The Neuroscience Research Community (NEURO-RC) of University of Eastern Finland welcomes you to ”New openings to societal impact and research collaboration” seminar.
Seminar is held via Zoom and is open to all interested.

The programme:
NEURO-RC – Strategy and goals
Professor Mikko Hiltunen,
Director of NEURO-RC, School of Medicine, Biomedicine

Societal impact of research – More than one section in research application
Professor Päivi Eriksson,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Senior Lecturer of Elder Law Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School

Building innovation ecosystems around neuroscience research
Professor Simcha Jong Kon Chin,
Leiden University

Neuro-ethics and law: Socio-legal perspective
Professor Kaijus Ervasti,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School

Making sense of working together: Understanding the relationships between patients´partners and researchers in health research
Dr. Caterina Bettin,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School

Examples of societal impact and multidisciplinary industry-patient collaboration in epilepsy projects
Professor Reetta Kälviäinen,
School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine,
Director of the Kuopio Epilepsy Center in Kuopio University Hospital

Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus as a novel window for neurodegenerative diseases
Professor Ville Leinonen,
School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital

World-Wide FINGERS: Building the first global network of multimodal dementia prevention trials
Associate Professor Alina Solomon,
School of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine

Algorithmic data analysis opportunities: Introduction to the research topics
of the Algorithmic Data Analysis group and their potential connections to NEURO-RC research
Professor Pauli Miettinen,
Faculty of Science and Forestry, School of Computing

UEF Neurodata-ecosystem – A step towards increased reproducibility, efficiency, and impact
Professor Jussi Tohka,
Faculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences

Societal impact and research commercialization questionnaire and practical actions
Dr. Eeva Aromaa,
NEURO-RC-coordinator, School of Medicine, Biomedicine

Closing words
Professor Mikko Hiltunen,
Director of NEURO RC, School of Medicine, Biomedicine