RSU Student Union is organising the traditional Science Month, with the aim to promote interest in current social topics and science-related themes, provide innovative approaches in science and their practical application as well as to promote critical thinking among students.
Daylight saving time starts in Latvia on Sunday 27 October at 4:00 a.m. Do not forget to turn your clock back one hour!
Spring forward, fall back!
In the printed version of Latvia's The National Encyclopaedia, titled Latvija, launched on 18 October, six of the fields covered were developed, headed by academic staff from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Professor Jānis Vētra, Dean of the Faculty of European Studies, Professor Andris Sprūds, Assoc. Prof. Aldis Lieljuksis, Faculty of Law, Professor Anda Rožukalne, Dean of the Faculty of Communication, Assist. Prof. Klāvs Sedlenieks un lecturer Dita Rietuma.
Obesity is evident in one in five children in Latvia, and the proportion of children who are overweight keeps increasing. As World Food Day, celebrated on 16 October, approaches, it is worth reminding of the significance of eating healthy food and leading a healthy lifestyle within the family, as it affects the health of both adults and children.
Currently the number of HIV-positive persons who are unaware of their disease is around 1800, as concluded after carrying out a mathematical modelling study. The international project was initiated in 2015 and carried out by Rīga Stradiņš University, in cooperation with institutions from France, Belgium and Estonia. The results that cover actual HIV transmission in Latvia and current identification approaches will be presented on 19 October during the concluding seminar at the RSU Medical Education Technology Centre.
On 11 October, neurologist and Assistant Professor of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Medicine, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Zanda Priede received the Golden Own Award by AS Grindeks for her significant contribution to science. Cardiologist Vilnis Dzērve-Tāluts received the D.H. Grindelis Award for lifetime achievement in recognition of his contribution to medicine and pharmacy in Latvia.
On 2 November Rīga Stradiņš University Transplantology Scientific Laboratory in cooperation with Latvian Association of Transplantologists and the Latvian Transplantation Centre is organising a scientific practical conference Gift of Life – 2000 Kidney Transplantations at Latvia's 100 Year Anniversary.
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On 18 and 19 October, social anthropologists from Rīga Stradiņš University, together with the assistance from the Baltic-German University Liaison Office, in conjuction with the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and the Latvian Association of Anthropologists organised a conference "Tracing Informality in Southeast and Northeast Europe: Anthropological Perspectives".
As part of Informality Research Days, on 22 October at 18:00 teaching staff of the Rīga Stradiņš University Social anthropology programme are organising a presentation of The Global Encyclopaedia of Informality at the Bolderāja cafe.
Qualified doctors with sound medical knowledge who can treat thousands of patients with numerous different illnesses with insufficient funds for medicine. A lack of funding for doctors, medicine and sterilised healthcare products, filth, patients lying by the entrance of the hospital. Laura Bajāre, a sixth year student in the Faculty of Medicine at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) came home from her internship in Morocco with these contrasting impressions.
