The World Heart Day will be celebrated worldwide on 29 September 2017. The event is organised annually by the World Heart Federation to raise public awareness about cardiovascular disease – the major cause of death in the world today.
Prof. dr hab. Jan Styczyński, head of the Division of Clinical and Experimental Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of NCU Collegium Medicum, has been elected as Vice-President of the European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia (ECIL).
Prof. dr hab. Grażyna Odrowąż-Sypniewska – Vice-Rector for Collegium Medicum, and prof. dr hab. Jacek Kubica – Vice-Rector for Research, are involved in research studies contributing to the development of new clinical guidelines published in high-ranking journals.
Two researchers from NCU Collegium Medicum received scholarships for high-impact publications: dr hab. Anna Brożyna (Department of Tumour Pathology and Pathomorphology) and dr. hab. Marek Koziński (Division of Principles of Clinical Medicine).
The 19th International Congress of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care was held in Bydgoszcz between 13-16 September 2017. The conference assembled over 1,500 participants and covered various issues related to everyday practice of anaesthesiology.