Last weekend was the Weekend of Miracles, when the Noble Gifts reached thousands of families across Poland, and we once again joined this initiative. Thanks to our community, we were able to help Mrs. Ewa and her daughter Anna, as well as Mrs. Maria and her daughter Pola.

The jubilee celebration was hosted by the Head of the Clinic, Prof. Rafał Krenke. “This kind of anniversary allows us to look back and reflect on the solid foundations on which our Clinic was built. It also gives us the opportunity to take a step back and assess what has been achieved over the past 50 years and, as a result, to build its future with greater optimism and confidence,” he said.

On December 11, current and former staff members of the Department, as well as its friends and representatives of cooperating clinical units, gathered at the Teaching Center to celebrate this remarkable anniversary.

The Crystal Lancets are awards of special significance, as the recipients – the best educators at our university – are selected by students. They are recognized for their exceptional commitment to teaching, engaging delivery of knowledge, and support in students’ everyday academic life.

Prof. Rafał Krenke, Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw, and Junior Inspector Dr Krzysztof Ogroński, Commander of the Warsaw Police, signed a cooperation agreement on ensuring safety and counteracting threats on the premises of our university, resulting, among other things, from acts of aggression, crisis events, and incidents of a terrorist or mass nature.

The experts invited to join the team are Professor Robert Gałązkowski, Head of the Department of Emergency Medical Sciences at the Faculty of Health Sciences, and Patryk Rzońca, PhD Hab., Vice Dean for Dietetics and Emergency Medical Sciences at the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Our University has welcomed distinguished guests: Dr. Leonard Brennan from the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Sonya Richards, the Australian Consul in Warsaw and Deputy Head of Mission, together with Agnieszka Hyla from the Embassy’s Consular Services Department.

Our University has hosted the most important event of this year dedicated to wartime medicine and the organization of the healthcare system in crisis situations. High-ranking officials and directors of medical facilities from Ukraine who work in wartime conditions every day came to Poland. The meeting was also attended by the representatives of Polish public administration and medical, scientific, academic, local government, and military communities, as well as experts in many defense-related fields. The conference was organized by the WUM Department of Emergency Medical Sciences together with the Healthcare Institute.

The Council has 24 members, experts in many areas such as social policy, economics, demography, and sociology. One of the scientists invited to join that body is our academic, head of the University Laboratory for Research in Human Milk and Lactation at the WUM Department of Medical Biology.

It has already been 12 years that the Department of Public and Environmental Health at the WUM Faculty of Health Sciences, together with the Healthcare Institute, has organized the Public Health Congress. This year, expert discussions focused on the civilization-driven and demographic challenges, lifestyle diseases, as well as prevention, diagnostics, and cancer treatment.