialists, including physicians, dentists, psychologists and speech therapists as well as Master’s degree holders in translational medicine. In addition to carrying out teaching and research, the Faculty serves as an important authority in the field of health care and participates in ethics debates. The Faculty of Medicine is part of the Academic Medical Center Helsinki (AMCH).