Health from Cohorts and Biobanks (COHORT) 2017-2020
The Academy of Finland is set to open a call within a new Academy Programme with a view to promoting research collaboration and integration. The theme of the call concerns research using Finnish birth cohorts. In this programme, ‘birth cohort’ refers to a group of people born at a particular time or over a particular period of time. The term does not refer only to children nor to any cohorts where samples have been collected from birth.
The Academy Programme is intended to pilot a new programme concept. The call is not intended to provide funding for research projects like Academy Projects that are built around research hypotheses. Instead, funding will be awarded for integration between projects that already have basic research funding in place. The aim is to increase cooperation between different research partners and especially different levels of research, which through scientific regeneration will contribute to enhancing the impact of research in this thematic area.
Materials
Projects
Projects funded in the Cohort main call 2016
Funding period: 2017–2020
Total funding: € 4.6 million
Early determinants of cardiovascular, metabolic and reproductive health (EDCar) (pdf)
- Harri Niinikoski, University of Turku
- Helena Virtanen, University of Turku
- Suvi Virtanen, Tampere University
- Riitta Veijola, University of Oulu
- Minna Männikkö, University of Oulu
- Pia Nyberg, Oulu University Hospital
- Anu Jalanko, The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Finnish Platform of Birth Cohorts: Microbial Interactions and Health (FINMIC) (pdf)
- Juha Pekkanen, University of Helsinki
- Pirkka Kirjavainen, The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
- Willem de Vos, University of Helsinki
- Juha Auvinen, University of Oulu
- Seppo Heinonen, Helsinki University Hospital
- Heikki Lukkarinen, Turku University Hospital
- Katri Backman, Kuopio University Hospital
Finnish Psychiatric Birth Cohort Consortium (PSYCOHORTS) (pdf)
- Andre Sourander, University of Turku
- Juha Veijola, University of Oulu
- Mika Gissler, The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
- Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki
- Jaakko Kaprio, University of Helsinki
- Juulia Paavonen, The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
- Marja Karlsson, University of Turku
Steering group
- Mika Rämet, Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment (chair)
- Maritta Välimäki, Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment
- Tuire Kuusi, Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering
- Markus Perola, Research Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment
- Minnamari Vippola, Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering
- Pirjo Nuutila, University of Turku
- Jorma Palvimo, University of Eastern Finland
- Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Sampo Sammalisto, Business Finland
More information
- Heikki Vilen, Programme Manager, tel. +358 295 335 135
- Sara Illman, Programme Manager, tel. +358 295 335 119
- Tiina Neuvonen, Project Officer, tel. +358 295 335 076
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