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Five people are standing on stage in elegant attire. One person, the supervisor of the Gynecological Endoscopy Student Research Group, is holding a large frame with a certificate.
Awards in the StRuNa 2025 competition
For 15 years, the competition has recognized innovative student initiatives. In this year’s edition, an honorable mention in the Debut of the Year category went to our Student Research Club of Gynecological Endoscopy. The main award in the StRuNa MED category was presented to the interdisciplinary HepaSwitch project, created by students from four Warsaw universities. Among them are our students, Bartosz Bunar, who is also a student at the University of Warsaw, and Stanisław Szleszkowski.
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Dr. Leszek Kraj – “A visionary physician and social advocate”
This is the award presented to our specialist from the Oncology Clinic of UCK WUM in the November edition of the Visionaries – Health Reformers 2025 competition. Dr. Kraj was recognized for his reliability, top-level medical expertise, and his ability to combine professionalism with empathy.
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WUM researchers complete prestigious Harvard program – The Polish Clinical Scholars Research Training
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.
In a hospital room, a group of people give colorful woolen hats to a teenage patient.
The Hat from the heart for DSK patients
Several boxes full of colorful, hand-knitted hats were delivered to children in the oncology and hematology wards of the DSK UCK WUM hospital. They were donated by volunteers from the “Hat from the heart” project to cheer up patients and bring smiles to their faces.
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Biobanking was the topic of a conference at WUM
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”.
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UCK WUM with over PLN 42 million for cardiology and cardiac surgery care
The funds will go to the University Clinical Center WUM as part of the National Recovery Plan and will be used to modernize the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Transplant Surgery and the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology with the Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolic Disease.
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Leaders of Student Scientific Clubs selected
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?
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WUM and Colombia’s Universidad del Quindío Enhance their Cooperation
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 rector, Prof. Rafał Krenke, elegantly dressed, stands behind the lectern and gives a speech. In the background, there is a photo of an elderly man—Prof. Zbigniew Religa.
Gala commemorating the pioneers of Polish transplantology and honors for our professors
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.
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The winners of the competition for the best series of educational short films
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.

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