On October 8, the Latvia Hub of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health Community (EIT Health), which is based at Riga Stradiņš University (RSU), organised a workshop for young innovators: Three effective ways to build your business story. The workshop took place as part of the Icebreakers’21 innovation festival (icebreakers.lv).
My full name is Jillian Mirja Ann Joy Kuhn, but everyone calls me Joy. I'm in the 2nd semester studying Medicine at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and only moved to Riga from Kapellen, which is a village close to Cologne in Germany, in September this year.
RSU has joined over 3000 other organizations in Europe and beyond in celebrating Erasmus Days 2021.
This time you can learn more about the Erasmus+ mobility, hear from the programme’s participants who will be more than happy to share their experiences with you, and learn abut RSU's Erasmus+ experience database.
Join the online event and see what you can gain by participating in the mobility.
On Wednesday, 6 October, the auditorium named after Boris Teterev – a Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) alumnus, Honorary Doctor and long-term supporter – was opened with ceremony congratulating the new RSU students who have received the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foudation’s Scholarship in Medicine this year. The auditorium is located in the RSU Medical Education Technology Centre (METC), a place where students learn and researchers work on a daily basis and where international conferences are held both in healthcare and social sciences.
On 10–15 July 2022, Riga will host the 31st International Biometric Conference (IBC2022) organised by The International Biometric Society together with Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The conference is open to any researcher interested in participating.
The aim of the conference is to promote the development and application of statistical and mathematical theory methods in biosciences, including agriculture, biomedicine, public health, ecology, environmental science, forestry and related disciplines.
The Song and Dance Celebration is a unique part of Latvian culture. Around 87% of the Latvian population have participated in this national celebration at some point in their lives. The emotionally saturated event has received a lot of attention from researchers over the years, but this has usually been more focused on various preconditions for passing this tradition on through the generations.
For many years, the international fashion chain Lindex has been involved in the Pink Ribbon campaign, where the company's customers and employees have the opportunity to support breast cancer research. Lindex Latvia's partner in breast cancer research is the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Institute of Oncology, which has more than 20 years of experience in genetically inherited breast cancer research.
On 19 October, at 15:00, RSU students, residents, academic staff and practising physicians are invited to the Prof. Charles H. Kellner's lecture 'Electroconvulsive Therapy: Myths and Clinical Realities in the 21st Century'. The 45-minute lecture will take place online, via Zoom. The professor is one of the leading US experts in electroconvulsive therapy. The lecture will address the widely discussed and prejudiced topic of the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in the treatment of mental disorders.
Social or cultural anthropologist Ieva Puzo has been a part of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) since 2016. She is lecturer and senior research at the RSU Faculty of Communication. Her interests are related to science and technology studies, the anthropology of work and research on highly qualified staff mobility.
'Today, our biggest problem is that we see human value only at work’, Ieva Puzo said at an interview for the LR1 (national radio broadcasting network) programme Monopols.
