Turku partnership

In our PhD collaboration with the Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Research Group of Turku University, PTRI offers doctoral training support in Research Science to successful applicants who embark on a doctoral programme with Turku university through a right of study from the same university. This phase entails advanced trainings in the different aspects of research, field data collection, data analysis, writing of manuscripts, conference attendance, journal clubs and writing & defence of the doctoral thesis. Throughout the programme the student receives individualized support from both the international and local faculty, the former of which is strengthened by biannual visits to the country by faculty from Turku university.

Key persons in collaboration

Professor Wilson Lowery Michael

Michael is an adjunct Professor and Docent at the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Turku. His work and interests span a broad intersection of fields encompassing population health, anthropology and technology. More specifically the interest is in the study of injuries, their patterns and impact within well-defined populations. He has expertise in population-level injury prevention and is broadly interested in the development of community-based solutions for injury and violence prevention, particularly in investigating the mechanisms by which family factors, resource and material deprivation influence injury events and their outcomes. He is also a member of PeerCorps Trust Fund and a co-founder of Tanzania’s first community-based center for injury prevention development.

Affiliation: Group Leader, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (IEP) Research Group, Turku Brain Injury Centre, University of Turku, Finland; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Director, Centre for Injury Prevention and Community Safety, PeerCorps Trust Fund, Tanzania

Areas of Research: Injury; Violence; Adolescents; Suicide; Global Health; Epidemiology; International Development; Anthropology