The holidays are approaching and although we are currently spending most of our time at home, and it is not always possible to meet in person there is a way in which you can make someone happy without even knowing them! You can send a gift to a stranger and be their Secret Santa, and you can receive a gift in return from another Secret Santa.
The Academic Network for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Policy (ANSER) unites 37 organisations focusing on conducting joint research and building evidence-based policymaking in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights. The network has been active for five years, and Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been a member since 2017.
Professor Ludmila Vīksna, Head of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Infectology, draws employees' attention to the fact that the decisive factor in limiting COVID-19 is each individual's behavior. The professor calls staff and students to take responsibility for affecting the spread of the infection before it has taken over our lives completely, and urges people to not consider following these recommendations as a sacrifice.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Conference on Health and Social Sciences (ISC) is scheduled to take place on 22-23 March 2021. The conference has been held since 1950 and has become one of the largest student conferences in Northern Europe.
Over the next few years, a new building will be built close to the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) central building - a centre for education and research at 21 Konsula iela. The multi-storey building will house modern study facilities and a world-class science centre, including a solid-state dosage laboratory.
A Bioinformatics Research Unit has been established at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Bioinformatics is often discussed at the RSU Doctoral School as a promising field of research. Scientific institutes at RSU store various types of biodata. We asked Baiba Vilne, the Head of the unit, why this field of research is gaining in importance and drawing increased interest from scientists.
Restrictions and physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic have challenged lecturers around the world to come up with innovative ways to provide remote studies. At the end of October, an e-simulation was launched at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre (METC) for students from the Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Emergency Medicine study courses.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Psychosomatics Clinic is launching an emotional support project for students and employees - online group therapy for RSU students.
On Tuesday 24 November, Egils Levits, the President of Latvia met with Professor Aigars Pētersons, the Rector of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and Toms Baumanis, the Vice-Rector for Administration and Development at RSU.
We are happy and proud that the public transport stops in the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) area will now include the university in their names.
On 30 October, the Riga City Council decided that six stops in the vicinity of the university will bear its name.
