University of Oulu

Oulun yliopisto (University of Oulu) is one of Finland’s largest and most multidisciplinary universities, recognized internationally for its strong focus on lifelong health and well-being. Founded in 1958, the university is a global leader in birth cohort research, including the renowned Northern Finland Birth Cohorts of 1966 and 1986, as well as cohorts focused on preterm birth and large-scale register-linkage studies.

Within IMPROVE PRETERM, the University of Oulu leads research on perinatal and neonatal interventions, including the work packages dedicated to antenatal and postnatal corticosteroid use and Nordic register studies. The team brings deep expertise in pediatrics, genetics, and lifecourse epidemiology and contributes to multiple research use cases as well as the development of the IMPROVE PRETERM data platform.