Writers: Ludmila Voložonoka, RSU lead researcher, molecular geneticist,
Dace Rezeberga, RSU professor, gynaecologist, chief obstetrician at Riga Maternity Hospital, chief specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology at RAKUS,
Anna Miskova, RSU associate professor, Dr. med., gynaecologist, specialist in obstetrics at Riga Maternity Hospital
Doctors have long been uncertain about how to help women with premature cervical shortening, which puts them at risk of premature birth or losing the baby.
Information security and societal resilience, internal and external security, hybrid threats - these topical issues are Vitālijs Rakstiņš' (pictured) focus. Rakstiņš is a researcher and lecturer at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Social Sciences.
Sociologist Sharon M. Quinsaat sheds new light on the formation of diasporic connections through transnational protests. When people migrate and settle in other countries, do they automatically form a diaspora? In Insurgent Communities, Quinsaat explains the dynamic process through which a diaspora is strategically constructed.
Egija Berga-Švītiņa will defend her doctoral dissertation on 20 September at 10.00 in an open meeting of the RSU Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy doctoral committee on Zoom. Her dissertation is titled 'Identifying Genetic Factors Associated with Breast or Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA1 Pathogenic Variant Carriers'.


