{"id":229,"date":"2024-11-05T08:45:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobrainandmind\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:49:19","slug":"frontpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/kuopiobrainandmind\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuopio Brain &amp; Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Kuopio Brain &amp; Mind is a regional neuroscience collaboration network in Eastern Finland<\/strong>, <strong>bringing together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uef.fi\/en\">University of Eastern Finland<\/a> (UEF), <a href=\"https:\/\/pshyvinvointialue.fi\/\">Wellbeing Services County of North Savo<\/a>, including <a href=\"https:\/\/pshyvinvointialue.fi\/\">Kuopio University Hospital<\/a> (KUH) and hospitals in its collaborative area; <a href=\"https:\/\/etelasavonha.fi\/en\/asiointikanavat\/mikkeli-central-hospital\/\">Mikkeli Central Hospital<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siunsote.fi\/pohjois-karjalan-keskussairaala\">North Carelia Central Hospital<\/a>, various enterprises, CROs, and other ecosystem actors, including patient associations.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Under the umbrella of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neurocenterfinland.fi\/?lang=en\">Neurocenter Finland<\/a><\/strong>, our <strong>mission is to promote brain health through life by improved understanding of disease mechanisms, better early diagnostics, and development of personalized medicine approaches for brain disorders.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We strive to realize our mission through actions that foster multidisciplinary research collaborations and innovations, taking into account patient involvement and patient rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Kuopio Brain &amp; Mind brings together a large community of different career-stage basic and clinical researchers, health care professionals, and experts in law, ethics, business, and innovations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">We have a decades\u2019 long expertise in clinical, basic, and translational research in different brain disorders and utilize unique, well-characterized patient cohorts, which include biological samples and detailed clinical, genetic, and biomarker data, as well as a wide variety of different <em>in vitro<\/em> and <em>in vivo<\/em> model systems. 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