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The 29th Run for New Life has concluded. This initiative supports organ transplantation in Poland and promotes the idea of informed decisions about organ donation. Relay teams were composed of transplant recipients, young people, journalists, athletes, actors, and representatives of transplant medicine, including specialists from our university.
87.38 km, 3 hours and 36 minutes, and 1,500 calories burned. This was the result of a cycling ride involving six passionate cyclists from WUM, along with three winners who, in January, placed the highest bids in cycling-themed auctions as part of the “WUM Community for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity” initiative. Thanks to them, nearly PLN 2,500 was donated to support the improved diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases in the youngest patients.
Prof. Marcin Sobczak, prorektor ds. nauki i transferu technologii zabrał głos w panelu dyskusyjnym na temat wyzwań systemu transferu technologii oraz roli uczelni w procesie komercjalizacji wyników badań naukowych. Debata odbyła się w czasie XIX Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Porozumienia Akademickich Centrów Transferu Technologii (PACTT). W wydarzeniu uczestniczyły także zespół Centrum Transferu Technologii WUM.
During the third stage of 16th Janina Fetlińska Nursing Olympiad, our university will be represented by Piotr Adamczyk, a third-year nursing student. We'll be rooting for him on May 19!
Developing professional skills and fostering interprofessional collaboration are among the most pressing challenges in modern medical education. Recognizing the importance of effective teamwork in healthcare settings for the quality of patient care and safety, the conference titled “Together for Health” was organized. The event provided a space for integrating students from various medical fields, expanding knowledge about the competencies and roles of different healthcare professions, and developing interprofessional collaboration and effective communication skills.
It used to be said that "the eyes are the window to the soul", but modern medicine proves that they also show what is happening inside our body. Thanks to modern non-invasive technologies, it is possible to visualize how the retinal arteries change under the influence of physical exertion, investigate the phenomenon of myogenic self-regulation and relate it to other organs and systems in the human body, especially to the cardiovascular system – wrote Maria Żmijewska, a medical student at the Faculty of Medicine of the Medical University of Warsaw.
The 23rd Golden OTIS Trust Award Gala has taken place. Among this year’s laureates was Prof. Maria Pokorska-Śpiewak from the Department of Childhood Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of Warsaw.
"The microbiome, which is found in the intestines, constitutes 20–50% of the cells of the human body. This is about 10 billion cells in one gram of colorectal content," said Jakub Piwowarski, the Head of the Microbiota Lab and the Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Bioanalysis at the Medical University of Warsaw, during a lecture for high school students.
Professor Derewenda is a structural biologist from the University of Virginia (USA). On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Pharmacy, he visited our university to meet with employees and students and tell them about the history of insulin research and its importance for the development of science and medicine.
The Committee, which is part of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM), is responsible for key areas related to the development and recognition of the profession of laboratory medicine specialist in Europe. The election of Professor Ciepiela, who is currently the Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine WUM, means not only strengthening the presence of Poland in European structures, but also a real impact on the certification process and the recognition of representatives of this profession.