Clinical Science Scholars Program

Harvard Medical School’s certificate program at Semmelweis University

The 2025-2026 class of the clinical research-focused program will launch on July 14, welcoming applications from early-career clinicians, PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, and residents until April 18, 2025.

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It is the oldest medical university in Hungary in the field of biomedical sciences. The university is built on the trinity of education, research & innovation, and health care, making it an internationally renowned center of excellence.

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Recognizing Excellence in Health Journalism

Deadline: April 7th, 2025.

The Semmelweis – Richter Journalism Award aims to honor exceptional journalism that supports women’s health and highlights pharmaceutical advancements in an authentic and accessible way. Showcase your talent and contribute to the global conversation.

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Once again, Semmelweis hosts an international alumni reunion

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Former students from all over the world are invited to a new meeting on May 17-18.

The route of medicine – one day in the life of a hospital pharmacist

2025. March 31.

Our photo report shows the route of medicine from the wholesaler to the bedside.

HU-RIZON: Seven Semmelweis University projects funded

2025. March 28.

More than two and a half billion forints have been awarded to the winners representing Semmelweis.

Semmelweis Green University Project celebrates its fourth birthday

2025. March 27.

The initiative has grown to a community of more than 2,500 members.

The Location and Timing of Breast Cancer Recurrence May Predict the Risk of Metastasis

2025. March 26.

Using machine learning, researchers analysed data from 154 patients.

Report on the March meeting of the Senate

2025. March 25.

The Study and Examination Regulations were amended to ease the burden on students, among others.

Lifestyle therapy – the key to lasting and healthy weight loss

2025. March 24.

It does not focus on weight loss alone, but rather on optimizing the body's fat-to-muscle ratio.

Successful robot-assisted ear surgeries performed at Semmelweis University

2025. March 21.

Four patients had their hearing restored at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery in early March.

Two university centers recognized for their excellent research infrastructure

2025. March 19.

This opens up new opportunities for cooperation in R&D.

“Seek the closeness of the patient” – forum held for students to ask the university leadership

2025. March 17.

This was the launch event of a series of lectures called “Hársfa 40.”

Ignác Semmelweis sculpture inaugurated in Thailand

2025. March 14.

The ceremony was one of the highlights of the university delegation's visit to Thailand.

First robot-assisted kidney removal from a living donor

2025. March 12.

The robot tracks hand movements more accurately, ensuring better blood supply for the donor organ.

Pannónia Scholarship: Ongoing opportunities for mobility projects

2025. March 10.

The program offers short and long-term mobility opportunities to students, teachers, and employees.

Home Water Purifiers Pose Multiple Risks, Public Health Expert Warns

2025. March 10.

These systems can introduce a number of hazards and, in many cases, actually degrade the quality of tap water.

World Obesity Day at Semmelweis University

2025. March 7.

Renowned experts raised awareness of prevention as well as effective, long-term, and unbiased treatment.

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Meet the Alumni - Dr. Loucas Christodoulou

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PhD defence - Center for Translational Medicine

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Specialists from the Department of Otorhinolaryngo

Specialists from the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery successfully restored the hearing of four patients in early March with cochlear implant surgery as they tested an ear surgery robot. 👏💙🤍

The department played a pioneering role in the introduction of this hearing correction procedure in Hungary, with the first such implantations being carried out in 1985.

“At the beginning of March, we successfully restored the hearing of four patients by using an ear surgery robot to insert the vital part of the cochlear implant into the cochlea of the patients’ inner ear,” Dr. László Tamás, Director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, told us. He explained that among the head and neck surgeries performed at the department, hearing correction procedures – including the insertion of so-called cochlear implants – played a prominent role.

“The surgical procedure for the robot is the same as when surgeons use a microscope to perform the implantation. The RobOtol ear surgery robot we have just tested helps surgeons to insert the electrode into the inner ear very slowly, evenly, and precisely, so that the structure of the inner ear and the hair cells that may still be left can be better preserved,” said Dr. Gábor Polony, Associate Professor at the department, the surgeon who was in charge of the operations, and who had learned how to use the robot in a training course abroad.

#roboticsurgery #cohlearimplant #hearingcorrection #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

Machine learning can accurately predict the type o

Machine learning can accurately predict the type of local breast cancer recurrence after initial treatment and assess the likelihood of distant metastases, a new study by Semmelweis University shows. By analysing data from 154 patients, researchers found that the longer the time between initial diagnosis and local tumour recurrence, the lower the risk of metastasis. The findings represent an essential step towards developing personalised treatment strategies.
To find out more click the link in the bio!

#breast #breastcancer #tumour #cancer #treatment #chemotherapy #radiotherapy #metastasis #machinelearning #AI #research #women #womenhealth #study #budapest #hungary #research #science #press #pressrelease #pr #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

🔴Join Harvard Medical School's Clinical Scholar

🔴Join Harvard Medical School's Clinical Scholars Research Training Program at Semmelweis University. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to earn a certificate of completion from Harvard Medical School.

🔴Apply now! Link in bio.

#clinicalresearch #clinicalresearchstudy #certificate #certificateprogram #scholarsprogram #Harvard #researchcapabilities #workshop #scholarship #semmelweis #semmelweisuniverity #semmelweisegyetem

Semmelweis HELP receives another award! 🎉 Semme

Semmelweis HELP receives another award! 🎉
Semmelweis University's proprietary, free symptom checker has won a special award for Application of the Year at Hungary's Website of the Year competition.

Our heartfelt congratulations to all contributors to the application! 👏💙🤍
@semmelweis_help

If you haven't tried it yet, now is the time to download and use the Semmelweis HELP symptom checker app anywhere, anytime!

#SemmelweisHELP #AzÉvApplikációja #DíjnyertesApp #Tünetellenőrző #Egészség #OrvoshozForduljak #Öngondoskodás #Applikáció #SegítségKéznél #HealthTech #Semmelweis #Tünetek #MindigSegítünk #Betegség #Tünetellenőrzés #Döntéstámogatás #Betegagyerek #Betegvagyok #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated annually on

World Down Syndrome Day is celebrated annually on the 21st of March. On this day many people wear odd socks to raise public awareness of Down syndrome, a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome. So did many of Semmelweis University's Pediatric Center staff, and we caught a glimpse of some of the unique socks.
Everywhere brightly coloured odd socks reminded us that we are all different, with our own lives, our own desires, joys and sorrows.
🔵🟡🫶

#worlddownsyndromeday💙💛 #downsyndromeawareness #pediatric #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

📸 @thebartabalint

LEGO sets ease the examination of children at Semm

LEGO sets ease the examination of children at Semmelweis University's Medical Imaging Center.

Thanks to the team of Amigos a gyerekekért ('Amigos for Kids') Foundation, three LEGO MRI Scanner sets were delivered to the MRI labs of the clinic. The construction sets can make it easier to prepare children for MRI scans, as they enable professionals to explain the process and the steps involved in the scan, thus increasing the sense of safety and comfort for young patients.

The initiative was implemented with the support of the LEGO Group in collaboration with the Amigos a gyerekekért Foundation.

@lego

#semmelweisOKK #OKK #orvosikepalkotoklinika #imagingiscool #lego #everyoneisawesome #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

📸 @semmelweisokk

🔴“I applied for the training to further my kn

🔴“I applied for the training to further my knowledge and gain new methodological skills that would be useful in my research and clinical work. The program met my expectations to the fullest; a great community formed during the training and I feel that these professional relationships will last in the long run.”
Zsófia Drobni, MD, Hungary

🔴Join Harvard Medical School's Clinical Scholars Research Training Program at Semmelweis University. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to earn a certificate of completion from Harvard Medical School.

🔴Apply now! Link in bio.

#clinicalresearch #clinicalresearchstudy #certificate #certificateprogram #scholarsprogram #Harvard #researchcapabilities #workshop #scholarship #semmelweis #semmelweisuniverity #semmelweisegyetem

The events of 1848-49 are connected in thousands o

The events of 1848-49 are connected in thousands of ways to the history of the university and the significant moments in the history of medicine in Hungary.
One such moment was the Battle of Komárom against the troops of the Austrian Supreme Commander Field Marshal Julius von Haynau on July 3, 1849, when Hungarian General Artúr Görgei suffered an open head injury from a grenade. After receiving treatment on the battlefield, Görgei continued to advance with his troops and even took part in the war council, but, in addition to high septic fever, he also had the shivers, lost consciousness several times, and his wound festered as he marched with his troops towards the town of Arad. He also won a victory against the Russians at the town of Vác. University professor and surgeon János Balassa sent his colleague Sándor Lumniczer from Pest, who opened the wound and recommended open treatment. Afterwards, surgeon Lajos Markusovszky opened the wound several more times and treated it according to the highest standards of the time, using the medical innovation of disinfection with chlorinated lime, introduced by Semmelweis, which may have contributed to saving Görgei’s life and indirectly the lives of the troops entrusted to him.

This story was also recalled in a speech by Dr. Loránd Erőss, Director of Semmelweis University’s Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointervention, at the university ceremony to mark the anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848-1849. As is tradition, about 200 other members of our staff also received their appointments, credentials, and academic awards from the university’s leaders at the event. Congratulations! 💙🤍

#revolution1848 #hungarianindependence #nationalholiday #history #prouniversitateaward #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

📸 Mór Than: The Battle of Komárom / @thebartabalint

Ignác Semmelweis sculpture inaugurated in Thailan

Ignác Semmelweis sculpture inaugurated in Thailand 🇭🇺🇹🇭

Panumat Kwandee’s artwork, the 27th Semmelweis sculpture worldwide to be created with the support of Semmelweis University, was unveiled at a ceremony on the campus of the Faculty of Medical Science at Naresuan University in Thailand. At the ceremony, Dr. Béla Merkely, Rector of Semmelweis University, lauded the legacy of Ignác Semmelweis. The event was one of the highlights of the university delegation’s visit to Thailand, during which a memorandum of understanding was signed with Mahidol University, and negotiations conducted with Naresuan University centered on deepening professional relations.

@naresuan_nu @mahidolstudentaffairs

#semmelweis #sculpture #inauguration #campus #internationalrelations #memorandumofunderstanding #naresuanuniversity #mahidoluniversity #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

📸 Naresuan University / Mahidol University

Hungary’s first robot-assisted live-donor kidney

Hungary’s first robot-assisted live-donor kidney removal for organ transplantation was performed at the Department of Surgery, Transplantation and Gastroenterology of Semmelweis University. The da Vinci Surgical System can track even the most subtle hand movements, allowing the blood supply of the donor organ to be more accurately prepared and preserved, thus ensuring safer transplantation.
Congratulations to the medical team! 👏💙🤍

#livedonorkidneytransplant #kidneyremoval #robotassistedsurgery #davincisurgicalsystem #davincisurgeons #transplant #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

📸 @thebartabalint

The use of home water filter devices is often unne

The use of home water filter devices is often unnecessary and may pose health risks, according to the public health expert of Semmelweis University. While marketed as a solution for cleaner water, these systems can introduce a number of hazards and, in many cases, actually degrade the quality of tap water. From promoting bacterial growth to offering little additional health value, filters may not be the solution. Also, no single filtration system is effective at addressing all potential water quality issues. Tap water, tested frequently for safety, remains a better choice for most.
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#tapwater #waterfilter #waterfiltering #healthrisks #publichealth #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

The patient who underwent the 💯th artificial he

The patient who underwent the 💯th artificial heart transplant at Semmelweis University’s Városmajor Heart and Vascular Center is doing well. The procedure, which was performed on March 5, 2025, under the supervision of Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and Specialty Lead Head Surgeon Dr. István Hartyánszky, lasted about five hours. The artificial heart, measuring barely 10 centimeters in length, was implanted next to the male patient’s sick heart: The device weighs about half a kilogram and contains a miniature pump that helps the left ventricle to function and circulates blood. An average of 10 to 12 such operations are carried out each year at the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Center. It was here that the first artificial heart in Hungary was implanted on February 15, 2008, and on September 20, 2012, the first patient in the country received a permanent artificial heart here.

#artificialhearttransplant #cardiacsurgeon #cardiacsurgery #hearthealth #cardiacoperatingroom #cardiacoperation #semmelweis #semmelweisuniversity #semmelweisegyetem

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