The Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) programme complements the study process at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The programme provides students with a great opportunity to learn the necessary skills to become a researcher and gain research experience. Since the autumn semester 2019, six VIP teams have been working at RSU.
Aleksandra Bule will defend her doctoral dissertation on 21 December at 15:00 in an open meeting of the RSU degree committee of Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy. His dissertation is titled 'Colistin Use Pattern and Nephrotoxicity in Critically Ill Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections'.
The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Student Union (Studējošo pašpārvalde, SP) elections took place on 22 November at which the new board for 2024 was elected.
The RSU Medical Education Technology Centre (METC) is the only simulation centre in Latvia and the largest in the Baltic States with the appropriate infrastructure and equipment to provide skills training and development, as well as simulation programmes in various healthcare sectors. The Centre will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Thursday, 7 December.
The elections for the new board of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Association (ISA) took place on 26 – 28 October this year.
Bárbara N. Silva was elected as the President of the RSU ISA in 2024. She was previously the association's Head of Academic Affairs.
On Thursday, 30 November, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) organised its traditional Health Day for the tenth time. Staff and students had the opportunity to give blood and get their health tested by students representing different academic interest groups.
69 students and employees gave blood (up from 54 last year), of which 49 were first-time donors (an increase from last year’s 21). The State Blood Donor Centre was pleased with the increase in the number of first-time donors as it ensures continuity of the movement.
Pāvels Dimitrijevs will defend his doctoral dissertation on 15 January at 14:00 in an open meeting of the RSU degree committee of Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy. His dissertation is titled 'Targeting cancer metabolism with isoselenazolium salts'.
Official reviewers
- Prof. (Dr. pharm.) Dace Bandere, Rīga Stradiņš University
- Prof. (Dr. biol.) Una Riekstiņa, University of Latvia
- Prof. (Dr. med. sc.) Ago Rinken, Tartu University (Estonia)
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is introducing a new Students-Ambassadors Scholarship Programme for its international medical and dentistry students in December 2024. The aim of the scholarship programme is to promote the medical and dentistry study programmes abroad and to attract new international students to the University.
