In its 75th anniversary year, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) is taking part in the LAMPA conversation festival in a particularly ambitious way - with the RSU Re:start station. The station will host various activities over the course of the festival's two days. Visitors are invited to reboot their physical, psychological and creative resources by looking at themselves and society through the prism of sustainability and development.
On 20 May, several Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) staff members were honoured and congratulated for having received the highest state awards and presented with the Annual Awards in Medicine by the Latvian Medical Association. The ceremony took place in the RSU Senate Hall.
This year, 34 RSU colleagues were presented with various state awards.
‘These awards symbolise personal achievements and our shared journey towards excellence.
Each of you is shaping the future of our university and our country through your work!’
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On 20 May, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) Rector, Prof. Aigars Pētersons, Chair of the Kuldīga Municipality Council, Inese Astaševska, and Member of the Board of the healthcare company Roche Latvija, Rauls Vēliņš, signed a memorandum for cooperation in the implementation of an anthropological study of the Latvian population in the Kuldīga Municipality.
‘This is not a formal cooperation document.
Author: Toni Angelo Fernandes,
Senior Laboratory Assistant, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the RSU Institute of Public Health
In 2021, a study in Latvia found that around 30 % of HIV cases were still undiagnosed, i.e. almost 2000 people did not know they were HIV positive.
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On Wednesday, 14 May, a meeting of the Convent of Councillors of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) took place, during which members were introduced to the Medicine 3.0 study programme and recent changes to the national examination process.
In autumn, Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) will launch a new study programme, Medicine 3.0, aimed at introducing the most updated methods and significantly expanding and diversifying the range of study courses and topics offered. The programme’s title, Medicine 3.0, symbolises a significant, efficiently designed cycle of change that addresses today's technological, societal and academic challenges. One of the developers and implementers of the programme is Assoc. Prof.
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