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Around the world on the WUM Campus
For the fourth time, we invited the university community and residents of Warsaw to the Diversity x WUM Culture Festival. It featured music, dance, colorful costumes, and flavors from different parts of the world, and above all, an atmosphere full of joy and kindness.
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Medical analytics graduate receives award
Jakub Kalinowski, a graduate of the Medical Analytics program at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Medical University of Warsaw, won second place in the National Master’s Thesis Competition organized by the Polish Society of Laboratory Diagnostics and the Association–College of Laboratory Medicine in Poland.
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Success of our students in the "Signa Vitalia" competition
The WUM was represented by two teams. One of them won silver. We triumphed not only as a team, but also individually. Two of our students took joint first place, while another, female student took second place.
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Midwifery student among winners of the Sigma Challenge 2026 competition
Weronika Skwarka, a first-year midwifery student at our university, won first place in the “Health and medicine” competition category. On May 22, she received the award during the official gala ceremony, accompanied by Dr. hab. Patryk Rzońca, Vice Dean for Dietetics and Emergency Medical Services, Head of the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Dr. hab. Justyna Teliga-Czajkowska, Vice Dean for Midwifery at the Faculty of Health Sciences.
An echocardiographic image in a triangular view showing the structure of the heart. In the central area, a color Doppler flow is visible in shades of blue, red, and yellow, indicating the direction and intensity of blood flow through the valve. The background consists of a black-and-white ultrasound image of the heart tissues with scale markings on the left side.
UCC WUM doctors performed the first minimally invasive heart valve repair procedure in an adult patient with a very complex congenital heart defect
A 40-year-old patient has been struggling with a severe heart defect since childhood and has undergone numerous surgeries. One of them was the so-called Fontan procedure – a special method of rerouting the blood to the lungs, used in patients with very complex heart defects. However, even such a procedure turned out to be insufficient, which is why UCC WUM doctors decided to carry out a cutting-edge procedure that had not yet been performed here.
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WUM scientific leaders received diplomas
Prof. Marcin Sobczak, the Vice Rector for Science and Technology Transfer, awarded diplomas to scientists who ranked first through the hundredth in the WUM scientific leaders ranking. The ceremonies were held on May 19 at the Library and Information Center for employees in the discipline of health sciences and on May 20 at the Didactic Center for employees in the discipline of medical sciences.
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Our professor with state decoration
Prof. Robert Gałązkowski, the Head of the Department of Medical Emergency WUM, received a state decoration from President Volodymyr Zelensky for his support of Ukraine during the war.
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Mateusz Rybka, MD, among the START 2026 scholarship holders
The START Scholarship granted by the Foundation for Polish Science is one of the most important awards for people starting an independent scientific career. Every year, 100 young researchers receive the scholarship. The award-winning scientist from the WUM conducts research on biomaterials of natural origin, especially keratin dressings, and their potential use in the treatment of chronic and diabetic wounds.
Participants of educational workshops conduct experiments at a laboratory table. Containers, bottles, and work materials are placed on the tabletop, and anatomical charts of the brain are visible in the background.
What happened at the WUM during the Night of Museums?
Several thousand people visited the Medical History Museum WUM on Saturday night. Medicines were the main theme of this year's edition of the event, because we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Faculty of Pharmacy. During the night tour, visitors could prepare a magistral formula, listen to students explain how to safely use popular medications, check whether bacteria actually respond to antibiotics and attend a lecture on counterfeit medicines. Those were only some of the attractions waiting for visitors.
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Juwenalia, the biggest Warsaw student festival, is behind us
On Friday and Saturday evening, students from as many as 10 universities, including ours, celebrated at the Syrenka Stadium during Varsonalia.