Hi all,
We wish everyone welcome to our second annual symposium! Secure your seat and
register by November 28!
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FibroHealth Symposium 2023 on Fibrobesity
Welcome to FibroHealth Symposium 2023!
University of Oulu Profi6 Fibrobesity programme presents cutting edge research on the current state of clinical proceedings in obesity treatments and links between obesity and fibrosis
in different disease states.
Time: December 13 at 12-20
Place: Hotel Lasaretti, Aurora Hall, Kasarmintie 13b, 90130 Oulu
Registration: No attendance fee.
Sign up by November 28 using
this registration form.
Programme (to be updated and finalized)
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12.00 - 12.05 |
Welcoming words Associate Professor
Reetta Hinttala, Fibrobesity Leader, University of Oulu |
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12.05 - 12.50 |
Circadian biology and extracellular matrix homeostasis in ageing and fibrosis Professor
Qing-Jun Meng,
Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research Manchester, UK |
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12.50 - 13.35 |
Title of the talk TBA
Speaker TBA |
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13.35 - 14.00 |
Coffee Break |
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14.00 - 14.45 |
Severe obesity is a chronic disease - Long-term outcomes of metabolic bariatric surgery for severe obesity Professor
Paulina Salminen, University of Turku
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14.45 - 15.05 |
Gut microbiota after gastric bypass surgery Senior Research Fellow
Justus Reunanen, University
of Oulu |
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15.05 - 15.25 |
Recent advances in obesity medications Professor
Janne Hukkanen, University of Oulu |
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15.25 - 15.45 |
Fibrosis and obesity in sudden cardiac death MD, PhD
Lauri Holmström, University of Oulu |
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15.45 – 16.00 |
Concluding words & future perspectives
Professor
Juhani Junttila, Fibrobesity Vice-Leader, University of Oulu |
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16 - 20 |
Networking with refreshments and snacks |
Event home page:
https://www.oulu.fi/en/events/fibrohealth-symposium-2023
Contact for inquiries: Fibrobesity coordinator Ritva Saastamoinen,
ritva.saastamoinen@oulu.fi, tel. +358 294 48 5226, +358 50 592 3333
Best wishes,
Ritva
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Ritva Saastamoinen
PhD, Adjunct Professor (Docent)
Coordinator, Profi6 Fibrobesity
Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine (Room S5 230 at University Hospital)
Faculty of Medicine
University of Oulu
tel. +358 294 48 5226, +358 50 592 3333
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@FibroOulu
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