Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine
Author : Jędrzej Chrzanowski
We are delighted to inform you that the clinical research project led by Dr Anna Matyjek, a nephrology specialist from our team, titled “B cell depletion therapy to improve outcomes of steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome in adults – the BOOSTER trial,” has received funding recommendation in the second edition of the Medical Research Agency’s Head-to-Head Research […]
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Wojciech Fendler has been elected as a member of the Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Committee on Clinical Sciences and the Committee on Human Genetics and Molecular Pathology. Congratulations! More information and full lists of the Committees’ composition are available here.
Despite significant progress in oncology in recent decades, only about 50% of patients with invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) affecting the muscle layer, survive five years after diagnosis. New hope comes from the combination of radiochemotherapy with the rapidly advancing field of immunotherapy. A member of our team, and a specialist in oncological radiotherapy from the […]
We cordially invite applications from young ambitious scientists for the project “Identification of Angiogenesis and Metabolic Markers in Endometriosis and its Associated Ovarian Epithelial Cancer using Photoacoustic Imaging and Data Exploration (ENDOVO),” under the supervision of Dr. Monika Golińska, funded by the POLONEZ BIS 3 program of the National Science Centre for the years 2023-2025. […]
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. In 2020, 2.3 million new cases were diagnosed, accounting for 11.7% of new cancer diagnoses worldwide. Approximately 5% – 10% of cases involve hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), most commonly linked to mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Currently, BRCA1/2 genetic tests are recommended […]
We are happy to inform about our team member, Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasik, tremendous achievement – the co-discovery of a new DNA repair mechanism. Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasik is a co-author of the article that describes the newly discovered mechanism for repairing double-strand DNA breaks. The work has been published in the prestigious journal ‘Nature Structural & […]
On August 24, 2023, Professor Anna Woźniacka, the Director of the International Doctoral School, and Professor Lucyna Woźniak, the Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation, presented awards to the doctoral students of the International Doctoral School who were honoured during the Public Reporting Session. Among the awarded students were members of our team: The awardees […]
We are pleased to announce an opening for three PhD student positions at our Department. If you are interested in the topics below, we encourage you to apply via the International Doctoral School of Medical University of Lodz website. 1. “A population-based cohort study assessing the risks and benefits of psychotropic drug use in type […]
We are pleased to announce that the results of our research in collaboration with Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Gliwice and Wrocław Medical University have been published in Radiotherapy&Oncology. Our study provides compelling evidence that specific microRNAs in serum can serve as reliable indicators of radiation exposure and […]
We are delighted to announce that our PhD students have achieved distinction during the first live Public Scientific Review Session of the International Doctoral School at the Medical University of Lodz. We would like to recognize the exceptional work of the following students: Michalak Arkadiusz – III year, presentation entitled „Clinical utility of epigenetic markers […]
