The Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) scientific journal Socrates passed the evaluation process successfully and has been indexed in the ICI Journals Master List database for 2019. Index Copernicus Experts calculated the 2019 Index Copernicus Value (ICV) for Socrates at 75.14.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) has ranked highest among the nine largest institutions of higher education in Latvia according to an annual study conducted by market research company Kantar TNS.
Many people are now returning to work after spending two months, or more, at home. Although it was difficult to get used to self-isolation at first, going back to their daily activities can also cause many to worry and feel emotional discomfort. Prof. Gunta Ancāne, psychotherapist and Head of the Department and Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), talks about what the feelings we are dealing with show about us and what we can learn from this crisis in an interview with the news outlet LSM.lv.
As of 29 May, the app Apturi COVID is available to all Latvian citizens free of charge. The contact tracing app has been commissioned by the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) of Latvia and developed by information and communication technology specialists and researchers to help limit the spread of the virus safely and conveniently. Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) supported the initiative.
Liene Ņikitina-Zaķe, Doctor of Medicine and Director of the Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Research Department, has added something new to her list of jobs, roles and challenges – for the second year she is a student of the RSU Health Communication master's study program.
Laura Regzdiņa, a first-year student in the Health Psychology master's study programme, already had impressive educational and professional experience upon starting her studies at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Laura has a bachelor's degree in the field of classical philology as well as in psychology. She also has extensive work experience: she has worked in advertising and marketing, produced television broadcasts and organised events and educational camps for young people.
On Thursday, 28 May, the Latvian National Armed Forces received a computerised personality assessment tool. It was developed for use by military psychologists by by Latvian scientists from Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in cooperation with Rīga Technical University (RTU).
Experts at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Medical Educational Technology Centre (METC) have developed several technological solutions and equipment to help medical students acquire skills remotely during the current national state of emergency. Among them is a prototype for an injection training system that uses artificial blood and an anatomical model of the oesophagus and the trachea that allows for the visualisation of the insertion of a nasogastric tube.
