Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) staff and students are invited to the Christmas concert programme Think of Me For a Moment... (Vēl mirkli padomā par mani…) by Uldis Marhilevičs and Dita Lūriņa on 20 December at 15.00 in the Great Hall.
As Christmas is approaching, composer Uldis Marhilevičs and actress Dita Lūriņa from the Latvian National Theatre have prepared a special concert programme. Describing the programme, Marhilevičs says,
Moving around in time and space is certainly an issue for many students, to balance their intensive studies and their demanding work commitments with family and personal interests. While scientists are still working on this fundamental issue, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Education Technology Centre (METC) offers students the possibility to move around different rooms with a single button by introducing two innovative solutions – a virtual patient platform and an immersive augmented reality room.
Dr. Ulvi Gürsoy will be holding a lecture themed 'How to present your findings: Art of communication' at RSU.
Dr Caspar Wohlfahrt will be holding a lecture themed 'Preventive dentistry and implant health - what have we learned and where do we stand?' at RSU.
The Rīga Stradiņš University's (RSU) traditional Health Day will take place on Thursday, 30 November, from 10.00 to 14.00, at 16 Dzirciema iela. Staff and students will have the opportunity to donate blood and undergo simple health tests with students from a variety of interest groups.
On 21 November this year, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Convent of Councillors held a meeting. The agenda included electing a chair and vice-chair, as well as hearing a report by RSU Vice-Rector for Administration and Development Toms Baumanis on international student enrolment at the University, which included the economic impact, enrolment practices, and future strategic directions.
Anxiety or neurotic disorders and mood disorders are the two most prevalent groups of mental disorders worldwide. Generalised anxiety disorder is a psychiatric disorder characterised by prolonged, excessive anxiety and worry, a premonition that something bad is going to happen, and is one of the most common anxiety disorders. Depression accounts for the majority of mood disorders.
Mārtiņš Vaivads will defend his doctoral dissertation on 14 December at 10:45 in an open online meeting of the RSU degree committee of Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy. His dissertation is titled 'Investigation of Genes and Gene Proteins in Cleft Affected Tissue'.
Official reviewers
- Prof. (Dr. med.) Ilze Štrumfa, Rīga Stradiņš University
- Prof. (Dr. med. vet.) Ilmārs Dūrītis, Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
- Prof. (Dr. med.) Ingrida Balnytė, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
