MUW and National Cancer Institute - agreement on teaching, scientific and clinical cooperation signed

A woman, the director of the NIO, and a man, the rector of the WUM, stand facing each other and shake hands. One dressed in a beige jumper, the other in a dark suit with a white shirt and a maroon tie. In the background is a blue wall with a logo and the words “Warsaw Medical University”. In their hands are documents. The woman is dressed in a light jumper, the man in a dark suit.
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death among Poles. MUW and NCI are strengthening their cooperation. The Institute and the University have expertise and practical experience with cancer, which is a huge therapeutic and humanitarian problem today. They also share a common understanding that an important factor in prevention and treatment is the training of future medical personnel at the highest available level.

The agreement relates to the continuation of scientific cooperation within the framework of Student Scientific Circles, and will enable the expansion of forms of training for students and young scientists through the access to the latest therapeutic methods and scientific research carried out at the Institute. It will also be the basis for developing clinical cooperation, including access to various therapeutic methods.

The parties to the agreement declare their willingness to continue and develop cooperation for the benefit of patients and to increase training opportunities for medical personnel. MUW and NCI will continue their cooperation in supporting young doctors who plan to specialize in oncology.

On the part of the NCI, the agreement was signed by the Director of the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute, Beata Jagielska, MD, PhD, and on the part of the MUW His Magnificence the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, Professor Rafal Krenke, MD, PhD.

Present at the meeting from the side of the NCI were: Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs, Prof. Dr. Michał Mikula, Head of the Department of Oncological Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Prof. Marek Dedecjus, MD, PhD.

On the MUW side, present were the Vice Rectors: Prof. Dorota Olczak-Kowalczyk, Prof. Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, Prof. Marek Kuch, Prof. Marcin Sobczak and Prof. Leszek Pączek, MUW Rector from 2005 to 2008.

Director of the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Institute of Oncology - National Research Institute - Beata Jagielska, MD, PhD.

- This agreement gives expression to what has happened so far in the cooperation between the Medical University of Warsaw and the National Cancer Institute. For many years the student scientific circles have been operating, including the Student Onko-Forum. A few months ago, the Institute decided to create a department, within the science division, dedicated to cooperation with students, who, in fact, are already welcomed within the walls of our Institute. Students carry out tasks within scientific circles, through grants and research projects, and are achieving their first successes in this field in the form of speeches at national and international congresses.

- Oncology is seen as a very difficult specialty, a specialty laden with difficult emotions. This does not go unnoticed in the decision to choose it. However, we observe that the number of those willing to take this professional path is slowly increasing. I believe that this is happening, among other things, thanks to the activities of the Student OnkoForum operating at our Institute, where medical students themselves are disenchanting oncology. They show during periodic conferences and workshops that this is a dynamically developing branch of medicine, in which one can achieve professional success in the country and internationally, but above all in everyday work with patients by offering them effective therapeutic solutions. Thanks to modern treatment methods, patients live a long time and we are able to change their disease from fatal to chronic, and thus see it in a completely different way. I believe that together with the Medical University of Warsaw, and above all with the students, together we will show the extraordinary potential of oncology, while supporting the development of the next generations of oncologists.

Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw Prof. Rafal Krenke, MD, PhD.

- We want the cooperation between the National Cancer Institute and the Medical University of Warsaw to develop on three levels - didactic, scientific and clinical. As a medical university, we provide broad and full-profile education in 16 fields of study. But in the process of education we also cooperate with entities with narrower clinical profiles, including scientific institutes. Being fully aware of the importance of oncology in today's medicine, we wish to develop cooperation with the National Cancer Institute, for the benefit of both parties. The goal is to make optimal joint use of the teaching, scientific and clinical base. This cooperation is already being successfully implemented, but by signing the agreement today, we confirm our will to continue and develop it on various levels.

MUW Vice Rector for Student Affairs and Education Prof. Marek Kuch, MD, PhD.

- The National Cancer Institute is an established medical brand which provides opportunities to teach oncology in all its diversity to MUW students. We, of course, have the oncology section at MUW, but cooperation with the Institute is very valuable to us and has its history. Our student scientific societies are successfully implementing projects at the Institute of Oncology. Systematizing and expanding our cooperation will be mutually beneficial.

 

On the left a woman, the director of the NIO, on the right a man, the rector of the WUM, sitting at a wooden table and signing documents. In the background is a blue wall with the logo and the words “Warsaw Medical University”. The woman is wearing a light jumper, the man a dark suit with a maroon tie. The flag of the university is visible on the table.
The woman, director of the NIO - on the left - and the man, rector of WUM on the right - are standing against a wall with the logo of the Warsaw Medical University. Both are holding navy blue briefcases with the university's coat of arms. One is dressed in a light-coloured jumper, the other in a dark suit, white shirt and maroon tie. Background with repeating logo and university name.
Nine people stand in a row in front of a blue wall with the logos of the Medical University of Warsaw. The individuals are elegantly dressed, two are holding briefcases with the university logo. In front of them is a wooden conference table.