Faculty of Health Sciences Doctoral Researcher Symposium 2025
19-21 May 2025
Snellmania Kuopio Campus
Doctoral Researcher – submit an abstract and come share your research!
Location
- The event takes place on UEF Kuopio campus in Snellmania building
- Arriving and parking
- Talks will be in Auditorium SN100 (1st floor)
- Poster sessions and sponsor exhibition will take place in Snellmania lobby
- The career afternoon takes place in Auditorium SN100 (1st floor) and SN 2nd floor seminar rooms
Credits
- Attendance to the symposium, a presentation (oral or poster presentation) and peer review yields 1,5 ECTS.
- Attendance to the career workshop and completing the related pre-assignment yields an additional 0,5 ECTS.
Fees
- The scientific program is free for all FoHS Doctoral researchers, supervisors and other research group members, including undergraduate students
- Fees for catering and social program
- Scientific program and coffees on both days (8 eur)
- Scientific program and lunches + coffees on both days (15 eur)
- Scientific program and dinner (15 eur)
- Full program including scientific program, lunches + coffees on both days + dinner (25 eur)
- Please note that catering during the event and participation to the social program are confirmed only after the payment has been received.
The abstract submission is closed. Thank you to all who submitted an abstract!
The registration to the event is closed. Thank you for registering!
The career afternoon (workshop) on Monday 19 May 2025 focuses on different career paths after the doctoral degree. In the workshop, you will get a chance to hear and discuss about different career paths (academic, industry, public sector etc.) and opportunities with external speakers from various fields as well as your peers.
Program
11:30 Registration, SN lobby
12:00 Welcome and introduction, SN100
Emilia Kansanen, Head of Research and Innovation, Faculty of Health Sciences
12:05 Career Transitions after a PhD, SN100
Ira Virtanen, UEF Doctoral School
Janne Saarela, UEF Career Services
12:45 Real-life experiences, SN100
Invited speakers from academia, industry and public sector
13:45 Coffee break and group formation, SN lobby
Group 1 SN201
Group 2 SN204
Group 3 SN205
14:00 Group Tasks, SN201, SN204 and SN205
SN201 (Industry, moderator Katja Savolainen, DPDR coordinator)
SN204 (Public sector, moderator Jenni Küblbeck, DPMM coordinator)
SN205 (Academic, moderator Suvi Manninen, DPHS coordinator)
15:00 Break and preparation of summaries, SN lobby
15:15 Feedback from groups, SN100
Coordinators of Doctoral Programmes of Faculty of Health Sciences
Group rapporteurs
16:00 Wrap-up and networking, SN lobby
The two-day symposium will include invited lectures, sponsor talks, talks and posters from doctoral researchers as well as a sponsor exhibition.
PROGRAM
Tuesday 20.5.2025
8:00 Registration and poster setup for poster session I – SN lobby
9:00 Opening – SN100
9:10 Keynote talk from Prof. Arto Urtti (School of Pharmacy) – SN100
10:15 Poster session I (posters 17-42) and exhibition -SN lobby
11:15 Session I – Presentations from doctoral researchers – SN100
11:15 Katayun Bahrami
11:35 Anna Kalatanova
11:55 Shanza Razzaq
12:15 Sponsor talk (Promega) – SN100
12:30 Lunch and exhibition – SN lobby
14:00 Session II – Presentations from doctoral researchers – SN100
14:00 Ambrin Farizah Babu
14:20 Andrei Ihanus
14:40 Veronika Górová
15:00 Claire Fayad
15:20 Coffee and exhibition – SN lobby
16:00 Session III – Presentations from doctoral researchers – SN100
16:00 Eerika Takala
16:20 Johannes Hiltunen
16:40 Sonja Koivukoski
17:00 Introduction to Itävä by Doctoral researcher Pracheta De – SN100
17:15 Closing words and end of Day 1
18:30 Networking and symposium dinner at Kuopion Klubi
Wednesday 21.5.2025
8:00 Poster setup for poster session II – SN lobby
9:00 Session IV – Presentations from doctoral researchers – SN100
9:00 Janina Gunnar
9:20 Sara Gröhn
9:40 Kanishka Kanishka
10:15 Poster session II and exhibition – SN lobby
11:15 Session V – Presentations from doctoral researchers – SN100
11:15 Barkat Babar
11:35 Mohammadsaeed Nabati Saravani
11:55 Elena Ppali
12:15 Lunch and exhibition – SN lobby
13:15 Invited talk from Prof. Ivana Kholova (Clinical Medicine) – SN100
14:15 Coffee and exhibition – SN lobby
14:45 Invited pitch from Research Funding Specialist Maria Rikala (UEF Research services) – SN100
15:00 Panel discussion “Mastering time management in a PhD project” – SN100
16:45 Closing words and end of event – SN100
The symposium dinner will take place on Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 18:30 at Kuopion Klubi.
Menu
Green salad with raspberry vinaigrette
Feta salad
Mummo’s cucumbers
Marinated tomatoes
Veggie-pasta salad
Asparagus salad
Dried berries
Seeds
Bread and whisked butter
Whitefish, beurre blanc, parmesan potato cake and roast veggies
Cauliflower, herb fraiche, beluga lentils, roast potatoes and roast veggies
Rhubarb parfait and strawberries and dark chocolates
Coffee and tea
The photo contest winners will be awarded during the evening!
The evening program is organized together with UEF Doctoral Researchers Association (Itävä ry).
Welcome!
For sponsors, we are offering the following packages:
- Bronze: 300 euros for logo/product information visibility (website, slide show during breaks etc.)
- Silver: 600 euros for 10 minute short talk in the program (limited number of talks available) OR a stand in the sponsor exhibition, logo/product visibility in meeting materials, participation in the scientific program and catering for two participants
- Gold: 900 euros for 15 minutes short talk in the program (limited number of talks available) AND a stand in the sponsor exhibition, logo/product visibility in meeting materials, participation in the scientific program and catering for two participants.
