From: Ritva Saastamoinen ritva.saastamoinen@oulu.fi Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 3:12 PM To: ltk-all ltk-all@oulu.fi; fbmm fbmm@lists.oulu.fi; 'mrcouluohjaajat@lists.oulu.fi' mrcouluohjaajat@lists.oulu.fi; fibrobesity@lists.oulu.fi; 'hbsdp@lists.oulu.fi' hbsdp@lists.oulu.fi Subject: Reminder: Profi 8 Launch Event: How Can We Improve Our Safety, Health, and the Environment in a Changing World?
Hi all, The programme of the upcoming Profi8 joint Launch event has been updated. If you didn't sign up yet, do it at the latest on next Monday, November 10!
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Welcome everyone to the University of Oulu Profi 8 Launch Eventhttps://www.oulu.fi/en/events/profi-8-launch-event-how-can-we-improve-safety-health-and-environment-changing-world! How Can We Improve Our Safety, Health, and the Environment in a Changing World?
Time: November 17th at 10:00-12:00 Place: Lecture Hall L2, Linnanmaa & Zoom Registrationhttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/41F9B276A7DA77D7 no later than November 10th
Join us on for the launch of the University of Oulu's Profi 8 research themes: SafeEarthhttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/safeearth-natural-and-humanmade-risks-and-societies-responses, Health Dimensionshttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/multidimensional-big-data-and-life-course-health-molecules-society-health-dimensions, and SAFIREhttps://www.oulu.fi/en/research/biodiverse-arctic-and-global-resilience/safeguarding-biodiversity-through-interdisciplinary-research-habitat-restoration-safire. These initiatives strengthen our expertise in security and safety, health and well-being, and environmental restoration in the Arctic, connecting disciplines from technology and medicine to ecology and social sciences. At the event, programme leaders will present their visions and discuss the opportunities these new Profi 8 programmes bring to Oulu's scientific community.
NOTE: Registration is required for both on-site and online participation. Please submit your registration herehttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/41F9B276A7DA77D7 no later than November 10th.
Programme
10:00-10:05 - Welcome 10:05-10:25 - Eija Tanskanen: Safety in the Changing World (SafeEarth) 10:25-10:45 - Johannes Kettunen: One Body, Many Risks - New Paths to Preventing Multiple Diseases (Health Dimensions) 10:45-11:05 - Stefan Prost and Anna Krzywoszynska: Title of the talk TBA (SAFIRE) 11:05-11:35 - Coffee, Tea & Cake 11:35-11:55 - Participatory panel discussion: Making Research Matter: Building Socially Relevant and Actionable Science Across PROFI Themes 11:55-12:00 - Closing Remarks
Follow the themes and subscribe to the upcoming newsletters!
Subscribe to the Health Dimensions Newsletterhttps://assets-eur.mkt.dynamics.com/ec35ac22-364b-4f39-9eb5-9496ecf157ff/digitalassets/standaloneforms/b6c192d0-99a9-f011-bbd2-7c1e5235f5f1 Subscribe to the SAFIRE Newsletterhttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/AE8F987E12688A6D Subcribe to the SafeEarth Newsletterhttps://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/A5FE895E3B7CDAA1
Organizing team: Profi 8 coordinators
Emma Bruus (SafeEarth) Rebecca Carlson (SAFIRE) Ritva Saastamoinen (Health Dimensions)
Best wishes, Ritva ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ritva Saastamoinen PhD, Adjunct Professor (Docent) Coordinator, Profi8 Health Dimensions Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Room 339B, Aapistie 5A University of Oulu tel. +358 294 48 5226, +358 50 592 3333 www: http://www.oulu.fi/en/health-dimensions LinkedIn: Health Dimensions Ouluhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/106910780/admin/dashboard/
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