To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Department of the Prevention of Environmental Hazard, Allergology and Immunology MUW, a scientific symposium on "Public and Environmental Health in MUW Research" was held on December 2. The event brought together many distinguished guests currently and formerly associated with the department.

There are 26,486 people infected with HIV in Poland. The National AIDS Center reported 943 new cases in 2020. - The data are underestimated, and the most disturbing fact is that in our country half of the patients are diagnosed with HIV infection at a late stage - points out Prof. Alicja Wiercińska-Drapało, head of the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases and Hepatology MUW. - For this to change, testing needs to become more widespread. This is the only way to detect the infection at an early stage, when we have many options for effective treatment - adds our expert.

The "Golden Cuckoo" (Złota Kukułka) - a special award of the Rector of the MUW for the works most frequently cited in the world literature - went to Agnieszka Strzelak, MD, from the Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergology, UCC MUW. According to the Web of Science database, the distinguished dissertation entitled "Tobacco Smoke Induces and Alters Immune Responses in the Lung Triggering Inflammation, Allergy, Asthma and Other Lung Diseases: A Mechanistic Review" was cited 108 times. Co-authors of the paper are: Aleksandra Ratajczak, Aleksander Adamiec and Wojciech Feleszko, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases and Allergology, UCC MUW.

The specialists from our Paediatric Teaching Clinical Hospital performed a unique FETO (Fetoscopic EndoTracheal Occlusion) procedure in Poland. Thanks to these surgeries, still unborn babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernias have been given the chance to develop their lungs properly.

Our researchers will use a novel model for educating patients by people with the same disease. They will then test whether such support brings tangible benefits to patients with rare liver diseases, namely, relief of symptoms that impair quality of life such as anxiety, depression, and chronic fatigue.

On November 24-26, 2021, rectors of University Medical Schools KRAUM debated on the issues related to medical education as well as issues concerning academic communities of public medical schools. Professor Zbigniew Gaciong, Rector of our University, took part in the deliberations.

- The time of the soloists in healthcare is gone and now it's time to play as a team. Only team work - in relation to diagnosis or treatment of a patient - produces the best results, as evidenced by the fact that the medical profession is evolving into team work - said Prof. Mariusz Gujski, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, MUW, during the conference "Health care system of today and tomorrow. Perspective and experiences of patient organizations". The event was organized by the PACJENCI.PRO Academy for the Development of Patient Organizations initiative, carried out as part of cooperation between the Faculty of Health Sciences of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Employers' Union of Innovative Pharmaceutical Companies INFARMA, under the honorary patronage of the Patients Ombudsman.

As many as two complicated intrauterine surgeries on fetal hearts took place on Thursday at the University Center for Women’s and Newborn Health MUW. The babies were burdened with the defect of critical aortic valve stenosis, which can cause extremely dangerous sequelae, including even intrauterine death. - Technically, both procedures were a big challenge, because the heart at this stage of pregnancy is small, about the size of a dime - says Professor Marzena Dębska, one of the surgeons. - Both procedures were successful, now we will monitor the further development of our little patients. Such surgeries are an irrefutable proof of what great specialists we have at the University Center for Women’s and Newborn Health - he emphasizes.

Our University has entered into an agreement with The Regents of the University of California as well as the Ohio Gene Therapy Center and Mayo Clinic to collaborate on developing a therapy for NEDAMSS syndrome - Neurodevelopmental Disorder with Regression, Abnormal Movements, Loss of Speech and Seizures. The leader of the work on behalf of the MUW is Paweł Lisowski, MD, PhD, head of the Genome Engineering Team at the Department of Medical Genetics MUW (also MDC Berlin and UKD Dusseldorf).

The InnoHub creative competition, organized by the University of Warsaw in cooperation with our university, has come to an end. Over two days, nearly 30 students from UW and MUW developed digital health solution designs that could change the nature and quality of healthcare.