On January 10 this year, President Andrzej Duda handed out professorial nominations. Among the appointed were academic staff from the Medical University of Warsaw, who received the title of professor of medical sciences and health sciences in the discipline of medical sciences.

Prof. Urszula Demkow, Head of the Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Immunology of the Developmental Age MUW, has been appointed Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Health. Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed the appointment on January 4 this year.

As part of the second call for applications for the scholarship of His Magnificence the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw for young scientists, seven employees received the awards. They represent various fields of medicine, pharmacy and health sciences. They received scholarships for their achievements and commitment to scientific activity, in the areas of publication and design.

The gala ceremony took place in Kiev. Prof. Robert Gałązkowski, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences MUW and director of the Polish Medical Air Rescue, received an honorary doctorate degree. This is the highest honor in the academic world.

The Rector's special award, given for papers most cited in the world literature, went to Wojciech Feleszka, MD, PhD, from the Department of Pediatric Pneumonology and Allergology UCC MUW. The scientist was recognized for his work focusing on novel approaches to the treatment of immune diseases and postbiotics as an innovative class of therapeutic substances.

The ZdrowieJeMY support group, aimed at patients suffering from obesity and those interested in the topic of ways to treat the disease, invites to meetings with specialists from MUW and UCC MUW. The goal of the event is to educate patients about health.

The prestigious award went to Dr. Maciej Janik from the Department of Hepatology, Transplantation and Internal Diseases UCC MUW, for his research on hepatitis, and Krzysztof Ozierański, MD, PhD, from the First Chair and Department of Cardiology UCC MUW, for his research on myocarditis. At the December meeting of the MUW Senate, the scientists received special congratulations from Rector Zbigniew Gaciong on the occasion.