The annual Children’s Health Day, organised by the Latvian Association of Paediatrics will be held at Rīga Stradiņš University and the RSU Medical Education Technology Centre on 2 and 3 November. Thanks to the RSU Paediatric Student Interest Group, the event will include the International Scientific Paediatric Student Conference, to which all students interested in paediatrics are invited.

On Thursday, 11 October Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will hold the Golden Owl award presentation ceremony to present the AS Grindeks awards. 

Cooperation continues between the RSU Department of Orthopaedics and the University of Catania (Italy), which was undertaken in spring this year following the guest lecture by Head of the Residency Programme in Orthopaedics, Assoc. Prof. Vito Pavone.

Philipp Konrad is a 6th year (12th semester) student from Frankfurt, Germany, currently studying in the RSU study programme Medicine. He has been an active international student and while living here in Rīga has not only enjoyed spending his spare time, when not studying, in the countryside in Latvia and its regional towns but has also shown initiative and helped found Rotaract Club Rīga International, a Rotary-sponsored youth club which focuses on fellowship and community service.

On 10 and 11 October with the support of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), an organising committee conference will be held for the multidisciplinary network Indoor Living Space Improvement: Smart Habitat for the Elderly (SHELD-ON), together with three working group meetings in the Rixwell Hotel Konventa Sēta  in Rīga. Signe Tomsone, Dean of the RSU Faculty of Rehabilitation is representing Latvia in this project, financed by COST (European Cooperation of Science and Technology).

This month researcher from Vilnius University, Vilius Dranseika, will give a series of lectures at the Department of Humanties as part of the Erasmus+ exchange programme .

The RSU Open Days series has recommenced at Rīga Stradiņš University with the aim to inform students about study opportunities offered by RSU in English. Each month prospective students and their parents from various countries visit RSU and take part in this event, organised by the RSU International Department.

On 30 October at 16:00 Pēteris Greste, an Australian journalist of Latvian descent who also holds Latvian citizenship, will hold a public lecture in Auditorium 3 at Rīga Stradiņš University. 

On 9 November the 5th Conference on Rare Diseases will be held in the RSU Great Hall, organised by the Latvian Rare Diseases Specialists' Association and the Department of Internal Diseases at the RSU Faculty of Medicine.

The aim of the conference is to provide current and future specialists with theoretical and practical knowledge on rare diseases, their diagnosis and treatment options.