You are welcome to participate in guest lectures conducted by professors of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and celebrate Italian Research Day. The lectures will be followed by reception.
Rīga Stradiņš University has a tradition of celebrating achievements and outstanding performance by expressing gratitude to the best students, staff members and structural units who have significantly contributed to research, academic affairs or to the popularisation of RSU. Last Saturday, 6 April, RSU presented its Annual Awards in nine categories. Special prizes were also awarded by the RSU Student Council and the Alumni Association.
6 000 participants representing 28 countries – a record number of participants attended two of three conferences within the framework of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Research Week. These participants attended the conference Knowledge for Use in Practice on medicine and health sciences and the interdisciplinary conference PLACES on social sciences held on 1-3 April. Almost half of the participants followed the conferences by watching the live stream made available online.
On Thursday 4 April Rīga Stradiņš University Rector, Professor Aigars Pētersons, was presented with an Academic Diploma at the spring general meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences (LAS). The diploma was presented by LAS President Ojārs Spārītis and LAS Academician Baiba Rivža.
Professor Pētersons thanked everyone assembled and emphasised how honoured he was to become a full member of LAS. Professor Pētersons was elected to become an LAS Academician at the autumn general meeting on 29 November 2018.
On Wednesday 3 April Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) signed a cooperation agreement with Bar-Ilan University and Ziv Medical Center establishing a clinical training centre. This will provide RSU students who wish to become physicians an even more international path. As of this autumn, RSU students will have the opportunity to undergo their clinical placement in orthopaedics in Israel under the leadership of experienced physicians.
A competition for best poster presentation was held at the conference Knowledge for Use in Practice which was part of RSU Research Week 2019. The winners were determined by a jury composed of 110 experts who evaluated a total of 433 poster presentations submitted in 18 sections. 52 posters received the highest score. In addition, online voting took place in over 200 voters participated. The voters were participants and attendees of Research Week events.
