RSU has now been included on the list of scientific institutions recognised by Eurostat with access to their statistical database. This means that RSU scientists can now request meta- and microdata from Eurostat by submitting a study application description. This opens researchers up to significantly more research opportunities.
Professor Kristīne Mārtinsone is the Head of the Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU). Together with her colleagues at RSU, she has developed a Bachelor’s, a Master’s and a PhD study programme in psychology.
This month Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), along with other European educational institutions, participated in the European Commission's Erasmus Days initiative. To recognise the Erasmus+ programme at the university, RSU's International Department has published a collection of recipes, Erasmus+ Culinary Journey.
Social anthropologist and guest lecturer at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Julia Vorhölter will give a public talk titled 'Crazy times: New [dis]orders and the emergence of psychotherapy in Uganda' on Tuesday, 29 October at 18:00.
The event will take place in the AsiaRes Reading Room (Level M) at the National Library of Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Anthropology Society together with the Latvian National Library and Rīga Stradiņš University.
Nowadays, we are well aware of the adverse effects of eating too much, but women's health is also adversely affected by the opposite problem - diets and eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. This problem is also acute in Latvia where 10% of 15-year-old girls are overweight or obese, but 25% of girls of this age follow diets. Laila Meija, Associate Professor and dietitian at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), explains the damage that this can do to a woman's reproductive health.
On 4 October, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) participated in ICEBREAKERS'19 – the biggest business opportunity festival for students in Northern Europe. This all-day event took place in the House of Science at the University of Latvia.
Representatives from EATRIS (The European Advanced Translational Research Infrastructure in Medicine) visited Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) on 1 - 2 October. EATRIS is part of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) that brings together European countries with the aim of speeding up development of new medicines and diagnostic methods by fostering access to a modern, trans-European infrastructure.
This article on paediatric injuries appeared in the September issue of Ārsts.lv, the Latvian Medical Association’s journal. Below is a conversation between journalist Alise Blumberga and Rector of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), Professor Aigars Pētersons.
I haven't seen severely injured children standing in long queues anywhere except in Latvia!
This year, students have the opportunity to get free tickets to the international tech start-up and technology conference TechChill 2020! The conference will take place on 20-21 February in Hanzas Perons in Riga. To get your tickets, you need to attend a cycle of student workshops from late October to mid-December. The first workshop will take place on October 22. Sign up is open until October 17: http://bit.ly/2n1SY3n
This year, students have the opportunity to get free tickets to the international tech start-up and technology conference TechChill 2020! The conference will take place on 20-21 February in Hanzas Perons in Riga. To get your tickets, you need to attend a cycle of student workshops from late October to mid-December. The first workshop will take place on October 22. Sign up is open until October 17: http://bit.ly/2n1SY3n
