Leading researchers
Leading researcher Dr. med. Mārcis Leja
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Doctor - gastroenterologist, oncology and oncological disease screening expert
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.
E-mail: marcis.leja@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. sc. soc. Signe Mežinska
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Bioethics Specialist
Research interests: Ethical and social aspects of Biobanks; doctor-patient relationship patterns; ethics of human reproduction; conflicts of interests in medicine.
E-mail: signe.mezinska@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. med. Daiga Šantare
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Dietary doctor
Research interests: Risks of oncological diseases, healthy diet, the role of nutrition in disease prevention.
E-mail: daiga.santare@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. sc. ing. Inese Poļaka
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Biostatistic, data analyst
Research interests: Easy to interpret machine learning models, application of machine learning in medicine, bioinformatics, induction of diagnostic and prognostic models from data.
E-mail: inese.polaka@lu.lv
Vadošais pētnieks Dr. med. Alvils Krams
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Pneimonologs
E-pasts: alvils.krams@lu.lv
Leading researcher PhD Lilian Tzivian
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Certified epidemiologist and specialist in public health
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.
E-mail: liliana.civjane@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. med. Ilmārs Stonāns
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Doctor - biophysicist
Research interests: Immunology, molecular and cell biology, rheumatoid arthritis, sepsis, and drug development.
E-mail: ilmars.stonans@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. med. Ilva Daugule
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Doctor pediatrician, gastrointestinal endoscopy specialist
Research interests: Digestive diseases, Helicobacter pylori infection in children and adults, stomach pre-cancerous conditions.
E-mail: ilva.daugule@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. sc. ing. Arnis Kiršners
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Information systems architect and developer, data analyst
Research interests: Developing Medical and Biobanking Information Systems and Database Architecture; Analysis Data with Machine Learning and AI; Consultation of Data Analysis and Data Science.
E-mail: arnis.kirsners@lu.lv
Vadošais pētnieks Jānis Eglītis
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E-pasts: janis.eglitis@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr.phil. Ivars Neiders
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Bioētikas speciālists
Pētnieciskās intereses: eksperimentālā bioētika, pētniecības ētika, ar dzīves noslēgumu saistītie ētiskie jautājumi, ētika psihiatrijā, ētiskās problēmas atvērtajā zinātnē.
E-pasts: ivars.neiders@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. sc. ing. Sergejs Paršutins
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Information system architect and developer, data analyst
Research interests: Modeling and design of information systems, data analysis using machine learning methods, artificial neural networks, data mining.
E-mail: sergejs.parsutins@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. oec. Kārlis Purmalis
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Economist
Research interests: Cost-effectiveness calculations, the impact of health-care preventive measures on the economy.
E-mail: karlis.purmalis@lu.lv
Leading researcher Dr. med. Valdis Folkmanis
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Doctor - a child neurologist, Montessori Pedagogy Specialist
Research interests: Social Pediatrics, Montessori Medical Pedagogy, Multisensor Therapy.
E-mail: valdis.folkmanis@lu.lv
Researchers
Researcher Dr. med. Danute Ražuka-Ebela
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Doctor - gastroenterologist
Research interests: early diagnosis and prevention of cancer and precancerous conditions, Helicobacter pylori infection, population risk factors.
E-mail: danute.razuka-ebela@lu.lv
Researcher Linda Mežmale
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Resident in gastroenterology, applicant for doctor of medicine degree
Research interests: volatile breath markers, gastrointestinal oncology, new diagnostic methods in gastroenterology, development of screening methods in gastroenterology.
E-mail: linda.mezmale@lu.lv
Researcher Dina Bēma
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Human and Animal Physiologist
Research interests: Cancer stem cells, cancer resistance
E-mail: dina.bema@lu.lv
Researcher Inga Bogdanova
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Forensic expert
E-mail: inga.bogdanova@lu.lv
Researcher Ilona Kojalo
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Data statistician
E-mail: ilona.kojalo@lu.lv
Researcher Dr. Biol. Viktors Veliks
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Human and Animal Physiologist
Research interests: New diagnostic methods for gastroenterology, hepatology and oncology, functional diagnostics. Biostatistics.
E-mail: viktors.veliks@lu.lv
Researcher Jekaterina Kalēja
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Researcher
Research interests: Research in the governance and decision-making in science, medicine, and biotechnology, as well as in the field of sexual and reproductive health, sexual education, family and gender..
E-mail: jekaterina.kaleja@lu.lv
Researcher Ilze Mileiko
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Bioethics specialist
Research interests: Social aspects of biotechnology, sexuality and gender, research ethics, violence, mental health resilience, social aspects of aging.
E-mail: ilze.mileiko@lu.lv
Scientific assistants
Scientific assistant Ilona Aleksandraviča
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E-mail: ilona.aleksandravica@lu.lv
Scientific assistant Edgars Dauss
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E-mail: edgars.dauss@lu.lv
Zinātniskais asistents Rihards Mikilps-Mikgelbs
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Scientific assistant Reinis Vangravs
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Microbiologist
Research interests: Sequencing technologies, bioinformatics, gene editing, early diagnostics.
E-mail: reinis.vangravs@lu.lv
Scientific assistant Elīza Avotiņa
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Doctor
E-mail: eliza.avotina@.lu.lv