Poznan University of Medical Sciences - Science and Research

Science and Research

While advanced research at the University is carried out in virtually every field of modern medicine, its contribution is most widely recognized in such disciplines as immunology, endocrinology, oncology, nuclear medicine, anaesthesiology, surgery, nephrology, gynaecology and obstetrics (especially perinatology), ecology, parasitic and tropical diseases, AIDS, viral hepatitis, hematology, child oncology, cytophysiology and cytopathology, development of the central nervous system, immunology of skin diseases, clinical pharmacology, genetics, audiology, phoniatrics and optometry.

The major research topics in the Faculty of Pharmacy are the stability of drugs, pharmacokinetics and biochemistry, the synthesis and analysis of new therapeutic agents, phytochemistry, toxicology and pharmacology.

The fields of research activity of the Faculty of Health Sciences are health promotion, nursing processes and standards in nursing activity.

The investigations conducted at the University are presented in several hundred research papers published yearly in professional journals.

LaboratoryThe University hosts between 5 and 10 major international congresses a year and visits of foreign researchers are a daily routine. The University co-operates regularly with Universities in Rennes and Rouen (France), Turku (Finland), Berlin, Göttingen, Halle, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mainz, Munchen Regensburg (Germany), Linkoping (Sweden), Oslo University College (Norway), Perugia (Italy), University of Illinois at Chicago (USA).

Many University staff members serve on the boards of international professional and scientific associations or are invited to act as advisers by the WHO and IAEA. Lekarsz and Doktor (stopień naukowy) degrees awarded at the University enjoy wide national recognition. In some countries, e.g. Germany, they are accepted with no further confirmation requirements. They are routinely accepted in Sweden, Britain, the United States and Canada. At present more than 1200 graduates of the University practice or research abroad. Many of them are clinical specialists and heads of hospital departments in Europe, North America, South Africa and elsewhere.

Scientific Research constitutes a significant part of Medical University activity. The scope of scientific research conducted by the University ranges in solving problems of basic medical and clinical studies. There are also research studies to find and discover new pharmaceutical agents. The University develops scientific and educational collaboration within agreements and official contracts with the following Universities (updated on December 1, 2006):

1. Freie Universität, Berlin (Germany)
2. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
3. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (Germany)
4. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
5. Johannes-Gutenberg Universität, Mainz (Germany)
6. Universität Regensburg (Germany)
7. Université de Rennes 1, Rennes (France)
8. Université Henri-Poincaré, Nancy (France)
9. Universita degli Studi di Perugia (Italy)
10. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
11. Høgskolen i Agder (University of Agder) (Norway)
12. Høgskolen i Oslo (Oslo College) (Norway)
13. Linköpings Universitet (Sweden)
14. Université de Genève (Switzerland)
15. Grodno State Medical University, Grodno (Belarus)
16. Medical University, Vitebsk (Belarus)
17. National University of Pharmacy, Charkow (Ukraine)
18. Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University (Ukraine)
19. State Medical nad Pharmaceutical University Nicolae Testemitanu, Chisinau (Moldova)
20. Zhong Shang Da Xue (Sun Yat-sen University) (China)
21. Nara Joshi Daigaku (Nara Women's University) (Japan)
22. Divine Word University, Madang (Papua New Guinea)
23. Kaohsiung Medical University (Taiwan)
24. Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (USA)
25. Indiana University Bloomington (USA)
26. University of Illinois at Chicago, (USA)
27. Widener University, Chester Pennsylvania (USA)
28. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (USA)
29. Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago (USA)