On 16 December, Professor Inga Millere, Dean of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, and Assistant Professor Toms Pulmanis, Vice-Dean of the RSU Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, participated in a World Health Organization (WHO) seminar with its collaborating centres. The event was held online and brought together the leaders of WHO collaborating centres from around the world.

December marks the end of a series of webinars on innovations in hospitals that was organised by the regional Latvian hub of the Health Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT Health), which is located at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). The target audience of this year’s series - EIT Morning Health Talks - was Latvian hospital managers who introduce new and modern solutions to their institutions.

2020 has been an unusual year for all of us, including the RSU Alumni Association. This year's summer graduates experienced a very special graduation week. For the first time in the RSU history, graduation ceremony took place outdoors – it was held in the RSU yard and in the Inspiration Park. Members of the Alumni Association, in turn, experienced the first alumni event with remote participation. As in the previous year, the number of members of the Alumni Association has increased significantly this year, and now it gathers more than 800 people.

Researchers from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) have received funding from the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) for the commercialisation of two projects.

LIAA has provided funding for the Latvian Clinical Personality Inventory (LCPI), using which it is possible to comprehensively assess a person’s mental condition as well as their ability for emotional and social adaptation.

Priyadharshini Ravi and Emma Walfridsson are both Medicine students at RSU. Priyadharshini is in her 5th year and will be going back to Leeds in the UK. This year, she was the Liaison Officer on the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Student Association (ISA) board. Emma is the Assistant to the Head of Sports and Integration and she will be going back to Falköping in Sweden in the beautiful countryside in between the two lakes Vänern and Vättern.

Professor Ludmila Vīksna, Head of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Infectology, has worked at RSU since 1971 conducting research as well as pedagogical and administrative duties. The professor is open and straightforward, she gives praise easily, but can also be strict when necessary. The quality she deems most important in her work as well as in her relationships is honesty.

This year, the traditional Christmas Ball organised by the Rīga Stradiņš University International Student Association (RSU ISA) that usually takes place in December, could not be held. The Board's contingency plan to hold an event outdoors was also quickly discarded as emergency measures and restrictions became stricter as the months got colder.

The first Speed Friending event that the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Department organised online turned out to be a big success. The event offered participants with an opportunity to meet other RSU students and aims to encourage the integration of international students.

Enjoy Rīga Stradiņš University's Christmas Concert with contra tenor Sergejs Jēgers and pianist Ieva Šmite!

On 30 October 2020, the Chapter of Orders awarded Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Professor Ģirts Briģis, Head of the Department of Public Health and Epidemiology of the Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare, with the Cross of Recognition and appointed him an Officer of the Order.