George Drugas from the United States and Amulya Saxena from the United Kingdom will be visiting the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the RSU Faculty of Medicine from 10-12 February. During their visit they will give three lectures and perform demonstrations.
On 10 February 8.30 - 9.30 George Drugas will give a lecture on Patient Safety in Pediatric Surgery in the Ebel Auditorium on the 5th floor of the Children's Clinical University Hospital.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Orientation Week takes place this week, from 4 to 8 February. The week is dedicated to events for newly-enrolled international students who will commence their studies in medicine, dentistry and social sciences. Orientation Week is designed to help new students settle into university life and Latvia.
‘This centre is a milestone for our scientific community, and I am personally proud of Latvian researchers who have demonstrated their scientific excellence and strong potential for cooperation on this scale,’ the President of Latvia, Egils Levits stated at the opening of the Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE).
The BBCE project was solemnly opened on 29 January at the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry of Riga Technical University (RTU).
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is participating in the EU Horizon 2020 project DIAMONDS (Diagnosis and Management of Febrile Illness using RNA Personalised Molecular Signature Diagnosis) together with partners from 14 countries. The project has been awarded 22.5m euros and aims to develop a precise genetic analysis tool to diagnose severe diseases.
The Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club has opened registration for the 2021 Rimi Riga Marathon. The marathon will take place on 29 August 2021.
Register by 17 junePlaces are limited. The RSU Sports Club covers 50% of the entry fee. Payment is at check-in.
The Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club has opened registration for the 2020 Rimi Riga Marathon. The marathon will take place on 17 May 2020.
Register by 21 februaryPlaces are limited. The RSU Sports Club covers 50% of the entry fee. Payment is at check-in.
Rolands Ivanovs will defend his Doctoral Thesis ‘Association of Depression and Anxiety with Cardiovascular Co-morbidity and 10-year Risk of Cardiovascular Mortality (SCORE) in a Primary Care Population of Latvia’ on 4 February at 15.00 at a public session of the Doctoral Council of Medicine.
Six new study programmes in English will be developed at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) by 2023. On 24 April 2019 RSU signed an agreement with the Central Finance and Contracting Agency (CFLA) about implementing the project ‘Reducing study programme fragmentation and promoting the internationalisation of studies at Rīga Stradiņš University’ (project No. 8.2.1.0/18/A/014).
Irina Mariotti comes from Bolzano in northern Italy. She started studying at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) in February 2016.
Had you been to Latvia before you came to RSU?
I came to visit a friend who was studying here about 6 years ago. I was traveling in Europe with my family and we stayed in Latvia for three days visiting the countryside and the Old Town. I really liked Riga, actually. This is why when I was admitted to RSU, I already knew where I was coming to.
