The Polish Clinical Scholars Research Training is developed and conducted by Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Education in cooperation with the Medical Research Agency (ABM). The second edition included 100 Polish scientists and researchers who developed key competencies in planning and conducting clinical research and gained practical knowledge essential for analyzing, interpreting, and publishing results. Among them, a significant group consisted of WUM staff.

The topics discussed at the event included the role of biobanks in the development of scientific research, as well as the regulations and challenges faced by the community working in this incredibly important field. The conference was organized by our University thanks to the support from the Minister of Science, as part of the project titled “Developing the Polish Biobanking Network within BBMRI-ERIC”.

The ranking, prepared by the Student Scientific Society, includes 204 scientific clubs that submitted reports on their activities for the 2024/2025 academic year. Who made it to the top of this year's ranking?

In late October, representatives of the Medical University of Warsaw visited Universidad del Quindío in Colombia in order to work on the research partnership initiated in Warsaw several months before. The visit, which included lectures, a hybrid seminar, and meetings with local communities, has strengthened the cooperation in the areas of environmental health, tropical diseases, and the One Health approach.

The Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice invited our representatives to a gala celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant in Poland. The event was attended by: Rector Prof. Rafał Krenke, Prof. Michał Grąt, Vice Rector for International Relations, Development and Promotion, Head of the Chair and Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, as well as Prof. Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Head of the Department of Heart, Thoracic and Transplant Surgery.

This is yet another edition of the competition for students organized as part of the educational campaign “Follow Your Heart” and thanks to the cooperation between the Medical University of Warsaw and Boehringer Ingelheim.

For the first time, the WUM University Clinical Center has conducted a procedure of broadening the Fontan tunnel in an adult patient using vascular access.

On October 22, the lobby of the Faculty of Pharmacy was transformed into a recruitment and networking center. It was all thanks to the second edition of the Just Pharm career fair, which gave medical analytics and pharmacy students an opportunity to explore the job market, while allowing employers to reach talented candidates even before they graduate. And there’s no shortage of such candidates at our faculty!

The Medical Simulation Center (CSM) is constantly developing and modernizing. It has just acquired the latest generation of ultrasound scanners, medical trainers, and the ultrasound simulator of a pregnant woman. The equipment was financed by the National Reconstruction Program (KPO).

As life expectancy increases and more people are affected by neurodegenerative diseases, so does the importance of optimal diagnostics. The pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases has not been explored in depth yet, but one of the causes is thought to be inflammation. Piotr Alster, PhD hab. from the WUM Department of Neurology at the Faculty of Health Sciences conducts research, which will allow for comparing the levels of inflammation parameters in the course of Parkinson’s disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, as well as identifying differences between those subtypes.