This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. It was awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun. - The work of this year's Nobel laureates investigated fundamental mechanisms of expression regulation and expanded our knowledge of cell physiology - commented Prof. Krystian Jażdżewski at the XXXIV Nobel Session - At the same time, they became a research point into very practical aspects of our health, namely the impact of microRNAs on a number of diseases, including cancer, on the clinical course and response to their treatment.

Among the academic teachers and employees of science and art who received nomination acts from the hands of President Andrzej Duda on December 5 was Prof. Iwona Traczyk from the Department of Public Health MUW. And at a ceremony held on December 12, the nomination act was received by Prof. Barbara Bobrowska-Korczak from the Department of Toxicology and Bromatology MUW.

On November 29, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, handed out nomination acts to 60 academic teachers and employees of science and art. Among this group were two professors from our university.

On November 29, the Minister of Health, Izabela Leszczyna, honored academic teachers from medical universities with awards for outstanding scientific, teaching, implementation, organizational and overall achievements. This year’s winners include six teachers from our university.

Our university will receive PLN 2 million for the implementation of a project aimed at increasing the number of foreign doctoral students, the number of projects implemented in international cooperation, the number of foreign thesis advisors and the mobility of doctoral students.

Thanks to funding from the Medical Research Agency, our university will implement two very important projects: one on methods of slowing down the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the other on the treatment of drug-resistant depression using psilocybin. The Medical University of Warsaw is also a consortium member in a project aiming to identify biomarkers for predicting the effectiveness of treatment of patients suffering from drug-resistant depression with intranasal esketamine.

The employees of our university were decorated by the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. Twenty-seven people were honored with Crosses of Merit and 48 with Medals for Long Service. Meanwhile, 6 people received Medals of the National Education Commission for special contributions to education and upbringing - awarded by Barbara Nowacka, Minister of Education.

The 5th edition of the Executive MBA studies in health care at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics and the Medical University of Warsaw has come to its end. The ceremony of the diploma award to graduates of this program was held on Saturday, November 23, in the Main Auditorium of the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. They celebrated their success with their families, the authorities of both universities and invited guests.

„Health visionaries & reformers” is a competition with awards for outstanding personalities who introduce changes in medicine and the health care system. The awards are granted twice a year by the editorial staff of Wprost and NewsMed magazines. In the November edition, the competition jury awarded the “Visionary of Health” 2024 Special Award to professor Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, head of the Clinic of Neurology of the Medical University of Warsaw, and professor Leszek Czupryniak, head of the Clinic of Diabetology of the Medical University of Warsaw, was honored in the “Visionary Humanist in Medicine” category.

These are undoubtedly difficult and demanding studies. Therefore, during the graduation ceremony, many congratulations and words of appreciation could be heard. There were also words emphasizing the importance of the profession the graduates have chosen: - The slogan that 70% of medical decisions are based on laboratory results is repeated extremely often, but still seems to be just a slogan. Therefore, it is worth making our society aware that without laboratory diagnosticians, there would be no modern transplantology, oncology, endocrinology, nephrology, cardiology, hematology, pediatrics, in fact any medical specialty - said Prof. Olga Ciepiela, Vice Dean for Medical Analytics at the Faculty of Pharmacy.