Nauris Zdanovskis will defend his doctoral dissertation on 13 December at 13:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine Committee in the Hippocrates Auditorium (16 Dzirciema iela) as well as online. His dissertation is titled 'Brain Qualitative and Quantitative Radiological Biomarker Association with Cognitive Impairment and Dementia'.
Last week, students from all over Latvia met at the i-Days hackathon organised by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health Community (EIT Health) and Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), at which they searched for ideas to preventive health. The highest score of the hackathon jury was awarded to the team Echelon, which was made up of students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences.
Dace Žibala, lecturer and manager of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Language Centre, celebrated a milestone birthday in the summer. It was a great reason to talk to her and get to know her better.
How long have you been working at RSU?
My life has been closely intertwined with RSU for 34 years, and I have never seriously considered changing my workplace. I am truly proud to belong to the RSU community.
Over the weekend, the Medical Unit of the 4th Kurzeme Brigade of the National Guard organised the military medical exercise Kurland 2023. The aim of the exercise was to develop combat medics’ and rescuers’ ability to handle situations that require mass casualty triage, first aid and medical stabilisation, as well as improve cooperation skills with civilian medics.
The project of creating a study material repository at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been completed, and the structured accumulation of study materials in this digital database has started. The repository contains study materials developed at RSU for study purposes or obtained as a result of cooperation. These include presentations, video lectures, training videos, infographics, digital interactive scenarios, digital books, etc.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Association (ISA) commemorated a significant milestone on Friday 3 November – its 12th anniversary as a central entity within the university's vibrant community. The first international students came to study at RSU 33 years ago, but ISA was established in 2011 with a primary mission to supporting and enhancing the experiences of international students at RSU.
Jeļena Moisejenko-Goluboviča will defend her doctoral dissertation on 28 November at 15:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine Committee in the Hippocrates lecture-theatre (16 Dzirciema iela) as well as online. Her dissertation is titled 'Pathogenesis of Basal Carcinoma and Features of Development of Local Recurrences in Head and Neck'.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry is organising a seminar, "Comparison of metabolic benefits between bariatric surgery, medicine, and exercise", on Tuesday, 7 November at 16:30 in Auditorium 1 at the RSU Main Building.
The prestigious Sixth International Cariology Meeting, which is a collaboration between the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Valparaíso (UV), the Academy of Cariology of Chile, and the Centre for Research in Dental and Medical Sciences (CIICOM), took place on 19-21 October in Valparaíso, Chile.
