TYKS Foundation travel grants
TYKS Foundation has awarded the 2024 travel grants for researchers in medicine and health sciences. The €42,000 now awarded is part of the largest grant award in the foundation's history, totalling €300,000. The significantly higher award has been made possible by the significant donations…
Client fees for disability services
Client fees for disability services in services granted as of 1 January 2025. Client fees are uniform throughout the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland. Client fees in accordance with the transition phase of the amended Disability Services Act (services granted until 31…
Do this if you suspect coronavirus infection
Usually you can treat a coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at home in accordance with the symptoms, like other sudden respiratory infections. In the event of severe symptoms such as shortness of breath or a deterioration in your general condition – or if you belong to the severe coronavirus…
Client fees for social welfare services
Client fees for social welfare services at the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland 2025. Client fees are the same throughout the wellbeing services county.
Europe’s top young musicians join forces with healthcare and technology pioneers in Turku
For over twenty years, Prof. emer. Seppo Soinila has been leading pioneering research at Turku University Hospital into music’s contribution to healing injured brains. Soinila’s group has been affiliated into Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain.
First Jarmo Karppi Award to Docent Päivi Lähteenmäki
The Jarmo Karppi Distinguished Cancer Researcher Award has been presented to Päivi Lähteenmäki, a specialist in paediatrics and paediatric haematology. She has made a particular contribution to the research and development of psychosocial support for people with childhood cancer…
Support for research and future – Tyks foundation 25 year
On its 25th anniversary in 2025, the TYKS Foundation will allocate 250,000 euros to medical and health science research.
Distribution of TYKS Foundation research grants to a new level in 2024
In 2024, the TYKS Foundation will allocate significantly more money to medical and health sciences research than before. This is enabled by significant donations received by the Foundation.
More than one million donated to the TYKS Foundation
The TYKS Foundation has received a bequest of 1.6 million euros. The record-breaking donation is stated in the will of Jarmo Karppi (1953-2022) from Kaarina.
Pneumococcal Infections Reported Among Workers at Turku Shipyard – Vaccinations Underway
In May, the Tyks hospital services of the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland (Varha) treated approximately ten working-age adults for pneumococcal infections requiring hospitalisation. The number of cases is high compared to the same period last year. The majority of the…
