The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) winter graduations took place on 11 February. 313 local and international students received their diplomas at the ceremony. Due to the current epidemiological restrictions, all ceremonies took place remotely, via Zoom, while students relatives and friends were able to watch via the RSU website.
Their fields might range from pharmacy, biology, paediatrics, and neurology to art therapy and law, but they all share the ability to find time in their busy schedules to work on their pedagogical skills. After six months of extensive training, 25 academic staff members full of innovative ideas have just graduated from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) School of Junior Academics – a unique platform in Latvian higher education for developing teaching skills.
Bachelor’s and master’s students at the RSU Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine are investigating how effective different types of office furniture, various workplace furnishings, and ergonomic aids are and how they affect employee health in the Ergonomic Workplaces in a Healthy Environment Vertically Integrated Project (VIP).
The evaluation of applications for the previous year’s Latvian Council of Science’s call for fundamental and applied projects was completed in December 2021. Seven projects, including one collaborative project, from the project applications submitted by Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will be funded. The funding comes to a total of EUR 1,809,969.50 that will be allocated to RSU to carry out various scientific research over a three-year period.
Toms Mārtiņš Smilga, a 5th-year student at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicine, recently became Chair of the Board of the RSU Student Union (SP, Studējošo pašpārvalde). Smilga comes from Aizpute, but he spent his high-school years in Liepāja. Although he has been playing volleyball since the 7th grade and initially planned to study law, he ended up studying medicine at RSU. He believes that RSU offers the best medical education in Latvia.
The parathyroid (PT) glands are four small glands in the soft tissue of the neck whose main role is to regulate blood calcium levels. If the level increases, a person can suffer from reduced bone density and fractures, increased formation of urinary tract stones, chronic fatigue, and loss of concentration.
Prospective psychologists, art therapists, supervisors, public health specialists and others are participating in the Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) Psychological Help and Self-Help that is being implemented by the Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The participants are developing course papers, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses, writing project applications, scientific and popular science articles, conference abstracts, as well as collaborating with colleagues from the Art Academy of Latvia.
It would be hard to find a more competitive field than skincare. At the end of last December, a team of researchers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), led by Professor Jūlija Voicehovska, successfully completed a project to create a cream that restores the barrier functions of facial skin. The skin cream has strong antioxidant properties, and the active substances are naturally occurring selenium, squalene, and vitamin E.
This seminar series explores the history of health disparities, the successes and challenges faced by public health practitioners over the years, and the current trends in health disparities and health equity in Latvia, and the United States.
A week before the start of each semester the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Department (ID) organises Orientation Week during which all new international students can learn more about Latvia and the practical sides of studying at RSU.
