From 25 to 29 August, data manager Dr Bojan Kverh from the University of Ljubljana visited Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) as part of Erasmus+ exchange to share his experience and learn about RSU’s approach to research data management.
The Rīga Stradiņs University (RSU) business incubator B-Space is opening applications for its pre-incubation (PINK) programme. In the programme, participants will learn idea generation techniques, tackle industry challenges and work in teams to create and develop their very first business idea.
‘For us, it is important to help as many patients as we can, and to do so to the highest possible standard,’ says Gundars Katlaps, cardiothoracic surgeon at Tampa General Hospital (TGH) in Florida, USA. He is Head of the Aortic Surgery Programme and Director of the Lung Transplantation Programme at the TGH Transplant Institute.
Photo: Courtesy of the RSU History Museum
Back on 1 September 1950, students began their studies at the Rīga Medical Institute (RMI), the original name of Rīga Stradiņš University, in three faculties: Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy.
On 28 August, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) and the University of Dundee in Scotland signed a memorandum of cooperation at the RSU Anatomy Museum, aimed at advancing modern higher education and introducing innovation into both studies and research.
Photo: Courtesy of RSU
On Friday, 29 August, first-year students celebrated the start of the new academic year at Inspiration Park near the main building of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU).
The Sports Union of Latvian Institutions of Higher Education (LAS), in cooperation with the University of Latvia Sports Centre, invites students from Latvian higher education institutions and colleges to apply for the 2025/2026 season of the Latvian Universities Basketball League (LABL).
Didzis Gavars will defend his doctoral dissertation on 10 September in an open meeting of the Clinical Medicine doctoral committee. His dissertation is titled 'Diagnostic Value of Elevated and Significantly Elevated Levels of Vitamin B12.'
