9:00 Opening and HOH Current Topics
Olli Peltoniemi, HOH Director and Vice Dean on Research
9:15 Keynote lecture: Science for sustainability transition, lesson from HELSUS
Anne Toppinen, HELSUS Director
Chair Janne Lundén
10:00 Member presentations 1a: Infectious diseases
Leena Hanski - Sustainable antichlamydial therapies and biomarkers
Sanna Aarnio - Chlamydiales-bacteria in Finnish birds
Eili Huhtamo - Mosquito-borne viruses in Finland
Anna Hielm-Björkman - Validating the COVID-19 detection dogs
Chair Anna-Riia Holmström
10:45 Break
11:00 Member presentations 1b: Interacting organisms
Tuomas Aivelo - Urban wildlife feeding as a human-animal interaction
Mikael Niku - Crosstalk between the maternal microbiota and the developing fetus
Anna Mykkänen - New trends in equine research
Mikko Kosola - Food control inspection results and incidence of foodborne illnesses
Chair Anna-Riia Holmström
11:45 Lunch break
12:30 Faculty current topics
Antti Sukura, Dean
12:45 Keynote lecture: The future of One Health
Lisa Boden, University of Edinburgh
Chair Annamari Heikinheimo
13:30 Break
13:45 Member presentations 2a: Therapies and biomarkers
Anna-Riia Holmström - Medication safety risks in veterinary practice
Marja Raekallio - The journey of an academic innovation to a pharmaceutical product
Virpi Sali - Novel salivary biomarker, adenosine deaminase, for veterinary medicine
Emilia Gordin - Novel acute kidney injury biomarkers in dogs
Chair Anna Mykkänen
14:30 Break
14:45 Member presentations 2b: Animal diseases and models
Michael Jeltsch - Origins of the vascular system
Thomas Spillmann - FIN-SAGAS – applied clinical research in small animal gastroenterology
Tarja Pääkkönen - NeuroPet - reseach in neurological diseases
Manal Hemida - DogRisk: Dietary risk factors of canine non-communicable diseases
Chair Anna Mykkänen
15:30 Closing of the forum