
Neuro-Innovation
Neuro-Innovation is an EU Horizon2020 MSCA funded four-year doctoral programme that focuses on research and innovation for brain health throughout life. The project coordinators are professor Päivi Eriksson (UEF Business School) and professor Tarja Malm (A I Virtanen Institute).
Leaders
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Päivi Eriksson
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Tarja Malm
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
The Neuro-Innovation doctoral programme is a new, globally unique effort to train international experts who are wanted in the European job market and future research leaders in brain health innovation. These experts will learn to solve innovationrelated questions in personalized medicine that focuses on the prediction, prevention and early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases and epilepsy. They will have skills to develop novel treatments and commercialize their research results in the form of new technologies, models, and methods in the European and global markets. Health care is globally faced with a growing burden of major age-associated diseases. Neuro-innovation and impact as well as neuro-ethics are needed to survive these challenges and maintain brain health throughout life. This will be gained by offering world class research-oriented PhD training that combines neurosciences with innovation management, social sciences and law, and computer science and applied physics. In depth substance knowledge and methodology training will be topped up with wellplanned transferable skills curricula providing the graduates with skills needed in changing career paths after their initial researcher training. Other means to achieve training goals include well-planned mobility periods to international research environments of partner universities, meaningful secondments with companies, and frequent exposure to intersectoral activities in training. The Neuro-Innovation doctoral programme will take the researcher training to the next level in terms of research excellence developed within two regional health innovation ecosystems that benefits both parties. The NeuroInnovation programme will create critical mass for a new talent hub for university-industry collaboration. Several measures will be taken to attract female and minority candidates, and applicants from new EU countries and those that do not have strong PhD training in the research filed of this programme.
Leaders
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Päivi Eriksson
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Tarja Malm
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Doctoral Researchers
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Andrius Penkauskas
Doctoral Researcher -
Meheli Banerjee
Early Stage ResearcherA.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Kaustubh Jadhav
Doctoral ResearcherFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Catherine Suubi Kayonga
Doctoral Researcher -
Melika Azim Zadegan
Doctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Ahmed Mohamed
Early Stage ResearcherFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Alex Berg
Doctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School -
Elena Ppali
Early Stage Researcher -
Shekhar Singh
Doctoral Researcher -
Melina Estela Dalmau
Doctoral researcherFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Hannaneh Moradi
Doctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Supervisors of Doctoral Researchers
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Heikki Tanila
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Tero Montonen
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Ville Kolehmainen
ProfessorFaculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, Department of Technical Physics -
Mikko Hiltunen
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Biomedicine -
Päivi Eriksson
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Asla Pitkänen
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Olli Gröhn
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Miia Kivipelto
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition -
Reetta Kälviäinen
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine -
Ville Leinonen
ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine -
Alina Solomon
Associate ProfessorSchool of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine -
Katja Kanninen
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Elisa Tiilikainen
Associate ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Social Sciences -
Tarja Malm
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Riikka Martikainen
Research DirectorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Annakaisa Haapasalo
Research DirectorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Alejandra Sierra Lopez
Research DirectorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Jussi Tohka
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences -
Pauli Miettinen
ProfessorFaculty of Science, Forestry and Technology, School of Computing -
Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Law School -
Noora Puhakka
Programme coordinator
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Päivi Eriksson
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Tarja Malm
ProfessorFaculty of Health Sciences, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences