Anndra Margareth Dumo is an international doctoral student in the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Eastern Finland, working on an international multi-disciplinary research team. The long-term goal of my PhD dissertation is preparing the next generation of nurses in genomics/genetics nursing field. My personal goal is to become a nurse scientist and contribute in the career advancement of the nursing profession. The Siun Sote - Northern Karelia Social Services and Health Services Authority has offered me training as a family practitioner, caring for people with special needs and disabilities. The Biomedicine Department is helping me to enhance and upgrade my skills by providing laboratory training. I have worked in different research projects as one of their researchers like INEXCA Project funded by the European Union Horizon 2020, and Disruptive Green Project funded by TEKES with the Clinical Nutrition Department in their Quinoa Project as a clinical research nurse. I am an active member of the International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) https://www.isong.org/

Projects

A novel 18F-fluorine labeled tracer for imaging mitochondrial membrane potential based on fluorescent probe of JC-1

Relationship of vascular adhension protein-1(VAP-1) and cardiovascular factors

Evaluation of ammonia metabolism following carotid endarterectomy by PET imaging in human subjects

Dynamic study on 18F-FDG uptake after oral administration

Abraham is currently pursuing his PhD as a doctoral researcher at the Centre for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research (CERH), Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu with support from Finnish government’s Planetary Health, Sustainability Transformations Doctoral Education Pilot (SusTra) program. Abraham intends to demonstrate synergistic vulnerabilities between infectious tropical diseases with climate change including correlation of ambient air pollutant (PM2.5, VOCs, Radon gas) with seasonal peaks in hospital visits/admissions for ARDS, Asthma and COPD exacerbation. Abraham also has in-depth interest in social and non-biomedical determinants of health including preparation and presentation of policy briefs to stakeholders e.g., at the WHO Executive Board Meeting. His recent field of work has been centered around sustainability of HIV and TB prevention, Care, Treatment program in LMICs beyond external assistance in the context of climate crises and global health security threats.