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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.
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TYKS Foundation Awarded Record Number of Scholarships for 2023
The Board of the TYKS Foundation awarded a total of EUR 143,880 in scholarships for 2023 (126,800 in 2022). Medical scholarships were awarded to 27 researchers (EUR 97,500 in total), nursing science and health research scholarships to eight researchers (EUR 22,180 in total), and travel scholarships to 13 researchers (EUR 24,200 in total). “We are…
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From the executive director
Minna Lukkarinen – paediatrician-scientist who cares for patients and their families TYKS Foundation appointed a new executive director on 1 September 2021. The work of Professor Olli Ruuskanen, who has led the Foundation from the beginning, will be continued by Medical Specialist Minna Lukkarinen.
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Petri Virolainen and Minna Lukkarinen Appointed to Head TYKS Foundation
The TYKS Foundation will be headed by Petri Virolainen, Docent, Hospital Director, Acting Director of Hospital District, and Minna Lukkarinen, D.Med.Sc., Specialist in Paediatrics, who were appointed as the new Chair of the Board and Executive Director, respectively. The “new brooms” will sweep tidy floors, i.e. run the Foundation’s already impeccable operations. A record number…
