Tervetuloa ESTER ja FinnGeDi –tutkimusten 10-vuotissymposiumiin 24. tammikuuta 2020, klo 12-16, OYS, luentosali 4.

Welcome to ESTER and FinnGeDi studies’ 10-year Symposium on 24th January 2020, at 12-16, OYS, Auditorium 4.

Ilmoittautuminen viimeistään 17.1. (kahvitarjoilun järjestämiseksi) / Registration no later than 17th January (for coffee): https://forms.gle/te2Hq1cgn2TiVHid7

ESTER: Ennenaikainen syntymä, raskaus ja lapsen terveys aikuisiässä / Preterm Birth, Pregnancy and Offspring Health in Adult Life FinnGeDi: Raskausdiabetes – ikkuna naisen ja lapsen terveyteen / The Finnish Gestational Diabetes study ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

12:15 – 12:45 How to start a successful cohort study: the real story of ESTER and FinnGeDi Professor Eero Kajantie, University of Oulu Adjunct professor Marja Vääräsmäki, Oulu University Hospital

12:45 – 13:00 Tositarinoita tutkimusvastaanotoilta Study nurses Marjatta Takala / Sarianna Vaara

13:00 – 13:30 Hall of fame – what is my favourite finding? ESTER and FinnGeDi researchers

13:30 - 14:00 Keynote lecture: Early-life programming of chronic pain Associate professor Kari Anne Evensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim

14:00 – 14:30 Coffee Break

14:30 – 14:50 DNA Methylation studies and the exposome - Where are we and where are we going? Adjunct professor Sylvain Sebert, University of Oulu

14:50 – 15:30 Preterm birth - what has been found, what is coming?

Cardiovascular risk factors in adults born preterm MD PhD Marika Sipola, Oulu University Hospital

Pooling data across cohorts: APIC and RECAP -international collaboration studies Adjunct professor Riikka Pyhälä-Neuvonen, University of Helsinki MD PhD Marjaana Tikanmäki, Oulu University Hospital

15:30 – 16:00 Gestational diabetes – what has been found, what is coming?

Is it worth to screen almost all pregnant women for gestational diabetes? MD Sanna Mustaniemi, Oulu University Hospital

Genetic Risk Score – a future tool for clinicians? MD PhD Elina Keikkala, Oulu University Hospital