Focus on MUW
The association brings together students and young physicians from across Poland who share a passion for cardiology. On June 9, new authorities of the organization were elected for the 2026–2028 term. Adrian Bednarek was appointed as President of the Board, while Dominika Tomkiel became a Board Member. Both are medical students at the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) and members of the Student Scientific Club at the 1st Department and Clinic of Cardiology, University Clinical Center of WUM.
Together with seven European universities, the Medical University of Warsaw (WUM) is carrying out an important project known by the acronym “eRaDicate”. As part of the project, eleven PhD students are developing the skills needed to work on new anticancer therapies. The project’s third training course has just taken place at WUM’s Library and Information Center, bringing together PhD candidates, their supervisors, and project advisors.
Can substances produced by bees become an inspiration for modern medicine? Do bee venom, propolis or apiair have potentials worth exploring in the context of modern health challenges? What is apitherapy (apis = bee + therapy)? We will be looking into this because an educational and research apiary has been set up on our campus.
Professor Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Head of the Department of Nursing Propedeutics, has been named the recipient of the award presented by the Association for the Support of Patients with Asthma and Allergic Diseases.
We have just concluded the conference entitled “Our Nurses. Our Future. Authorized Nurses Save Lives”. The meeting was dominated by topics related to the changes taking place in the nursing profession. Speakers highlighted the growing autonomy of nurses and their increasingly important role within therapeutic teams.
The knowledge and expertise of laboratory diagnosticians is a cornerstone of effective patient treatment. On May 27, laboratory diagnosticians celebrate their professional holiday—Laboratory Diagnostician Day. To mark the occasion, the Faculty of Pharmacy hosted the conference “Laboratory Medicine as a Pillar of Quality Assurance and Diagnostic Innovation in Hospitals.”
WUM students learned how the language used by professionals can build trust or create distance during the lecture by Prof. Marcin Matczak – lawyer, philosopher of law and publicist. The meeting provided an opportunity to discuss how doctors and other professionals today can establish their authority not only through their knowledge, but above all through the way they communicate.
On May 26, workshops for high school students were held at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Medical University of Warsaw. For a few hours, the students had the opportunity to step into laboratories and feel like scientists.
The event gathered over 300 members from all over Poland: speech and language therapy practitioners and students, physicians, and other health care professionals, thus providing an ideal opportunity for discussion, exchanging experiences, networking, and planning future research and clinical collaboration.
It was the 9th edition of the Student Scientific Conference organized by the "TIVA" Anesthesiological and Intensive Care Nursing Student Club. The event was attended by students, professionals and enthusiasts of medicine from all over Poland. They met to exchange knowledge and experience related to anesthesiology and intensive care.