The 22nd International Conference of the Polish Pharmacoeconomic Society was held on November 27-29, 2024. One of the conference sessions was traditionally dedicated to the presentation of student research. Students presented works on issues in the field of pharmacoeconomics and drug and health policy in the form of mini-lectures and posters. Then the works were assessed and awarded. The student session was led by habilitated doctor Anna Staniszewska and habilitated doctor Maciej Niewada from the Chair and Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology.

On November 23, the First National Conference on Lung Transplantation “PULMOTRANSPLANT” took place in Warsaw – the first event of this type in Poland. The conference was held on the initiative of the “Healthy Lungs” Association and the Department and Clinic of Internal Diseases, Pneumonology and Allergology of the Medical University of Warsaw and was under the patronage of the Polish Transplantation Society and the Polish Society of Lung Diseases.

Doctor Magdalena Babiszewska-Aksamit from the Section of Medical Biology of the Medical University of Warsaw and doctor Sylwia Michorowska from the University’s Section of Drug Chemistry, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis have obtained funding for their work from the National Science Center as part of the “MINIATURA 8” competition. The study of the first mentioned scientist will concern the composition of breast milk of women with gestational diabetes, and that of the second one will involve the genetic disorder called Prader-Willi Syndrome.

We know the winners of the 14th edition of the National Student Science Movement’s competition! Among them is the Student Scientific Club “Herbarium”, operating at the Department and Section of Pharmaceutical Biology of the Medical University of Warsaw, which has just won the first prize in the Student Science Movement’s “Med” category and the main prize, “Project of the Year”, for their project titled “Supporting the protective functions of the lower part of the female reproductive system using products of natural origin.”

The digital revolution in medicine is becoming a fact, but is Poland ready to lead the changes in Europe? This question dominated the experts’ debate during the conference on the “Road to the presidency: digital transformation in medicine and health care” organized by the Institute for the Development of Social Affairs and the Medical University of Warsaw’s Medical Center. On the one hand, e-prescriptions, telemedicine and the Online Patient’s Account put Poland at the vanguard of digital transformation. On the other hand, challenges related to the European Health Data Space, the lack of full interoperability of systems and the risk of digital exclusion of seniors require immediate action. Will the Polish presidency of the EU Council become a springboard for building modern healthcare accessible to all, or will we drown in a flood of data with no real benefits for patients?

At the invitation of the team of the Department of Otolaryngology and Maxillofacial Surgery in Lviv, professor Kazimierz Niemczyk and doctor of medical sciences Robert Bartoszewicz from the Clinic of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery of the Medical University of Warsaw’s Clinical Center performed 12 specialized surgeries on patients with head and neck injuries.

It was the first event of this kind in Poland. Its hosts were the Chair and Department of General, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery of the Medical University of Warsaw and Medical Simulation and Innovation Center. The training was provided by recognized European experts, including doctors from the University’s Clinical Center, one of the largest transplant centers in the country.

The procedure was performed by a team of Łukasz Januszkiewicz, MD, PhD, and Marcin Michalak, MD, along with assisting staff Dorota Świątek, MA, Oleksandra Solohub, MA, Katarzyna Zawiła, MA, and Zuzanna Sawicka, MA. The patient was a 71-year-old woman following a cryptogenic stroke. Previous diagnostics had failed to find the cause of the stroke, and the innovative device is expected to help with this.

The photography exhibition “The Power of Women” opened at the Teaching Center of the Medical University of Warsaw presents portraits of women who had the courage to feel beautiful and feminine while struggling with a serious illness.

The National Science Center announced the a of projects that will receive funding in the “OPUS 26+LAP/Weave” competition. Among them is the project titled “Restoring beta cell integrity through targeted inhibition of SPOP and maintenance of PDX-1” focusing on an innovative therapeutic strategy in diabetes, in which our University serves as a consortium member. The co-author of the project on the Medical University of Warsaw side is professor Maciej Dawidowski from the Chair of Drug Technology and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.