Focus on MUW
At the Department of Gastroenterology and Pediatric Nutrition at the Medical University of Warsaw, led by Prof. Aleksandra Banaszkiewicz, the impedance planimetry procedure of the esophagus (EndoFLIP) was performed in Poland for the first time. The examination involves measuring the compliance of the esophageal wall to stretching and evaluating esophageal motility. It is a solution used particularly in children, when conventional diagnostic methods fail.
On June 25, Prof. Renata Główczyńska, Prof. Ireneusz Nawrot, Prof. Agnieszka Szypowska and Jacek Lewandowski, MD, PhD, received their appointment acts as medical consultants for the Mazovian province. They were presented by Mazovian Governor Mariusz Frankowski.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject are annual listings of the world’s best universities, prepared according to the scientific disciplines they represent. In the latest edition, our university ranked 401–450 in the discipline of Medicine, making it the second-highest ranked institution from Poland in this category.
Magdalena Grochowska, MD, a student at our Doctoral School working in the Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Allergology MUW has won second place in the prestigious Young Investigator Award competition.
The Department of Social Medicine and Public Health has received funding from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) under the prestigious SPINAKER – Intensive International Education Programs scheme.
Four students from our university: Alicja Wróblewska, Claudia Wicik, Zofia Maliszewska and Alicja Szmarowska, under the supervision of Dr. Małgorzata Ponto-Wolska, took part in an international conference and a student competition testing manual dexterity - “The VR-Haptic Feeling”. Alicja Wróblewska took second place in the competition, earning, in addition to the prize, the qualification for next year's competition at High Point University in the USA.
This year's list included 101 domestic public and non-public universities. MUW received 74.4 points and was ranked in the Top 25. Our fields of study also fared well: eight were ranked high in the Fields of Study Rankings.
At the end of each academic year, IFMSA-Poland Warsaw Branch organizes a unique event - the Golden Mermaid Gala, at which it recognizes individuals who have worked with energy and commitment for the organization over the past 10 months.
The 27th Run for New Life is behind us. Transplant patients and family donors, as well as people from the world of culture, sports and media, high school students and medics marched in four-person relays. There were also representatives from MUW.
On June 15, the concert hall on Tyszkiewicza Street resounded with beautiful sounds. And this was due to the MUW Choir, which gave its annual concert that day. This time titled “Rewrite the Stars.” The atmosphere was exceptional, and the concert hall - full of guests!