Focus on MUW
The lack of an effective system of early prevention in the field of child and adolescent mental health, an insufficient number of psychiatrists in the face of a growing number of patients, as well as excessively long waiting times for specialized psychiatric help in some regions of the country - these were the main conclusions of the “Road to the Presidency: child and adolescent psychiatry” conference held at MUW on October 30. The meeting was organized by the Institute for the Development of Social Affairs (IRSS) and the Medical Center MUW.
Portraits of Polish Medicine is a prestigious competition organized by the magazine and portal Rynek Zdrowia. Among the winners of this year's edition was a team from the University Clinical Center MUW, which was recognized for performing the world's first assisted liver transplant, in a patient after an organ injury suffered in a traffic accident.
We are talking about the specialization in medical laboratory parasitology, which in October 2024 received a positive evaluation from the Polish Accreditation Commission and approval from the Ministry of Health. Among the experts responsible for developing the basic and supplementary program of the specialization are Rusłan Sałamatin, MD, PhD, from the Department of General Biology and Parasitology MUW, and Agnieszka Pawełczyk, PhD in Biology, from the Department of Immunopathology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases MUW.
The changing labor market requires universities to take a new approach to education. The “Universities of the Future” project, which aims to prepare universities to meet new challenges, has just begun. The project is being carried out at 12 Polish universities, and the Medical University of Warsaw is one of them.
Orbitopathy is a disease that may lead to temporary or permanent damage to the eye. The aim of the EuGoGO’s course is to improve the level of medical care for patients with orbitopathy and, as a result, improve their quality of life.
The Student Scientific Society of our university has announced the results of the MUW Scientific Circles Ranking 2023/2024. 183 scientific circles that reported on their activities were included in the list. Who made it to the top of the ranking?
Experts representing these three areas of medicine argued during the conference that coordinated multidisciplinary care for newborns with neurodevelopmental disorders is crucial for their future quality of life.
During the meeting, experts discussed whether AI will replace doctors in the future, and whether we can have full control over the flow of our data due to its development. They also explained what is most important in the current RODO provisions and other regulations - of the AI Act type.
A letter of intent was signed regarding cooperation between the Center for Medical Simulation and Innovation MUW and the 6th Mazovian Brigade of Territorial Defense in Radom for national defense.
The annual event is an opportunity to meet and discuss the challenges and prospects for the development of Mazovia with the support of European funds. It is attended by representatives of administration, business, the non-governmental sector, as well as representatives of education and science, including those from our university. One of the debates entitled “On the way to the future. What do we need to prepare for?” featured Prof. Marcin Sobczak, Vice Rector for Science and Technology Transfer. And at a booth organized by the Center for Preclinical Research and Technology, of which MUW is a consortium member, it was possible to talk to experts operating within CePT.