Written by Ieva Siksaliete, Head of the RSU Obstetrics and Gynaecology Student Interest Group
Photos by Rihards Sližāns
This spring, social sciences students from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), the University of Padua (Italy), and Masaryk University (Czech Republic) participated in the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme “Current Debates in Cultural Anthropology.” This year’s theme, “Thinking with spaces for and of eating and food,” explored the interconnections between place, food, and eating.
On 10 September, the launch celebration of the monograph Visceral Aesthetics: Affects and Feminist Art in Post-Socialism by Jana Kukaine, lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences, took place at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU Anatomy Museum.
The event was attended by university representatives, current and former students, as well as guests from other academic institutions, cultural and art centres.
On 15 May, the European Commission approved the project 'Validated non-invasive liquid biopsy tests for cancer prediction in LYNCH Syndrome, PREDI-LYNCH'. The project was officially launched on 1 May, and it is funded by the European Commission's Horizon Europe Mission on Cancer with 13.6 million Euro (project No. 101213916).
On 1 June 2025, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) started the project RSU Participation in the Horizon Europe Programme (Projecta No. 1.1.1.5/3/25/I/014).
As part of the European Joint action in rare diseases ERDERA, on 2 and 3 June, an international workshop took place in Rīga focusing on countries' experiences in developing and implementing national plans and strategies in rare diseases.
RSU acting lecturer Lāsma Spundiņa shares the results of a study on physical activity among students at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Physical activity is one of the most important components of a healthy lifestyle – it not only improves physical health but also enhances mood, sleep quality, and overall well-being. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that adults aged 18 to 64 engage in at least 150–300 minutes of moderate-intensity, or 75–100 minutes of high-intensity aerobic physical activity per week.
On 28-29 May, part of the graduating class of prospective doctors took one of the stages of the national examination in a new format at the Rīga Stradiņš University Medical Education Technology Centre (RSU METC). The new format includes a simulation-based environment with simulated patients.
Photo: Courtesy of Linards Reinis Rozītis (RTU)
From 26 to 28 May, the first evaluation round of the BioPhoT research and innovation project competition took place, bringing together research teams from across Latvia. Participants presented their ideas to an independent panel of industry and commercialisation experts. Among them were 13 teams from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) – 6 of which have successfully advanced to the second round.
