On 14 March, the 31st Congress of the Latvian Student Association (LSA) elected a new president – Luīze Monta Remese, a 4th-year medical student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and former Chairperson of the RSU Student Union.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Institute of Public Health is one of the partners in the international EU4Health project the European Joint Action on Strategy for Health Interventions for Elimination of Infection-Related Cancer (SHIELD).
On 17 March 2026, a meeting was held at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Institute of Public Health with Prof. Jayne Krisjanous from Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka), in New Zealand. She was visiting Latvia to share her experience and discuss potential areas for collaboration in the field of public health.
Cabinet Regulation No. 630, ‘Regulations on the Register of Medical Practitioners and Medical Support Personnel’ (1 October 2024), defines the following therapeutic and diagnostic methods in medical practice: Disaster Medicine Physician (M77) and Disaster Medicine Surgeon (M78).
Writer: Linda Rozenbaha, RSU Public Relations Unit
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Kristīne Ivanova will defend her doctoral thesis on Wednesday, 6 May, in an open meeting of the Doctoral Committee of Clinical Medicine. Her dissertation is titled 'Systemic Sclerosis in Latvia: Patient Characteristics, Peripheral Nervous System Involvement, and Novel Biomarkers.'
On Tuesday, 31 March, Rīga Stradiņš University will hold an event themed 'RSU Consolidation: From Change to Growth' to present the results of the consolidation project. The presentation will feature an overview of RSU’s institutional changes over the past year and reflect the strengthening of scientific capacity, the relaunch of the social sciences, and the integration of the Latvian Academy of Sports Education.
On 12 March 2026, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted an informative and interactive event aimed at exploring the field of public health. The event brought together young people and other interested participants who wanted to learn more about the importance of public health in society, career opportunities, and the day-to-day work in this field.
