Northern Finland Birth Cohorts Public Lecture and Anniversary Celebration

The public lecture will present cohort research and its findings, explained by the researchers themselves. The presentation languages are Finnish and English. In addition, during the birthday celebration of the 40- and 60-year cohorts, we will celebrate the participants’ outstanding contribution to health research.

There will be an opportunity to learn more about cohort data collection, meet the cohort center staff, and engage with researchers from the University of Oulu who have used the data in their studies.

The public lecture will be livestreamed on the University of Oulu’s YouTube channel, and a direct link will be added to this page a few days before the event.

Welcome!

PROGRAMME

18:00 – Opening of the event – Leena Ala-Mursula, Professor of Occupational Health, in Finnish

18:05 – The scientific director of the cohorts will talk about the research – Sylvain Sebert, Professor of Life-Course Epidemiology, in English, the slides in Finnish

18:20 – Oral health of the 60-year olds’ in Northern Finland – Ritva Näpänkangas, Docent, Prosthetics and Stomatognathic Physiology, in Finnish

18:30 – Skin diseases – more than skin deep – Suvi-Päivikki Sinikumpu, Specialist in Dermatology and Allergology, Clinical Lecturer, in Finnish

18:40 – Glymphometer brain data collection and its purpose in the cohort study – Teemu Myllylä; Associate Professor, in Finnish

18:50 – “Could I be a researcher?” Public/citizen involvement in cohort research – Erika Jarva, Postdoctoral Researcher, in Finnish

19:00 – End of the public seminar

19:00–20:00 – Discussion and birthday celebrations

At the University of Oulu, the Northern Finland Birth Cohort studies have been following population health and wellbeing for over 60 years. In 2026–2027, individuals born in 1966 who are part of the study will be invited to participate in a new extensive follow-up data collection, which will collect comprehensive information about their health, factors influencing health, and healthy ageing.

Read more about the data collection:

Sixty-year-olds from the Northern Finland Birth Cohort invited to an extensive health study

In it for the long run: Leading a birth cohort study is paving the way for future generations of researchers