New autoimmunity centre opens at Riga East Clinical University Hospital
On 6 December, a celebratory opening of the new Autoimmunity Centre was held at the Riga East Clinical University Hospital (Rīgas Austrumu klīniskā universitātes slimnīca, RAKUS). The centre aims to conduct in-depth scientific research on autoimmune diseases and promote the hospital’s doctors and residents’ involvement in scientific research activities, as well as international collaboration.
In collaboration with Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), leading physicians at RAKUS from various specialties, amongst others rheumatology, neurology, and endocrinology, will participate in various international grant studies and start building a research data platform. This will foster international exposure in the future and pave the way for more publications in respected international journals, thereby improving treatment opportunities for patients with autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases.
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‘The newly opened centre aims to provide modern, sustainable diagnostics, treatment, and research on autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases in accordance with the best clinical practice conditions and priorities. We plan to improve the early diagnosis, examination, and treatment algorithms for these diseases, ensuring multidisciplinary councils, emphasised Mihails Tarasovs, the head of the centre and a lecturer at the RSU Department of Internal Diseases. In collaboration with RSU, the centre plans to conduct in-depth research on these diseases and participate in local and international research programmes.
