An exhibition titled, To know! It is in the nature of Latvia., dedicated to September being Science Month, was opened to the public in the Business Information Centre “Magnetic Latvia” at Riga International Airport and set up by the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA). In September, visitors of Riga International Airport have an opportunity to get to learn about Latvian scientists and their achievements. Among them is Inese Čakstiņa, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at the RSU Institute of Oncology.
On Friday, 14 September, a public engagement conference of the Horizon 2020 PERFORM project with a focus on childhood infection will be held at Hotel Bergs. The conference sessions will be led by internationally acclaimed medical professors.
The conference is open to anyone interested and there is no admission charge.
On 9th November a conference on rare diseases will be held in the RSU Auditorium, organised by the Rare Disease Specialist Association of Latvia and the RSU Department of Internal Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine.
The aim of the conference is to provide current and future specialists with theoretical and practical knowledge on rare diseases, their diagnosis and treatment options.
Would you like to assist in a heart operation? RSU Faculty of Medicine student Lauma Putniņa was asked this question on the morning of her second day of an internship at University Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Tirol Kliniken, Austria. This means that already on the second day of her internship the student was invited to take part in a heart operation where the patient's valve is replaced during open-heart surgery. The student considers this as an unexpected surprise and a fantastic opportunity.
Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Anatomy Museum invites you to an exhibition Ādas (Skins), which will be open from 31 August at Pauls Stradiņš Museum for History of Medicine at 1 Antonijas iela. Ādas is an interdisciplinary research and art project which is a joint collaboration between artist Ausma Šmite with the central focus — the restored collection of tattooed skins in the RSU Anatomy Museum.
RSU just held Orientation Week for newly-enrolled international and exchange students who will commence their studies in various disciplines at the University next week. Orientation Week is designed to help new students settle in to university life and Latvia.
On 30 August at 15:00 in an open session of Rīga Stradiņš University Medical Promotion Council (Conference Hall of the Medical Education Technology Centre, 26a Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Rīga) Ms Dace Bērtule will defend her thesis titled “Needs of Families with Children with Cerebral Palsy and Factors Affecting these Needs”.
In the dissertation the needs of families raising preschool-aged children with cerebral palsy in Latvia were researched.
The RSU Anatomy Museum is for pupils, students and researchers – anyone who is interested in the wonder of the human body.
Last week from 20 to 24 August, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) hosted the international summer school "Economic Modelling in Health Care", organised in conjunction with the University of Greifswald and the University of Wuppertal in Germany and the University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
The study of public health issues, the development of research projects based thereon and use of the results in improving public health as well as developing health policy are the tasks of the RSU Institute of Public Health (IPH), founded six months ago, as emphasised by its director, Prof. Gunta Lazdāne. Concluding as to which area of public health is topical and problematic, RSU researchers propose and implement projects on both an international and a national scale in Latvia.
