Last week from 20 to 24 August, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted the international summer school "Economic Modelling in Health Care", organised in conjunction with the University of Greifswald and the University of Wuppertal in Germany and the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
The study of public health issues, the development of research projects based thereon and use of the results in improving public health as well as developing health policy are the tasks of the RSU Institute of Public Health (IPH), founded six months ago, as emphasised by its director, Prof. Gunta Lazdāne. Concluding as to which area of public health is topical and problematic, RSU researchers propose and implement projects on both an international and a national scale in Latvia.
Mentoring training, organised this summer by the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Department has now concluded. It involved several sessions of training of senior students to welcome freshmen and better integrate them into academic life and the local community during the last week in August. This summer we introduced a new mentor identification – a honorary pin that is awarded together with the mentor’s certificate to those senior students who have completed the training and act as mentors.
Continuing a decades-long tradition, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) invites freshmen to a Sports Day which will be held at Uzvaras Park on Thursday, 6 September from 11:00 to 17:00.
RSU graduate Kaspars Zlidnis and officer from the RSU International Department, former basketballer Dita Liepkalne will lead students in various sporting competitions - volleyball, basketball and football games as well as the 100 metre sprint, 1000 metre race and team relay race.
The Faculty of Communication at RSU was established in 2007 even though communication at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been taught since 1998. Last year Professor Anda Rožukalne took up the mantle of Chair of the Faculty.
Studies in social sciences at Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) took root at the time that the Latvian Academy of Medicine faced a major transformation, in response to the situation faced by higher education in late 1990s. The decision to attain the status of a university was critical, by retaining the traditions of providing exceptional medical education and moving forward by expanding the offer with unique social studies programmes.
When Dr. Michael J. Melkers graduated from dental school, offers for postgraduate education were exploding. It was 1994, the beginning of the “Aesthetic Revolution”. Institutes, large for-profit meetings and continuums were popping up left and right and one could find plenty of continuing education. The thing was, one would not know much about it apart from print ads and word-of-mouth. No one was using the internet yet for this and social media was still five years away.
rOn 30 August at 15:00 in an open session of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Promotion Council (Rīga, Anniņmuižas bulvāris 26a, MITC, 1st Floor, Conference Hall (Room 130)) Dace Bērtule will defend her dissertation Needs of Families with Children with Cerebral Palsy and Factors Affecting these Needs.
Official reviewers
- Professor Jānis Vētra (Dr. habil. med.), RSU
- Professor Valdis Folkmanis (Dr. med.), LU
- Assoc. Professor Katrina Bannigan (Dr. med.), Great Britain
On Monday 2 September, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is returning to its daily rhythm and will welcome back students from their summer holidays.
