On 5 March, Dace Tarasova, a Social Sciences PhD student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), defended her doctoral dissertation “Legal Regulation of Termination of Employment Relationships and Its Issues in the Republic of Latvia”.
Jerzen Benny comes from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. His parents are originally from India, but moved to the Gulf area before Jerzen was born. He is currently in his final year of medicine at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and is doing his internal medicine placement in paediatric cardiology at the Children's Clinical University Hospital.
The Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), the Ministry of Health (MoH), Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and the Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) signed a four-party cooperation agreement on 18 April this year. The agreement was concluded on the basis of an order of the Cabinet of Ministers’ that provides for the consolidation of LASE and RSU from 1 July this year. It will define the obligations of the parties involved as well as the procedure for the integration process of the two institutions of higher education.
Kristiāns Meidrops will defend his doctoral dissertation on 23 May at 15.00 in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine doctoral committee in the Hippocrates auditorium at 16 Dzirciema iela and on Zoom. His dissertation is titled “Clinical Course, Treatment Outcome, Cellular, and Molecular Biology Findings in Cases of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Various Microorganisms Among Cardiac Surgery Patients”.
The Chapter of Orders has awarded the highest decorations of the Latvian state – the Order of the Three Stars, the Order of Viesturs, and the Cross of Recognition – to several representatives of various fields before the national holiday on 4 May.
Anda Jansone, a paediatrician, lecturer at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and chair of the board of the Children's Palliative Care Society, was appointed a Bearer of the Order of the Three Stars.
‘I didn't get into chemistry at school until the very end of high school. At first, I wanted to pursue a career in languages. However, I chose to study pharmacy because I wanted to work with people, and the field would also combine chemistry and biology,’ says Elizabete Paula Valguma.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre (METC) of has started an important cooperation with KlinSim, the Swedish Association for Clinical Training and Medical Simulation. This cooperation marks a significant step towards enhancing the quality of medical education in Latvia, opens up new opportunities for teaching staff, and offers access to international knowledge and skills in the field of clinical simulation.
To raise awareness about diagnosing and treating rare diseases in Latvia, as well as to discuss challenges that specialists in the field face, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and the Latvian Association of Rare Disease Specialists (RSSA) are organising the 16th Conference on Rare Diseases. The conference will take place on 19 April at RSU and will also be streamed online. Healthcare professionals, residents, medical students, and representatives of patient associations from all fields are invited to participate in the conference.
The inauguration of Honorary Doctor Prof. Amulya Saxena will be held on Tuesday, 28 May.
On Wednesday, 10 April Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) was recognised as the best employer in the public sector in 2023. The TOP Employer 2023 survey was conducted by the online recruitment company Alma Career Latvia, previously known as CV-Online Latvia.
