[cid:A15D1C0F-851F-4C05-BCCA-527FB2B12B9C@oulu.fi] University of Oulu Institute of Health Sciences
Thursday August 28 14:00 – 15:30 Seminar room F101
Introduction of the Computational Medicine Research Team (http://computationalmedicine.fihttp://computationalmedicine.fi/)
Prof Mika Ala-Korpela Who are we and what are we doing?
Dr Peter Würtz Metabolic profiling in molecular epidemiology
Dr Johannes Kettunen Metabolic profiling in genetics – towards systems epidemiology
Dr Mari Karsikas Metabolic view on aging
MScEng, CEO Teemu Suna Societal impact & business opportunities
For those interested in talking to the team members and discussing in more detail, e.g., on potential collaboration, we have organised a coctail party taking place in the evening starting at 18:00. Dress code totally casual; more details & the location after the lectures. If you intend to come, please email in advance to Mari (mari.karsikas@computationalmedicine.fimailto:mari.karsikas@computationalmedicine.fi) by 16:00 Wednesday. All interested in socialising with the Computational Medicine Team are welcome!
Next seminar on Thursday September 25 14:00 – 15:30 Seminar room F101
Prof Juan-Pablo Casas UCL & LSHTM, London, UK
Prof Casas will present interesting new results & ideas in the field of metabolic phenotyping, genetics & causality analyses via Mendelian Randomisation – a more detailed title will be announced later.
Professor Juan Pablo-Casas qualified in Medicine in 1999 and continued to train in cardiovascular science. In the UK, he worked initially as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Centre for Clinical Pharmacology at UCL and joined the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSTHM) in April 2005. Since April 2009 he split his time between the LSTHM and the University College London (UCL). At LSTHM, he works as co-director of the British Women's Heart & Health Study and Deputy Co-ordinator editor of the Cochrane Heart Group. At UCL, he works as a Reader in Genetic Epidemiology at the Institute of Cardiovascular Science.
His major interest is in disease aetiology in non-communicable disease with focus on cardiovascular disease and pre-eclampsia. Prof Casas is a key investigator in the UCLEB Consortium (http://computationalmedicine.fi/collaboration#UCLEB). Prof Casas has recently published papers, for example, in BMJ, Nat Commun, JAMA Psychiatry, Am J Hum Genet, Eur Heart J, Hum Mol Genet, Nat Genet, JACC, PLoS Med, Int J Epidemiol, Circ Cardiovasc Genet, Lancet & JAMA.
The last two seminars for this term will be
Thursday October 30 14:00 – 15:30 Seminar room H108
Thursday November 27 14:00 – 15:30 Seminar room F101
The presenters and topics will be announced later.
Active attendance would be highly appreciated!
________________________________ Mika Ala-Korpela, Ph.D. in Physics, Docent in Biological NMR
Professor of Computational Medicine University of Oulu Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences Aapistie 5 A, P.O.Box 5000, 90014 University of Oulu Oulu, Finland
Consultant in Computational Medicine Oulu University Hospital Oulu, Finland
Professor of Computational Medicine University of Bristol Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit School of Social and Community Medicine Oakfield House, Oakfield Grove Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
Mobile: + 358 40 1977 657 E-mail: mika.ala-korpela@computationalmedicine.fimailto:mika.ala-korpela@computationalmedicine.fi Research Team Homepage: http://www.computationalmedicine.fi/ MRC IEU website: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/integrative-epidemiology/about/
