Leading researchers

Dr.med.

Mārcis Leja

Leading researcer

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Research interests:

Early detection of cancer and pre-cancerous conditions, screening diagnostics and prevention options; H. pylori infection and related diseases; celiac disease, autoimmune diseases; new diagnostic methods in gastroenterology; in hepatology and oncology, functional diagnostics.

Dr.med.

Ilmārs Stonāns 

Leading researcer

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Research interests:

Agrīna vēža un pirmsvēža stāvokļu atklāšana, skrīningdiagnostika un profilakses iespējas; H.pylori infekcija un ar to saistītās slimības; celiakija, autoimūnas saslimšanas; jaunas diagnostikas metodes gastroenteroloģijā; hepatoloģijā un onkoloģijā, funkcionālā diagnostika.

PhD

Lilian Tzivian

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Aging-related cognitive and work-related changes; Alzheimer's disease; the connection of the environment, air pollution and noise with the cognitive function; quality of life and stress; research design, displacement and classification problems.

Dr.med.

Ilva Daugule

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Digestive diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adults, stomach pre-cancerous conditions.

Dr.med.

Valdis Folkmanis

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Social Pediatrics, Montessori Medical Pedagogy, Multisensor Therapy.

Dr.med.

Ilze Kikuste

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Early diagnosis of gastric cancer, prevention options, stomach pre-cancerous conditions, detection and release of high-risk groups, H.pylori infection, diseases caused by it, colorectal cancer screening, celiac disease, endoscopic diagnostic and therapies latest methods in gastroenterology and gastrointestinal endoscopy.

Dr.sc.ing.

Arnis Kiršners

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Analysis of time series and their characteristic parameters data with data acquisition methods and algorithms. Designing of forecasting (screening) models.

Dr.med

Inta Liepniece - Karele

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Gastrointestinal, mammary gland and gynecological pathology.

Dr.sc.soc.

Signe Mežinska

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Ethical and social aspects of Biobanks; doctor-patient relationship patterns; ethics of human reproduction; conflicts of interests in medicine.

Dr.sc.ing.

Sergejs Paršutins

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Modeling and design of information systems, data analysis using machine learning methods, artificial neural networks, data mining.

Docent

Kārlis Purmalis

Leading researcher

Economist

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Research interests:

Cost-effectiveness calculations, the impact of health-care preventive measures on the economy.

Dr.sc.ing.

Inese Poļaka

Leading researcher

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Research interests:

Easy to interpret machine learning models, application of machine learning in medicine, bioinformatics, induction of diagnostic and prognostic models from data.

Dr.med.

Daiga Šantare   

Leading researcher

Dietary doctor

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Research interests:

Risks of oncological diseases, healthy diet, the role of nutrition in disease prevention.

Researchers

Danute Ražuka-Ebela   

Researcher

Doctor - gastroenterologist

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Research interests: early diagnosis and prevention of cancer and precancerous conditions, Helicobacter pylori infection, population risk factors.

Mg.Biol.

Dina Bēma

Researcher

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Research interests: Cancer stem cells, cancer resistance

Ilona Kojalo

Researcher

Data statistician

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Inga Bogdanova

Researcher

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 Research interests:

Dr.med.

Ivars Tolmanis

Researcher

Gastroenterologist, endoscopist

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Ģirts Šķenders

Researcher

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Research interests:

Tuberculosis research, clinical trials of new drugs. 

Dr.Biol.

Viktors Veliks

Reserarcher

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Research interests:

New diagnostic methods for gastroenterology, hepatology and oncology, functional diagnostics. Biostatistics. 

Dr.med.

Aigars Vanags

Acting researcher

Doctor anesthesiologist - reanimatologist, endoscopist, gastroenterologist

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Research interests:

Early detection of gastric and colon cancer and pre-cancerous conditions. Atrophic gastritis. Evaluation of endoscopy quality, including anesthesia.

Scientific assistants

Ilona Aleksandraviča

Scientific assistant

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Elīza Avotiņa      

Scientific assistant

Doctor

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Linda Mežmale

Scientific assistant

Doctor, doctoral student

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Research interests:

Volatile markers, Helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer screening.

Ilva Pole

Scientific assistant

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Dārta Pūpola

Scientific assistant

Molecular biologist

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Research interests:

Gene engineering, immunology, cancer research, genotyping of Helicobacter pylori, research of human microbiom.

Olga Sjomina

Scientific assistant

Resident in internal medicine

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Research interests:

H. pylori, gastric cancer screening, pepsinogens.

Mg.sc.biol.

Reinis Vangravs

Scientific assistant

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Research interests:

Sequencing technologies, bioinformatics, gene editing, early diagnostics.