INVITATION Virtual guest lecture "Fit youth for a healthier future society" will be given by Associate Professor Francisco B. Ortega on Thursday, June 10, at 10:00. https://oulu.zoom.us/j/68556598911?pwd=N2ljTGF1Q3JlSi9kRmZIcThKd2tIUT09&...

Associate Professor Ortega is from the Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Granada, Spain, and also at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Sweden. After completing his Degree in Sports Sciences (1998-2002), he did 2 separate Doctoral Theses at the University of Granada (Spain) and Karolinska Institute (Stockholm, Sweden) (2002-2008). He did his postdoc in Sweden, including 4 research stays at the University of South Carolina, USA (2008-2012). From 2012 to date, Dr. Ortega is working as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sport Sciences at the University of Granada, Spain, where he founded and is currently Co-Director of the PROFITH Research group. He has published more than 330 scientific papers in the field of physical activity, fitness and health. His papers have got more than 30 000 citations and his h-index is above 90 in Google Scholar. This places him as number 4th Worldwide in the field of Physical Fitness. He was selected by a Regional Government in Spain to develop the "Guidelines for the Promotion of Physical Activity". Recently, he participated as author in the "ACSM-Guidelines for exercise testing and prescription 11th edition".

Associate Professor Ortega will be opponent for the doctoral defence of Vahid Farrahi on Monday, June 14.

http://profith.ugr.es/pages/equipo/francisco http://profith.ugr.es/?lang=en https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=jZ1oU8cAAAAJ&hl=en

With kind regards, Timo Jämsä