Toho University is a renowned Japanese university in Tokyo with which the Medical University of Warsaw signed an academic cooperation agreement 10 years ago, covering student exchanges. On October 12, representatives of Toho University visited WUM. Discussions focused on continuing the student exchange program and expanding cooperation to include academic staff and early-career researcher mobility, joint research, projects, and educational initiatives.

A world-class expert on artificial intelligence is going to discuss the most recent directions of AI development and the perspectives for the use of this technology in radiology. The lecture is open to all WUM employees, postdoctoral students, and students.

New pharmacy and medical analytics students took their oath in a year when the Faculty of Pharmacy at WUM celebrates its 100th anniversary. The ceremony focused not only on education but also on the responsibilities of future pharmacists and laboratory diagnosticians.

Professor Bruce Rubin will give a lecture entitled “Lymphatic pulmonary disease in children with an emphasis on plastic bronchitis”. We invite the entire academic community to participate in this event! The lecture will be held on October 26 at 1 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Pediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital UCC WUM (level -1).

When cancer patients ring the Bell of Life three times, it means the end of their fight against cancer or its important stage, most often chemotherapy or radiotherapy. As of today, such a bell hangs in the 2nd Chair and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology WUM in our teaching hospital on Karowa Street. We hope that the bell will ring regularly, bringing news of happily ended stories in which effective oncological treatment went hand in hand with the fulfillment of the dream of having a child.

“I wish you the courage to acccept challenges, satisfaction with learning, many successes and joy in what the coming years will bring,” said Prof. Agnieszka Mielczarek, the Dean of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, during the matriculation ceremony. She addressed new students of the following programs: dental medicine, dental hygiene, dental techniques, physiotherapy, electroradiology, audiophonology with hearing care and general and clinical speech therapy.

Prof. Jakub Piwowarski, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Head of the Microbiota Lab Core Facility, has received an award recognizing outstanding scientific achievements in the biomedical or biopharmaceutical sciences that open up new possibilities for applications in medicine and pharmacy. He was honored for his innovative research on the microbiota.

The official matriculation ceremony for students of the Faculty of Health Sciences was held on October 7. A total of 1,738 students began their studies in the programs of dietetics, nursing, midwifery, medical emergency and public health.

Thanks to the support of the Mazovian Voivodeship, the Center for Translational Pharmacy – Specialist Laboratories for Microbiota Research will be established. The contract for co-financing this project has just been signed by our university. The center is intended to be a unique research facility in Mazovia, Poland and Europe. It will conduct comprehensive research on the human and animal microbiota as well as on the metabolism of drugs, toxins, food and cosmetics.

They chose WUM to fulfill their dreams of becoming doctors, and now they are beginning their great academic journey. The journey is challenging, but as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine explained during the formal matriculation ceremony for newly admitted students, it is worth the effort because it leads to the most beautiful profession in the world.