Children's Hospital (HUS)

The Child Health course is organised in the fifth year of studies, and its scope is 12.5 credits. The studies include study modules in paediatrics, paediatric neurology, paediatric surgery, paediatric infectious diseases and child psychiatry.

Advanced studies are part of basic education in medicine. They can be completed in the form of a research project or a written thesis. Research projects can be supervised by any doctor working at the Children’s Hospital. For many students, embarking on an advanced study project has been the start of work that results in a doctoral thesis. Further information on research projects is available on the website of the Pediatric Research Center.

Contact person for advanced studies
Associate professor Emmi Helle, emmi.helle@hus.fi 

The Children’s Hospital has strong traditions in research. Today, the study of childhood diseases is innovative and cross-disciplinary, based on combining several approaches. The use of data lakes, big data, biobanks and registers is transforming research and enabling the setting of entirely new research questions.

The research community of the Pediatric Research Center includes some 30 research groups representing all fields of paediatrics. Every year, the community produces roughly 10 doctoral theses and 300 refereed scholarly publications. On average, our researchers are granted 70 research permits annually. The goal is to continually raise the level of research and support its high quality.

Most of the research is conducted in doctoral thesis projects in research groups. Students can already apply for a place in doctoral education in research groups during their basic education.

Most of the basic research is conducted in Biomedicum’s facilities, while applied clinical research takes place in hospital settings.

Publications

Pediatric Research Center

Responsible person

Associate Professor Emmi Helle, emmi.helle@helsinki.fi 

Other members of the steering group

Docent Annika Mutanen
Docent Samppa Ryhänen
MD Heljä Lång

You can apply for a research school travel grant for a scientific meeting or training related to your doctoral thesis (up to €1000 per year). Dissertation researchers who are registered as dissertation researchers in the HY doctoral programme can apply for the grant. A personal presentation at the meeting is not necessary for the award of a travel grant.

Guidelines

• Please complete the training application form of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa.
• Attach to the application the training course programme, grounds for your participation and an itemised list of expenses.
• Send the application form to Silja Ruonaniemi, office secretary, silja.ruonaniemi@hus.fi and a copy to julija.hayrinen@hus.fi  
• Travel grants cannot be applied for afterwards.

If you have been awarded a travel grant, please submit the completed travel invoice form with original receipts for approval to silja.ruonaniemi@hus.fi 

Travel reports

The recipient of a travel grant is required to give a 5-10 minute presentation on a topic of their choice related to their research activities at a research training meeting.

The events of the research training programme are announced on HUS website.