Dzintra Kažoka, associate professor at the Department of Morphology of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Medicin
Last week, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted a string of summer graduation ceremonies at which bachelor’s and master’s graduates from five faculties received their diplomas. In Riga, the graduations took place in the courtyard of the RSU Main Building next to Iedvesmas Park. The graduates' families could watch the ceremony in person or online via the RSU website.
Originally from the picturesque town of Aizpute in Kurzeme, Kristiāna Jansone has made Riga her home since her student days. The knowledge and skills that she gained during this time enabled her to blend the wisdom of both Western and Eastern medicine. She helps her clients relieve pain and regain their health, improve their athletic performance and go for hikes.
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A new, three-year oncological care plan is underway. What are the priorities outlined in it and what role does Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) play? An interview with Assoc. Prof. Arvīds Irmejs (pictured), Director of the RSU Institute of Oncology and Molecular Genetics, addresses these and other questions.
Amelie Möller, a 24-year-old dentistry student from Hamm, Germany, is currently in her fourth year of studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Recently elected as the President of international students in the University’s Dental Student Association (DSA), Amelie has been an active member of the association for over two years.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been gifted the surgical atlas Surgical Anatomy and Exposures of the Knee.
The authors of the atlas are Prof. Bertrams Zariņš, a distinguished Latvian physician, professor of sports medicine and orthopaedics at Harvard University’s Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr Robert Śmigielski, a trauma and orthopaedic surgeon at the Life Medical Centre in Warsaw.
Rīga Stradiņš University will be hosting the 1st Latvian International Palliative Care conference on 27 September 2024 with the theme: Palliative care as the basics of human rights: interdisciplinary approach and innovations in Latvia.
The professional development conference will provide a great opportunity for participants to learn about current trends in palliative care on an international and national scale.
Linda Rozenbaha,
RSU Public Relations Unit
In May, new buzzing neighbours moved in on the roof of Rīga Stradiņš University’s (RSU) newest and most modern building, the Pharmaceutical Education and Research Centre. Beekeeper Kārlis Krievkalns has placed 16 beehives here, in keeping with the University’s commitment to sustainability through making full use of urban spaces.
