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.

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

18.3.2019

Higher education & science policy

Tomi Mäkelä nominated Executive Officer of the iCAN flagship

University of Helsinki invests into the buildup of the iCAN digital precision cancer medicine flagship platform.

18.3.2019

Health news

Early neonatal mortality is a global problem that could be solved

Increasing the number of institutional deliveries has not reduced early neonatal mortality in many low- and middle-income countries, a recent...

8.3.2019

Health news

Long-term postmenopausal hormone therapy might increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

A newly published Finnish study compares the postmenopausal hormone therapy use of women diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and their healthy controls.

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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).