"Morning" coffee meeting

This year first “Morning” coffee meeting will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 18th, 2022, at 14:30. The interview will be carried out by Jacek Kaczmarek, Ph.D. MUG’s International Alumni Relations Officer. The meeting will be held in a hybrid form: online and at Welcome Point, Building no 13, first floor, seminar room. Those wishing to attend in person please fill out the registration form.

This time we will have the opportunity to listen to an interview with two outstanding clinicians and researchers:

• Prof. Paul F. Gründeman – profesor of the University of Utrecht, lecturer, scientist and innovator in the field of cardiovascular medicine and medical devices used therein, who has been GUMed visiting profesor since 2018, cooperating with the MUG’s Centre of Translational Medicine;

• Prof. Krzysztof Narkiewicz – Head of the Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, as well as the creator and Chairman of the Scientific Board of the MUG’s Centre of Translational Medicine.

The interview will address the following topics: the key factors and turning points in the Speakers’ academic/research careers; the friendship and cooperation between the Guests’ Parents – Prof. Mirosława Narkiewicz and Prof. Antonius M. Gründemanem and between their teams, at the Medical University of Gdańsk and Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis in Amsterdam, respectively; potential and reputation of the University of Utrecht and the Medical University of Gdańsk; young talents in science and interdisciplinary research teams; the role and importance of internationalization of a University; and federalization of the universities and research centers, in the context of the recent establishing of the Fahrenheit Union of Universities in Gdańsk. After the interview Prof. M. Gründeman and Prof. Narkiewicz will be ready to answer a few questions from the audience.

“Morning coffee” meeting is a series organized as part of the Year of Communication and Integration of the Community of MUG.