Valerii Zaporozhan: The difficult epidemic situation did not hinder the effective planned work of the university

Under the chairmanship of the rector and chairman of the Academic Council of Odessa National Medical University, Academician Valerii Zaporozhan, a regular meeting of the Academic Council of ONMedU was held. The meeting was held in strict compliance with anti-epidemic measures.

“The difficult epidemic situation in Ukraine and the Odessa region has not hindered the effective planned work of our university. This required and will continue to require great efforts of the whole team. I sincerely thank the whole team for their work and emphasize the need to strictly adhere to quarantine measures. The health of employees and students is the most important thing now, “said Valerii Zaporozhan.

The Academic Secretary of the University, Professor Olena Appelhans presented to the Academic Council the research works of the Departments of Physiology, Biophysics, Informatics and Medical Equipment, Pediatric Dentistry, Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, General and Clinical Epidemiology and Biosafety which will be sent to take part in the competition of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine. The Academic Council recommended the works to participate in the competition, and also supported the candidacy of the graduate student of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry I.O. Shishkin to receive a scholarship for young scientists from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine .

Natalia Kadebska, the Head of the Planning and Economic Department of ONMedU, presented an analysis of the university’s financial activities in the first quarter of 2021. In order to optimize expenditures, it is planned to eliminate some structural subdivisions of the university’s auxiliary services, whose functions are duplicated, and to introduce separate positions of responsible employees in the areas of work of the reorganized structural subdivisions. In addition, it was proposed to reorganize the separate structural units by joining the Ophthalmological Medical Center to the Multidisciplinary Medical Center, and the Service of Operation, Restoration and Modernization – in the Operational and Technical Department within the staff units of the above service. The proposal was approved by the trade union committee, so the Academic Council supported it.

The meeting approved important documents for the university – Annex to the “Regulations on the Competition Commission”, “Regulations on the Rectorate”, “Regulations on the organization of recruitment for training (internship) of foreign citizens and stateless persons in ONMedU in 2021” and “Regulations on the procedure for issuing invitations to study and internship to foreign citizens and stateless persons at ONMedU and their registration ”.

The Academic Council congratulated the Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Professor Vladimir Helmboldt and the Head of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Professor Anatoly Son to their anniversaries. Associate Professor of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine Olga Kravchuk was awarded the badge of honor of the mayor “Gratitude” for a significant contribution to the health of the city of Odessa and on the occasion of the anniversary.