Due to the COVID-19 pandemic our lives have turned upside down and everyone has been forced to drastically change their everyday habits. Collective consciousness, decency and concerted action are essential and invaluable during this time, but what should we do individually in order to adapt to the crisis psychologically? Artūrs Miksons, a psychotherapist and lecturer at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Clinic of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy answers these and other questions.
In 2019, Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova, researcher, lecturer, political analyst and the Director of the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) China Studies Centre, was among the recipients of the coveted Fulbright Scholarship handed out by the US Embassy in Latvia. She has been studying the relationship between China and the Baltic States and China’s trans-regionalism policy, more commonly known as the Belt and Road Initiative, at the Stanford University Centre for East Asian Studies for five months.
Viktoria Luise Katharina Schaeff has been studying medicine in Riga for six years. Last year her life changed suddenly after she and fellow student Kieu Anh Thi Nguyen developed an idea for an innovative device that could be used to detect strokes earlier. Their team Smart Umbrella came second in the EIT Health Innovation Day competition and has attracted international investors.
Everyone, regardless of age, needs exercise in the fresh air, especially now, during a time when more and more people are spending time at home working remotely. 'People are made for moving!' emphasises Assoc. Prof. and Nordic walking trainer Irēna Upeniece from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Department of Sports and Nutrition. Here are Prof. Upeniece's best tips for Nordic walking for beginners.
Darja Ņesteroviča is a technical orthopaedist, a doctoral student at Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and a researcher at the RSU Military Medicine Research and Study Centre. Ņesteroviča is currently working on her doctoral thesis about how the habits of wearing military boots and the anatomical peculiarities of feet may place undue burden on soldiers' feet and affect the frequency of injuries.
Madara Blumberga, a second-year student from the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Master’s Nursing study programme, was honoured at Riga Castle on 31 January at the closing event of the Meklējam sirdsmāsiņu campaign to search for the best Latvian nurse. Blumberga has worked as a paediatric nurse at the Children’s Clinical University Hospital for four years.
Mārtiņš Markovs and Daina Lazdeniece-Auniņa, trainers at the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Sports Club, invite university students, lecturers and staff to participate in both group and individual sports classes online, starting from 7 April.
RSU students and staff can sign up for classes by clicking the "+ Join Group" button on the FB page below and enter their faculty or department.
A record number of 175 local and international students applied to the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) International Department's mentorship programme this spring. This is more than twice as many as previous years when around 70 senior students applied to become mentors.
This year, the Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Alumni Association celebrated its 10th anniversary. The association's annual general meeting took place on 4 March. The meeting was opened by Chairman Dins Šmits with a look back at what the association accomplished in 2019. Over this year the association grew by 30% and now has 550 alumni as members.
