On 8 October, Inga Elksne (Širina) will defend her doctoral thesis “Early eating habits in infants and their association with iron metabolism” at an open meeting of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Clinical Medicine Degree Committee (Riga, 16 Dzirciema Iela, Hippocrates Auditorium).

On 15 September the Latvian Ministry of Health reduced the period of self-isolation for anyone arriving or returning to Latvia from 14 to 10 days. Please note that self-isolation will now also be necessary for travellers returning from Estonia.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst for universities to work online and make use of the latest digital platforms.

On 2 September the first Research Breakfast of this academic year was held at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), where researchers, students and other interested parties were able to participate on-site in the Senate Hall, or remotely via Zoom. The Research Breakfast began with a speech by RSU Vice-rector for Science Agrita Kiopa, who opened the new season of the RSU Doctoral School and introduced a wide range of upcoming seminars and other events.

The annual Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Academic Meeting was held on Thursday, 10 September. At the meeting, RSU Rector Prof. Aigars Pētersons presented the achievements from the previous academic year and outlined the university’s future challenges.

China has become one of the most influential powers in the world in recent decades. There are only a handful of experts in Latvia who have excellent command of Chinese and an in-depth knowledge of the culture and politics of the thousand-year-old country. One of them is Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova who is the Head of the China Studies Centre at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), Head of the New Silk Road Programme of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, a lecturer and a Fulbright Scholarship recipient.