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Dissertation: Productivity information should be applied to reduce unwarranted variation in healthcare
Large differences in cost of care continue to persist between and within countries and even institutions – can the results of this dissertation make a difference?
Personnel wellbeing survey ongoing – your input is valuable
Please answer the survey on 23 October at the latest and influence the wellbeing of us all!
Aalto ENG Teaching Forum on 28 October 2019: Teacher’s wellbeing and collaboration
Seuraavassa Opetusfoorumissa keskustellaan, jaetaan kokemuksia ja ajatuksia liittyen opettajan hyvinvointiin ja yhteistyöhön.
In the following Teaching Forum we will discuss, share experiences and thoughts in teacher’s wellbeing and collaboration.
In the following Teaching Forum we will discuss, share experiences and thoughts in teacher’s wellbeing and collaboration.
Five tips for a happier life
Wise decisions can’t be made without taking other people and the broader context into account.
'Social welfare and healthcare reform should be implemented in stages'
Creating markets requires patience, says Professor Juuso Välimäki.
Mobile adventure a hit at Dean's Summer Event
Over 120 staff members of the School of Engineering took part in Dean’s Summer Event in Korpilampi. After lunch there were several activities available, but Back to Nature Mobile Adventure was the most popular.
Plogging: trash collecting run during Aalto 10 km & 5 km 22.9.
LiiKe is organizing a plogging event during Aalto 10 km & 5 km
Collaboration between Aalto University and HUS will create more innovations and new types of expertise
A recently signed contract expands the long-term collaboration between Aalto University and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUS).
Join now Aalto 10km & 5km, a great sports event for everyone on 22 Sept!
Run or walk, it's up to you - join Aalto University's top management team and sign up!
Machines to make sense of our health
Making use of artificial intelligence methods for personalised medicine.
Matias Palva, Professor of Brain Signal Analytics, studies the mechanisms of the human mind and brain diseases
Understanding the brain mechanisms behind the diseases is important when developing targeted treatments
'If you feel like an idiot every time you use a service, it isn’t very motivating'
Sari Kujala helped Kone improve its elevators and Fiskars make better axes. Now, she works as a deputy director in the DigiIN project that aims to ensure that digital services will not increase social exclusion.
Assistant Professor Elisa Mekler: Gaming can help to cope with difficult life situations and improve one’s wellbeing
Elisa Mekler found out in her recent study that video games might help people to cope with difficult life situations, which offers a new challenge to game designers
'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'
Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.
Breaking through barriers for a revolution in brain scans
The EU-funded BREAKBEN project promises better and more detailed brain scans
New laser therapy seeks to halt the progression of age-related vision loss
The Maculaser heat treatment heats the back of the eye with a near-infrared laser while precisely controlling the temperature during the treatment. The goal is to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an individualised, safe and effective manner.
Aalto Professors publish new neuroscience textbook
‘Brain Signals’ by Risto Ilmoniemi and Jukka Sarvas comprehensively reviews brain scanning techniques and the mathematics you need to analyse them
Aalto University and the National Institute for Health and Welfare intensify their research cooperation
Aalto University and the National Institute for Health and Welfare are building a new range of research projects to meet today's social and health care challenges. The objectives of the cooperation were agreed upon in a recently signed agreement.
Professor Björn Högberg: I don’t think people realize everything we can do with DNA
To DNA nanotechnologists, DNA is a smart building material that can be useful in the development of medical applications
Viking Olov Björk’s scholarship in applied biomaterial research of 275 000 Swedish Crowns
Scholarship supports research in the intersection between medical
technology and its close to clinical applications.
technology and its close to clinical applications.
