Tatsiana Ahurtsova is currently halfway through her third year of Medical studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). She is originally from Belarus, from Semkovo, a village 9km from Minsk where her family has a cottage. This is where she went back to because of the COVID-19 restrictions in Riga.
The sustainable development of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has been ranked highly in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2021. RSU is ranked 28th best university in the world in the Good Health and Well-being category. This is one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which RSU is implementing according to the ranking.
Žanna Pičkure will defend her doctoral dissertation on 7 May at 15:00 in an open meeting of the RSU Clinical Medicine Degree Committee on Zoom. Her dissertation is titled 'Evaluation of the Right Ventricle Function Conducted in Patients after Acute Myocardial Infarction, Using Threedimensional Echocardiography and Myocardial Strain Analysis'.
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Looking back at her studies, Baiba Vilne, the leading researcher at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and the Head of the Bioinformatics Unit, explains that after completing her bachelor's degree, she was lucky enough to receive a German Academic Exchange Service (GAES) scholarship. Eventually, she was admitted to a master's programme at the Technical University of Munich. Vilne began to study molecular biotechnology and chose bioinformatics as her main subject.
On 10 April in Daugavpils, the women's volleyball team of Rīga Stradiņš University / Minusas Volleyball School (RSU/MVS) won 3rd place in the 2020/2021 season Latvian Volleyball Championship. RSU/MVS played the team VC miLATss resulting in a 3 – 1 win (25:11, 23:25, 25:22, 25:21). First place went to SC Babīte.
Virologists and infectologists from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have completed a study where data and biological samples from COVID-19 patients will help them predict the course of the disease in patients from different risk groups. The study will help doctors choose the most appropriate treatments and aid further research. Funding for the study and to collect patients’ biological samples was provided by The Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation.
The average employment rate of graduates of higher education institutions in Latvia is 80%, and graduates’ income at the beginning of their careers is on average 30% higher than the average national salary according to newly published monitoring data from the Ministry of Education and Science (MES). The data shows that Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) stands out with its high employment rates – 92% of graduates successfully enter the labour market.
We invite RSU students to the Spring Academic Seminar, where the RSU Student Union (SP) will inform students about higher education, opportunities and what role students have in it. We will also give advice on how students can improve the study environment for themselves and for everyone else.
First year RSU medical students are invited to participate in the annual Anatomy Olympiad on Thursday, 13 May.
This year, the Olympiad celebrates its 18th anniversary and it is the second time that it will take place entirely online via Zoom.
