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On 13 November, the Minister of Health and Labour Riina Sikkut met the dean and vice deans of the UT Faculty of Medicine to discuss issues related to medical education and research. At the meeting, the dean and vice deans gave an overview of the topical issues and main problems of the faculty and, in particular, pointed to the fact that the Research, Development and Innovation Strategy for the Estonian Health System was prepared nearly four years ago, but its objectives still remain unimplemented.

Karina Luik, a medical student at the University of Tartu, studied Estonian pregnant women and found that anaemia during pregnancy is associated with many pregnancy complications. Her study shows that taking iron supplements helps reduce the risk of complications, but the treatment helps only the pregnant women who have anaemia. If there is no anaemia, the iron supplements do not give the expected benefits.

In October, chief doctor Peep Talving, Professor of Surgical Diseases at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Tartu and member of the Management Board of North Estonia Medical Centre, trained surgeons at Nanshan Hospital of Shenzhen University in the People’s Republic of China. He introduced the local doctors to ASSET’s high quality courses on the surgical concept of trauma.

On 28 September, the University of Tartu, North Estonia Medical Centre and Tartu University Hospital signed a trilateral agreement to jointly conduct clinical research and participate in international research cooperation networks, as well as develop new research-based methods for treatment and diagnostics, and specialised care.

Today, on 26 April 2018, the 263-member electoral council elected Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser as rector of the University of Tartu with 187 votes.

University of Tartu graduate schools hold an orientation session on September 20, 2018, that aims to give our doctoral students a better understanding of grants and resources available after receiving their PhD. Doctoral students and supervisors from all faculties are welcome!

You are invited to attend a seminar by Dr. Diego Bohorquez (Duke University, USA) entitled “How your brain makes sense of food in the gut”. Diego grew up in a farm in the Ecuadorian Amazonia. In 2005, began a Ph.D. in Nutrition at NC State University and realized the profound influence the gut exerts on the brain and behaviors. In 2010, he began Postdoctoral Training in Neurogastroenterology at Duke University and discovered that the cells that sense food and microbes in the gut are hardwired to the brain, opening an entire new field in gut-brain biology.

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The members of the “conect4children” (c4c) initiative announced the start of a large collaborative paediatric network that will facilitate the development of new drugs and other therapies for the entire paediatric population in Europe.

UT scientists are developing medicines suitable for newborns and young children and studying the suitability of existing drugs because there is a great need for pharmaceutical preparations meant for young patients. Currently, children often need to use adult medicines that have been adapted for them but which may also contain excipients unsuitable for children.

In the editorial of the journal Eesti Arst, six directors of hospitals of Tartu and Tallinn published their idea to join Tartu University Hospital, Tallinn Children’s Hospital and North Estonia Medical Centre into a consortium, which by 2025 would result in a single university hospital with campuses in Tartu and Tallinn.

From May 13-18, 2018 The Doctoral School of Clinical Medicine and the Clinical Research Centre are organizing the course „Research methods for clinical trials: A short course in design and management of clinical trials“ to PhD students of the Faculty of Medicine.

We kindly invite doctorate students of the Faculty of Medicine to participate in Science Day held by Faculty of Medicine at 25.–26.05.2018 in Vehendi motell. This year our key presenter is prof Mart Saarma from University of Helsinki Institute of Biotechnology. Science Day is excellent way for PhD students to practise presenting your scientific work and network with other PhD students.

You are invited to join the lecture by Professor Anne Agur (PhD, University of Toronto, Canada) on Friday, 27 April at 13:00 at A. Linkbergi auditorium (Puusepa Street 8) titled „Peripheral sensory nerve blocks and radiofrequency ablation: An alternative pain management strategy".

An international hackathon devoted to finding innovative solutions in the fields of bioeconomy, biotechnology and biomedicine will take place on 27th-28th of April 2018 in SPARK (Narva mnt. 3, Tartu, Estonia) a HUB of the start-up community in Southern Estonia.

Estonian Academy of Sciences organised a national competition in Estonia in autumn 2017 and based on the results, submitted three candidates to the international final round. 1. Uku Haljasorg, PhD, Research Fellow of Molecular Immunology; 2. Kristi Huik, PhD, Research Fellow of Medical Virology and Microbiology; 3. Liis Lemsalu, doctoral student, Junior Researcher at the National Institute for Health Development.

At an extraordinary meeting on 1 March, the council of the Faculty of Medicine decided to submit professor Toomas Asser as a candidate to the post of the rector of the University of Tartu. All members the council of the Faculty of Medicine who attended the meeting voted for nomination of professor Toomas Asser as the rector’s candidate.

The Danish LEO Foundation supports researchers of the University of Tartu with 220,000 euros to conduct laboratory studies to discover the causes of atopic dermatitis, a frequent skin disorder. Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease, which in many cases is of allergic character, but the causes of which are not exactly known. Researchers participating in the project want to study how the early molecular events in atopic dermatitis are influenced by the specific small RNA molecules, known as microRNAs.

The government of Estonia has announced the laureates of this year’s national research awards. The award for outstanding lifetime achievement in research and development, 40 000 euros, was granted to professor emeritus of the University of Tartu, academician Agu Laisk. In addition, three projects won the award for best research work. Minister Mailis Reps congratulated all the awardees and expressed gratitude for their contribution to Estonian science. “The laureates are committed scientists and determined trailblazers in their field,” said Reps.