KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE

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KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE PROF. VAIVA
LESAUSKAITE
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MISSION OF KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE

• The mission of KUM is the education and training
  of health professionals of international
  standards, modern research in health promotion,
  disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and
  the provision of the highest quality of
  specialized health care to the patients

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MANAGERIAL STRUCTURE OF KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF
MEDICINE
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
SENATE
STUDENTS COUNCIL
GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
GENERAL SERVICES FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
RECTORS OFFICE
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COUNCILS
FACULTIES COUNCILS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES COUNCILS

• UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
• DIRECTOR GENERAL
• OBSERVERS COUNCIL
• MEDICAL COUNCIL
• NURSING COUNCIL

• FACULTIES
• MEDICINE
• DENTISTRY
• PHARMACY
• NURSING
• PUBLIC HEALTH

• RESEARCH INSTITUTES
• BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
• CARDIOLOGY
• ENDOCRINOLOGY
• PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
• REHABILITATION

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF ONCOLOGY

• CLINICS
• UNITS

• DEPARTMENTS
• CLINICS

LABORATORIES
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THE COMMUNITY OF KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE
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Research programmes at KUM

• FUNCTIONING MECHANISMS OF LIVING TISSUES
• PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH CARE
• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND
  EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON BEHAVIOURAL AND
  ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DETERMINANTS
• ENDOCRINOLOGY
• CARDIOLOGY
• GASTROENTEROLOGY
• PULMONOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
• ONCOLOGY
• NEUROSCIENCE
• REHABILITATION AND NURSING
• EMERGENCY MEDICINE
• THE HEALTH OF WOMAN AND CHILD
• OPHTHALMOLOGY
• INFECTOLOGY
• ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL PATHOLOGY
• ELABORATION OF NOVEL MEDICATIONS AND SEARCH FOR
  THEIR MARKET

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Looking forward collaboration with JRC.....

• Institute for Energy
• Nuclear medicine diagnosis and therapy
• Institute for Environment and Sustainability
• Environment and Health

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Background for collaboration with Institute of
Energy
Causes of mortality
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Background for collaboration with Institute of
Energy
Distribution of oncological patients between
Lithuanian cancer hospitals in 2003-2005
Vilnius University Hospital Santarikiu klinika
Paneveys
Kaunas University Hospital and University
Hospital of Oncology
iauliai
Klaipeda
Institute of Oncology of Vilnius University
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Departments of Oncology and Radiology at Kaunas
University Medicine
Background for collaboration with Institute of
Energy
Department of Oncology Physicians 12 (4
Dr.Sc) Department of Radiology Physicians
56 Sector of Nuclear medicine Physicians 5 (all
of them Dr.Sc)
Linear accelerators
Nuclear Medicine Department SPECT
Brachytherapy facilities
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Background for collaboration with Institute for
Enviroment and Sustainability

• Investigation of impact of heavy metals on the
  health
• Health Data Basis collected at the KUM

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Background for collaboration with Institute for
Enviroment and Sustainability
DEVELOPMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES (1966-2006)
HCSR
HPH
GP task prof.
HBSch
FINBALT
CINDI - cross sectional studies
Stroke register
Diabetes register
MONICA
Precursors of atherosclerosis
Juvenile hypertension
Multifactorial CHD prevention
Kaunas - Rotterdam intervention study
IHD register
Cross - sectional studies
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