International networks
Baltic Sea Region Network in Personalized Health Care
8th Summer School of Baltic Sea Region Network in Personalized Health Care
June 5-7, 2024
organised by the University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
The purpose of the Summer school for PhD students is to learn new aspects of health sciences and present and obtain feedback on the students’ assignments in a supportive peer atmosphere. The extent of the Summer school is three (3) ECTS credits. Moreover, the purpose of the Summer school is to strengthen the collaborative Baltic Sea Region network.
See here for more information.
In case of any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!
Contact:
Hannakaisa Niela-Vilen, hmniel@utu.fi
Minna Stolt, minna.stolt@utu.fi
Baltic Sea Region Network in Personalized Health Care is a multi-disciplinary and cross-national network of the universities of the countries of the Baltic Sea Region. The aim of the network is to offer doctoral students in health sciences a systematically built, scientifically ambitious, and multidisciplinary research training which benefits from Baltic Sea Region contacts. It is expected that the network will contribute to the further improvement of the scientific standard of personalized healthcare research and increase the number of internationally competitive experts in Baltic Sea Region. It is notable, that personalized health care is an important element in many health promotion strategies.
Personalized healthcare is considered as a broad concept that includes novel concepts for patient assessment for the delivery of personalized and/or preventive healthcare interventions. Combining data and knowledge from different areas and pooling resources will pave the way for designing novel more personalized healthcare interventions. The focus is on demonstrating substantial improvements in patient health, well-being, the quality of life and extended functional capabilities by offering personalised and integrated healthcare services.
The following universities have joined the network:
- Southern Denmark University, Odense, Denmark
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
- Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
- Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
- University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- University of Turku, Turku, Finland
The network was established in 2015 and is currently coordinated by the University of Turku, Finland. The network has regular virtual and face-to-face meetings to develop doctoral training, funding proposals and collaborative research. Yearly summer schools have been arranged since 2016 and many doctoral candidates and professors/senior researchers have participated in these stimulating events. Furthermore, yearly conferences targeted to doctoral candidates are arranged usually in November.
Board Members
The Academic Board was established 8th of June 2015. The board members are:
- Southern Denmark University: Lisbeth Rosenbek Minet & Hanne Kaae Kristensen
- Karolinska Institutet: Kay Sundberg & Susanne Guidetti
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences: Alice Kvåle & Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann
- Klaipeda University: Alona Rauckiene-Michaelsson
- Vilnius University: Natalja Fatkulina
- Rīga Stradiņš University: Kristaps Circenis
- University of Tartu: Mari Kangasniemi
- Medical University of Gdansk: Katarzyna Pietrzak
- University of Lübeck: Katrin Balzer
- UTU: Minna Stolt (chair), Helena Leino-Kilpi, Hannakaisa Niela-Vilen (secr.)
- 2023 Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2022 Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway
- 2021 University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- 2019 Rīga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia
- 2018 University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- 2017 University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
- 2016 University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
ICoNS - International Collaboration of Nurse Scholars
The ICoNS – Summer School 2023 will be organised at the University of Turku in Finland from the 14th to the 20th of June, 2023.
Coordinating board
- Sanna Salanterä, University of Turku
- Montserrat Gea, University of Lleida
- Eva Barallat, University of Lleida
- Janice Gullick, University of Sydney
- Helena Leino-Kilpi, University of Turku
EANS
EANS Summer Schools were established in 1998 to encourage nurses undertaking a PhD study to add a European dimension to their research and to receive advanced research training.
Information on the summer schools can be found on the EANS website.