Healthcare Science Week 2026

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🧪🏥 It’s Healthcare Science Week!

While this week is especially recognised in the UK, we believe it’s worth celebrating across all of Europe.

🩺 From laboratory diagnostics and bioinformatics to clinical trials and translational research, healthcare scientists are essential to improving patient care and advancing modern medicine.

At the ENDOTARGET EU Project, healthcare science forms the foundation of our work. Our multidisciplinary teams bring together clinical insight, molecular biology, microbiome research, multiomics modelling, and AI-based data integration to better understand the role of chronic inflammation and systemic endotoxemia in rheumatic diseases.

🌱 We also want to inspire the next generation 💪 encouraging young people to explore education and careers in the health sciences, where curiosity meets real-world impact.

💗 A heartfelt thank you to healthcare scientists everywhere for your expertise, dedication, and the vital difference you make every day – in hospitals, research centres, and laboratories across Europe and beyond.

 

 

 

 

 

Project Coordinator Team

Helsinki University Hospital (HUS)
Helsinki, Finland

ENDOTARGET Project Coordinator

Kari Eklund
kari.eklund@hus.fi

ENDOTARGET Deputy Project Coordinator

Gonçalo Barreto
goncalo.barreto@helsinki.fi

ENDOTARGET Project Manager

Ana Valkama
ana.valkama@hus.fi

Communication & Dissemination Leader

Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (SEZ)
Stuttgart, Germany

Lena Schleicher
lena.schleicher@steinbeis-europa.de

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