{"id":7892,"date":"2025-09-03T10:13:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/tmk\/?p=7892"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:13:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T08:13:02","slug":"new-academic-year-opened-at-the-centre-for-translational-medicine-semmelweis-university-celebrates-scientific-excellence-and-the-future-of-patient-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/tmk\/en\/2025\/09\/03\/new-academic-year-opened-at-the-centre-for-translational-medicine-semmelweis-university-celebrates-scientific-excellence-and-the-future-of-patient-care\/","title":{"rendered":"New Academic Year Opened at the Centre for Translational Medicine: Semmelweis University Celebrates Scientific Excellence and the Future of Patient Care"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 29 August 2025, Semmelweis University officially opened the new academic year of the Centre for Translational Medicine (CTM) in a ceremonial setting. The event took place in the Marcus Aurelius Hall of the BC22 office building on Baross Street. In addition to celebrating the Centre\u2019s past achievements, the opening ceremony also drew attention to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ceremony began with a welcome address by Dr. P\u00e9ter Ferdinandy, Vice-Rector for Science and Innovation, who underlined Semmelweis University\u2019s commitment to becoming one of the world\u2019s top 100 universities, and within the European Union, one of the top 5 institutions in clinical and health sciences. He emphasized that the University simultaneously fulfils an educational, research, and healthcare mission, serving as a driving force of the healthcare innovation ecosystem in Central and Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n

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Following this, Prof. Dr. P\u00e9ter Hegyi, Director of the Centre for Translational Medicine, officially opened the 2025\/26 academic year. In his presentation, he highlighted the Centre\u2019s achievements of recent years: the active participation of more than 400 students, over 2,000 cumulative impact factor points worth of publications, and measurable healthcare benefits achieved in partner institutions such as the Heim P\u00e1l National Pediatric Institute, the Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital and Outpatient Clinic, and the St. George University Teaching Hospital in Sz\u00e9kesfeh\u00e9rv\u00e1r. He stressed the CTM\u2019s mission: to bridge the gap between research and patient care, to strengthen the translational approach, and to continue building international networks.<\/p>\n

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A central element of the ceremony was the award presentation, during which:<\/p>\n