WUM received the Journalism Order for many years of educational activities in the area of public health. The diploma was received by Prof. Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, the Vice Rector for Clinical Affairs and Investment.
The award was granted by the Journalists for Health Association, and the award ceremony took place on 18 September 2026 during the 25th jubilee edition of the National Conference “Polish Woman in Europe”.
Prof. Rafał Krenke, the Rector of WUM embraced the patronage of the conference. During the event, journalists interested in promoting health were presented with the latest achievements in medicine. Speakers included representatives of our university, with very diverse topics of speeches:
- Prof. Agnieszka Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska, Chair and Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, WUM, the Vice Rector for Clinical Affairs and Investments, WUM – Before disease begins: imbalance in the body and the development of chronic diseases (inaugural speech)
- Prof. Paweł Łęgosz, Deputy Director for Medicine at the UCC WUM, Chair and Department of Orthopedics, Oncology and Locomotor Traumatology of Adults and Children – The golden age of orthopedics
- Dr Piotr Remiszewski, Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, UCC WUM – Autotransplantations and auxiliary transplantations in the treatment of liver diseases
- Dr Piotr Jędrusik, Chair and Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Angiology, UCC WUM – Hypertension, do women experience it differently?
- Dr Mariusz Wyleżoł, the President of the Polish Society for the Treatment of Obesity, 2nd Chair and Department of General, Vascular and Oncological Surgery, WUM – Less and less invasive, more and more effective – where is the treatment of obesity disease going?
- Prof. Zbigniew Gaciong, Chair and Department of Internal Medicine, Hypertension and Angiology, WUM – What magnesium do you take?
- Prof. Łukasz Kołtowski, University Center for Clinical Research Support, WUM – Clinical trials in Poland: the place, potential and role of UCCRS WUM
- Prof. Katarzyna Krenke, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergology, Faculty of Medicine, WUM, the President of the Polish Society of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases – Fashion that is addictive – the impact of e-cigarettes on the health of children and adolescents
- Prof. Filip Raciborski, the Vice Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, WUM and Dr Andrzej Silczuk, the Head of the Department of Community Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, WUM, take part in the “Public Health in times of growing disinformation” debate
