Short-term positions in PROFI8 Health Dimensions: selected applicants

Profi8 Health dimensions had an open call for short-term postdoctoral researcher, senior research fellow or part-time clinical researcher in April. The call was multidisciplinary, and 32 applications were submitted. Evaluation of 23 eligible applicants took place in May. Six applicants were awarded a position up to 6 months to be used in 2025. The first recruits started in June.

The selected candidates and their research topics are as follows, in alphabetical order:

  • Nsrein Ali, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Medicine: Developing Advanced Sweat Glands Organoids-Neuronal Cell 3D Models to Unravel Neurodegenerative Microenvironment Dynamics
  • Eveliina Heikkala, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences and Technology: Risk-based identification of patients with musculoskeletal pain and individualized care pathway in primary healthcare (RETAR trial)
  • Katriina Heikkilä, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Medicine: Preterm birth, being born small for gestational age and the risk of multimorbidity in childhood
  • Tejesvi Mysore, Faculty of Medicine, Clinical Medicine: Early-Life Microbiota-derived Extracellular vesicles and their impact on health
  • Ville-Petteri Mäkinen, Faculty of Medicine, Population Health: Multi-dimensional metabolic subgrouping and cardiovascular disease trajectories over eight decades of life
  • Qin Zhang, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Disease Networks: Uncovering the regulatory architecture of prostate cancer risk: A multidimensional mapping of functional non-coding variants
Last updated: 3.7.2025