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.
We were all looking forward to 2021 and all that it would bring, but now 2022 is suddenly here, and it just seems like the year before has flown by. Artūrs Kaļva (pictured), Executive Director of the Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Alumni Association, tells us about what the year has been like for the association, what obstacles they have overcome, what goals have been achieved and what the association is planning for its members in the upcoming year.
The Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club has opened registration for the 2022 Rimi Riga Marathon. The marathon will take place on 15 May.
Places are limited. The RSU Sports Club covers 50% of the entry fee. Make payment at check-in.
Professor Gunta Lazdāne and Dr Ieva Briedīte from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology represent Latvia in the European Sexual Medicine Network (ESMN), which is an Action of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (CO
Even though the winter solstice has passed, which means the days are getting lighter and longer here in the North, there are still two more months of winter left! If this is your first winter in Riga, or if you've been here for a while and have fallen into a rut, here is a list of activities that show you that there is still plenty to see and do around the city.
Discover a new corner of Riga and get some fresh air and exercise. Even in the snow and dark! As the saying goes:
'ASOC is a support system, not just for immigration issues or to celebrate festivals, but it connects you with people from your own country,'
- Hoshika, 9th semester
Why did you decide to make this video?
Our main goal is to reach as many people as we can, to make our Asian Society known to everyone who is interested in Asian culture. With this video we wanted to give people a glimpse into students’ life at RSU so we gathered one student from each semester to get a wide range of experiences.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Association (ISA) elections were held on 10 November 2021. Both the President Mohamed Naleef Ahamed Mazhar, and the Public Relations Officer Hussaina Musaji were re-elected for a second term. In this interview, both of them look back at their achievements and outline the association's goals for the upcoming year.
22 lecturers from different Latvian universities returned to Latvia at the end of 2021 after completing their full-time studies at the University at Buffalo in New York, USA. Six lecturers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) were among the programme’s graduates.
The participants learned how to improve the quality of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) teaching and programme aims to ensure that the skills the participants learn are transfered to Latvian universities.
Six lecturers from RSU participated in the training programme:
The first Latvian International Olympiad in Neuroscience, the Latvian Brain Bee, was recently held under the auspices of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). In total, 170 students from all over Latvia applied, but only the 28 best high-school students took part in the competition.
Researchers at the Institute of Microbiology and Virology of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have developed a new technology to produce dead, or ghost probiotic cells (paraprobiotics) from Lactobacillus Helveticus bacteria in laboratory conditions. They are currently studying their effects on the immune system.
