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NEW FELLOWS

We are happy to announce our selected fellows and their projects for SYS-LIFE postdoctroral programme:

  • Nitin Bayal: The mediating impact of gut microbiome on Executive Function: a multi-assay analysis
  • Jarkko Johansson: Normative dopaminergic function and activation of cognitive control: neuroimaging studies across the lifespan
  • Yaxing Meng: Life course blood pressure and cardiovascular prevention
  • David Molnar: Morphological and functional characterization of the pericoronary epicardial adipose tissue in atherosclerosis and its incremental diagnostic value
  • Dattatray Mongad: Multi-omic characterization of gut microbiome dysbiosis and resistome: Implications for cardiovascular risk
  • Sanaz Nazari Farsani: Identifying prior and novel undetected stroke lesions in suspected CAD patients through total-body PET/CT imaging and generative deep learning
  • Mika Ogawa: The relationship between oral health, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease: a dental anxiety perspective
  • Oluwafemi Ojo: Defining the role of HSD17B12 in body adiposity regulation and PCOS related metabolic dysfunction
  • Suman Vimal: Proteomic evaluation of stress granules and processing bodies in pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation
  • Jiawei Yang: AI for heart monitoring using exercise aware wearables (Exercise4Heart)
  • Li-Fang Yeo: Gut micRobiome and Metabolome in modulating Blood Pressure (GRuMBP)

SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETS

SYS-LIFE Selection Committee held its meeting on the 3rd of June in a sunny and warm Turku campus. Committee members had a busy day in examining the external reviews and compiling an ordered ranking. As a result of their expert input, the position in the fellowship programme is offered to eleven of the highest-ranked applicants. Selected applicants, as well as reserve list applicants, have been notified of their status and rank by email. The results will be made public as soon as all the new positions have been confirmed.
SYS-LIFE team congratulates the new postdoctoral fellows!

More about evaluation and selection on: APPLICATION

Pasi Liljeberg,  Ville Kytö, Kari Kalliokoski, Eero Jokinen, Pekka Hänninen, Georges Kazan, Tapio Lönnberg, Anni Wärri, Sari Stenholm, Harriet Wallberg, Pirjo Nuutila, Markus Juonala, Eeva Rainio, Jyrki Heino, Sanni Helander

FIRST CALL SELECTION UPDATE

As we’re entering proper spring time in Turku, our reviewers are going through the last parts of evaluating the applications for the first call, after which the Selection Committee will have their meeting on the 3rd of June.  The applicants will be notified with information about their reviews and ranking during June. 

Selection Committee

Chair Harriet Wallberg, Professor, Karolinska Institutet

Vice-Chair Eero Jokinen, Professor, Finnish Cardivascular Foundation

Ville Kytö, MD PhD, R&D Director, Wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland

Pekka Hänninen, Dean, UTU

Pasi Liljeberg, Professor, UTU

Pasi Virta, Professor, UTU

Jyrki Heino, Professor, UTU

Pirjo Nuutila, Professor, UTU

Sari Stenholm, Professor, UTU

Kari Kalliokoski, Research Manager, UTU

Tapio Lönnberg, Senior Research Fellow, UTU

Ex officio members

Markus Juonala, Professor, SYS-LIFE Director, UTU

Georges Kazan, Research Manager, SYS-LIFE Vice Director, UTU

Sanni Helander, Coordinator, UTU

Anni Wärri, Development Manager, UTU

Eeva Rainio, Head of Development, UTU

FIRST CALL: EVALUATION PERIOD

First call for SYS-LIFE fellowship in University of Turku has now closed. We want to thank everybody who sent in their application. Those which passed the technical check have now been submitted for the external evaluation and the applicants have been contacted via email. We will keep you posted on the selection process and hope to see you soon here in Turku, Finland!

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SYS-LIFE PROGRAMME, APPLY BY 31 JANUARY 2024

Systemic approaches to improve cardiometabolic and brain health during lifespan

SYS-LIFE will offer 22 postdoctoral researchers in the field of cardiometabolic and brain health the opportunity to design and lead their own innovative research projects.

Up to 11 SYS-LIFE fellows will be recruited in 2024 & 2025. The duration of each position will be 36 months.

1st Call / 11 positions offered

Research Topics Include:

Check the eligibility conditions 

Inform yourself and develop your idea

Contact the receiving supervisor 

Prepare the documents for application 

Submit the application 

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