Completed doctoral dissertations

Prof. Māra Pilmane (mentor of 29, scientific adviser for 1)

1. Ilva Duļevska. "Characteristics of morphological changes in Latvian girls in the 20th century." Dr med (16 April 2003)
2. Regīna Tamane. "Expression of corpus luteum hormones in livestock during cycle and pregnancy." Dr med vet (30 January 2004)
3. Dzintars Mozgis. "Complex diagnostics and surgical treatment of anomalies in the human anorectal region." Dr med (17 June 2004)
4. Aurika Babjoniševa. "IMH and RIH studies of VIP and P substance in asthmatics. Prize-winner of the scientific conference of 2005 of the European Neuropeptide Club". Dr med (19 October 2007)
5. Zane Ābola. "Combination of complex clinical and morphopathogenetic studies of oesophageal atresia in the selection of surgical treatment technique." Dr med (06 December 2007)
6. Anda Valdovska. "Effect of pathogenic fungi of mink feed on mink morphopathology." Dr med vet (04 June 2008)
7.  Māra Rone. "Clinical and morphopathogenetic studies of Rosacea". Dr med (16 December 2008)
8.  Ize Šalma. "Reactogenicity of synthetic calcium phosphate bioceramic materials after experimental implantation in the oral and maxillofacial region." Dr med (21 September 2009)
9. Anita Oginska. "Longitudinal study of Latvian new-borns in 2004-2006." Dr med (28.09 September 2009)
10. Benita Krivicka-Užkurele. "Immunohistochemical study of growth, regeneration and quality markers in pathogenesis and diagnostics of congenital facial clefts." Dr med (28 June 2010)
11. Ilga Šematoviča. "Morphofunctional changes in bovine uterus in different time periods after calving." Dr med vet (30 June 2010)
12. Kaspars Stāmers. "Ischaemic disease of salivary glands." Dr med (29 December 2010)
13. Zane Lauriņa. "Association of gene/transcription and growth factors with periodontal pathologies." Dr med (09 March 2011)
14. Iveta Jankovska. "Growth factors in pathogenesis and remodelling process of orthognathic anomalies after mandibular osteotomies." Dr med (23 February 2011)
15. Olafs Volrāts. "Development of spleen sparing surgical tactics for children with portal hypertension syndrome and haematological diseases, to prevent the occurrence of post-splenectomy sepsis." Dr med (15 December 2011)
16. Anna Miskova. "Distribution of growth factors and genes in tissues of a human embryo in trimester I in different cases of implantation." Dr med (15 October 2012)
17.  Arta Bārzdiņa. "Evaluation of different therapeutic models of head injuries in children." Dr med (04 September 2013)
18. Ģirts Šalms. "Integration of bone tissue substitution biomaterials in the posterior part of an atrophic upper jaw". Dr med (21 October 2013)
19.  Ilze Kreicberga. "Characteristics of molecular processes in placentas of different ages of gestation". Dr med (19 May 2014)
20. Māris Gržibovskis. "Qualitative assessment of specific signal molecules in the alveolar bone and periodontal tissues in different age groups." Dr med (22 May 2015)
21. Olga Zaikovska. "Changes in the functional unit of nail in onychomycosis patients". Dr med (01 June 2015)
22. Elga Sidhoma. "Morphological characteristics of the local skin protection system in psoriasis patients." Dr med (02 October 2015)
23. Jolanta Vamze. "Characteristics of reactogenicity in distant time periods after implantation of bone tissue substitution biomaterials." Dr med (08 July 2016)
24. Aigars Reinis. "Determination of adhesion and colonisation intensity of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the surface of originally synthesised biomaterials in in vitro and in vivo studies and their impact on expression of inflammatory cytokines in tissues." Dr med (07 November 2016), Prof. Māra Pilmane as scientific adviser.
25. Liene Smane. "Functional morphology of tissues in children with bilateral lip, alveolar growth and palate clefts in the ontogenetic aspect." Dr med (09 December 2016)
26. Gunta Sumeraga. "The Role of Neuropeptides and Neurogenic Inflammation in the Isolated Postnasal Drip Syndrome". Dr med (10 January 2018)
27. Anna Junga. "The complex morphopathogenetic aspects of intraabdominal adhesions development and course in infants." Dr med (8 November 2019)
28. Jānis Zariņš. "Changes in bone structure following implantation of biphasic and triphasic strontium enriched biomaterials in animals with experimental osteoporosis" Dr med (19 December 2020)
29. Zane Vitenberga-Verza. "Morphological Characteristics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Affected Lung Tissue." Dr med (28 December 2020)
30. Edīte Vārtiņa. "Right Atrial Morphology in Coronary Heart Disease and Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis". Dr med (18 October 2021)

Valērija Groma (mentor of 3 theses, scientific adviser for 1)

1. Anna Ivanova. "Clinical and morphological study of salivary glands and oronasopharyngeal tumours, analysis of the role of herpes group viruses in the malignant process". Dr med. (11 November 2013)
2. Sandra Skuja. "Morphological study of CNS changes caused by alcohol and drugs". (06 October 2014)
3. Ilze Upeniece. "Investigation of pathogenetic mechanisms in various cutaneous lichen planus clinical morphological subtypes." Dr med (25 September 2018)
4. Ints Bruņenieks. "Clinical, biomechanical and morphological peculiarities of the rectum in patients with obstructed defecation syndrome edit." Dr med (26 June 2020). Scientific adviser.
5. Tatjana Zaķe. "Thyroid Autoimmunity: Exploring the Role of Th17-associated Cytokines and Pathomorphological Mechanisms Involved in the Pathogenesis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves’ Disease." Dr med (2 December 2021)

Jānis Vētra (supervisor of all theses below)

1. Ilva Duļevska. "Characteristics of morphological changes in Latvian girls in the 20th century." Dr med (16 April 2003)
2. Vladimirs Skļarēvičs. "Factors affecting changes in the height of hollow foot in preschool age children". Dr med (17 December 2003)
3. Silvija Umbraško. "Evaluation of posture and foot parameters in pupils as an indicator of physical development at the turn of the century." Dr med (17 March 2006)
4. Dzintra Kažoka. "Evaluation of the biological status of a woman in Latvia." Dr med (25 February 2009)
5. Simonas Gribauskas. "Craniofacial morphology of medieval and modern human populations in the territories of Latvia and Lithuania". Dr med (05 June 2009)
6. Ilze Šalma. "Reactogenicity of synthetic calcium phosphate bioceramic materials after experimental implantation in the oral and maxillofacial region". Dr med (21 September 2009)
7. Anita Oginska. "Longitudinal study of Latvian new-borns in 2004-2006." Dr med (28 September 2009)
8. Zeltīte Cēderštrēma. "Evaluation of physical development of Latvian boys in the context of centennial changes." Dr med (24 February 2010)
9. Armen Gabrieljanc. "The phenomenon of euthanasia in terms of the criminal legal, criminological and medical biological terms". Dr med (06 June 2014)
10. Oksana Koļesova. "Morphology of pelvis in the modern Latvian population." Dr med (06 October 2014)
11. Artūrs Utināns. "Interaction between magical and critical thinking in students of the Faculty of Medicine." Dr med (02 November 2015)
12. Aigars Reinis. "Microbial contamination of biomaterials. This causes and consequences in in vivo and in vitro studies." Dr med (07 November 2016)
13. Guna Semjonova. "Application of DAid Smart Shirt Technology in Therapy for Patients with Subacromial Pain Syndrome" Dr med 04.11.2022. (Supervisors: Jānis Vētra, Prof. Aleksandrs Okss, RTU)

Ilva Duļevska (mentor)

1. Zeltīte Cederštrēma. "Evaluation of physical development of Latvian boys in the context of centennial changes." Dr med (24 February 2010)