Welcome to the website of the Department of Medical Technology.

The department is responsible of the undergraduate program in Medical and Wellness Technology. We also arrange courses for biomedical engineering students from other faculties and programs.

The program includes studies in biomedicine, natural science and engineering. The lcurriculum can be found here

The Department of Medical Technology has ERASMUS student exchange with the following universities:

Czech Technical University, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic

University of Patras, Department of Medical Physics, Patras, Greece

The Department of Medical Technology is part of the Oulu School of Biomedical Engineering

The department has the Centre of Excellence for Telehealth FinnTelemedicum

Pasi Pulkkinen will defend his PhD thesis "Radiographical Assessment of Hip Fragitility" on Friday, February 6 at 12 noon. Professor Hannu Aro from University of Turku will be the official opponent. Thesis

The study of Aki Vainionpää "Effect of impact exercise and its intensity on bone geometry at weight-bearing tibia and femur" received the Best Bone Research Award 2007 in the Category of Clinical Studies. The award was granted by the Finnish Bone Society.

Prof. Timo Jämsä was the official opponent of the defense of the PhD thesis of Ossi Riekkinen at the University of Kuopio. The thesis study was about the ultrasound diagnostics of trabecular bone.

Aki Vainionpää received the OWI stipend from the best thesis in wellbeing and health technologies in 2007-2008.

University of Oulu invites Professor emeritus Toivo Katila as a honorary doctor in its Conferment Ceremony 2009.

Virpi Muhonen defended her doctoral thesis "Bone-Biomaterial Interface - The effects of surface modified NiTi shape memory alloy on bone cells and tissue" on June 27, 2008. Prof. Mikko Lammi from the University of Kuopio was the official opponent. Thesis

The PhD thesis of Aki Vainionpää was selected by the Faculty of Medicine as the best thesis in Medicine 2007.

The research of the Department of Medical Technology was evaluated as Excellent (ranked 6/7) in the Research Assessment Exercise 2007 of the University of Oulu and nominated as Centre of Excellence in Research.

Prof. Timo Jämsä was nominated as the director of the Institute of Biomedicine for the year 2008.

The study of Aki Vainionpää "Intensity of Exercise is Associated with Bone Density Change in Premenopausal Women" received the Best Bone Research Award 2006 in the Category of Clinical Studies. The award was granted by the Finnish Bone Society.

Aki Vainionpää defended his doctoral thesis "Bone Adaptation to Impact Loading - Significance of Loading Intensity" on Friday, June 15, 2007. Prof. Ari Heinonen from the University of Jyväskylä was the official opponent and prof. Timo Jämsä the supervisor. Thesis

Professor Timo Jämsä has been elected as representative of the Academic Division to the EAMBES Council for the period 2006/2007.

BIOMEDEA III Conference on BME education in Europe was held in Stuttgart, 23-25.9.2005. Prof. Timo Jämsä attended the conference and also chaired workshops during the conference.

The BIOMEDEA Conference was held in Eindhoven, 17-19.12.2004. The conference was focused on BME education in Europe. Prof. Timo Jämsä presented BME education in Oulu and also chaired workshops during the conference.

PhD student Aki Vainionpää received a Young Scientist Award in the European Conference on Calcified Tissue in Nice, 4-9.6.2004, with his presentation 'High-impact exercise and BMD in randomly selected population of premenopausal women'.

Prof. Timo Jämsä received the Clinical Biomechanics Award 2004 from the European Society of Biomechanics with his presentation 'Effect of daily physical activity on bone' in the biannual meeting of the Society in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Neth erlands, 4-7.7.2004.

Press release of the press conference held in August 17th, 2004, about our project Quantification and qualification of health exercise .

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