The Workshop on Health Development Projects took place in Valmiera at the Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences on 5 April 2024 with the aim to promote the development and implementation of interdisciplinary research and innovation projects in the regions.
Aelita Zīle will defend her doctoral dissertation on 21 May at 15.00 in an open meeting of the RSU Legal Sciences doctoral committee in the Hippocrates Auditorium in the RSU Main Building (16 Dzirciema iela) and on Zoom. Her dissertation is titled “Forensic Aspects of the Study of Latent Papillae Pattern Prints on the Epidermis of a Deceased Person”.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Senate has approved amendments to the University’s Code of Ethics, upholding professional ethics requirements for University staff. Two new principles have been added to the RSU Code of Ethics: the principle of human dignity and the principle of fairness. Ensuring the professional development of students and staff is defined as an obligation in the Code.
Viral hepatitis A is an infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV was very common in Latvia until the mid-1990s, but the number of cases decreased in 2000 and continued to decrease until 2007, when the number of confirmed cases was at its lowest. However, there were several outbreaks of HAV between 2008 and early 2010 and between 2017 and 2018, therefore
the risk of the infection spreading still exists.
On 5 March, Dace Tarasova, a Social Sciences PhD student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), defended her doctoral dissertation “Legal Regulation of Termination of Employment Relationships and Its Issues in the Republic of Latvia”.
Jerzen Benny comes from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. His parents are originally from India, but moved to the Gulf area before Jerzen was born. He is currently in his final year of medicine at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and is doing his internal medicine placement in paediatric cardiology at the Children's Clinical University Hospital.
The Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), the Ministry of Health (MoH), Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and the Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) signed a four-party cooperation agreement on 18 April this year. The agreement was concluded on the basis of an order of the Cabinet of Ministers’ that provides for the consolidation of LASE and RSU from 1 July this year. It will define the obligations of the parties involved as well as the procedure for the integration process of the two institutions of higher education.
Kristiāns Meidrops will defend his doctoral dissertation on 23 May at 15.00 in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine doctoral committee in the Hippocrates auditorium at 16 Dzirciema iela and on Zoom. His dissertation is titled “Clinical Course, Treatment Outcome, Cellular, and Molecular Biology Findings in Cases of Infective Endocarditis Caused by Various Microorganisms Among Cardiac Surgery Patients”.
The Chapter of Orders has awarded the highest decorations of the Latvian state – the Order of the Three Stars, the Order of Viesturs, and the Cross of Recognition – to several representatives of various fields before the national holiday on 4 May.
Anda Jansone, a paediatrician, lecturer at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), and chair of the board of the Children's Palliative Care Society, was appointed a Bearer of the Order of the Three Stars.
‘I didn't get into chemistry at school until the very end of high school. At first, I wanted to pursue a career in languages. However, I chose to study pharmacy because I wanted to work with people, and the field would also combine chemistry and biology,’ says Elizabete Paula Valguma.
