The 12th Best Academic Teacher Gala, which took place on 4 December in the Patio of the MOLecoLAB Laboratory Building, is now behind us. During the ceremony, awards were presented to the best teachers at the Medical University of Łódź, selected on the basis of surveys completed by students in the 2024/2025 academic year (a total of almost 40,000 surveys).

The award-winning teachers received commemorative sweatshirts, diplomas, souvenirs from the Student Council, and, for the seventh time, financial awards of PLN 5,000.

The gala was attended by:

• Prof. Marzenna Zielińska – Vice-Rector for Education
• Prof. Joanna Kujawa – Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences
• Prof. Joanna Makowska – Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Medicine
• Dr Małgorzata Brauncajs, MD – Vice-Dean for Education at the Medical Department of the Faculty of Medicine
• Prof. Małgorzata Pikala – Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Health Sciences
• Prof. Ewa Borowiak – Vice-Dean for the Nursing and Midwifery Department
• Prof. Joanna Kostka – Representative for Accessibility and Support
• Gabriela Henrykowska, MD – Chair of the University Team for Quality Assurance in Education
• Paweł Zawieja – Chancellor of the Medical University
• Lidia Solecka – Bursar of the Medical Universityn

Prof. Marzenna Zielińska welcomed the guests, explained the rules of this year’s poll, and thanked all the winners for their contribution to the education of medical staff. On behalf of the student community, Jakub Robak, Chair of the Student Council, expressed his gratitude and congratulations to the award-winning teachers.

The winners of the title of Best Teacher at UMED in the 2024/2025 academic year were:

• Prof. Jakub Fichna – Department of Biochemistry
• Prof. Józef Kobos – Department of Histology and Embryology
• Prof. Tadeusz Pietras – Department of Clinical Pharmacology
• Prof. Michał Polguj, PhD – Department of Normal and Clinical Anatomy
• Prof. Katarzyna Starska-Kowarska, PhD – Department of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Immunology
• Dr Sebastian Kłosek, University Professor – Department of Oral Pathology
• Dr Joanna Chrobak–Bień – Department of Conservative Nursing
• Dr Marcin Cierniak – Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine
• Joanna Kapusta, PhD – Department of Internal Medicine, Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
• Elżbieta Kozłowska, PhD – Department of Microbiology, Genetics and Experimental Immunology
• Zbigniew Krenc, PhD – Department of Paediatric Education
• Dr Joanna Makowczyńska – Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany
• Dr Danuta Małańczuk – Department of Obstetrics Education
• Dr Milena Paprocka–Zjawiona – Department of Allergology and Respiratory Rehabilitation
• Dr Marcin Popielarski – Department of Cytobiology and Proteomics
• Dr Paulina Radwańska – Department of Pathophysiology
• Dr Maciej Sobczak – Clinic of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Clinical Pharmacology
• Dr Bartłomiej Sołtysik – Clinic of Geriatrics
• Dr Rafał Świechowski – Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Molecular Diagnostics
• Dr Tomasz Wasiak – Department of Molecular Biology
• Dr Katarzyna Wieczorek–Szukała – Department of Intercellular Interactions
• Dr Dominik Żyro – Department of Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Ilona Białkowska, MSc – Medical Rehabilitation Clinic
• Dominik Borguś, MSc – Department of Pharmacodynamics
• Renata Miller, MSc – Department of Nursing Theory and Nursing Skills
• Paulina Sobierańska, MSc – Centre for Medical Education
• Piotr Stasiak, MSc – Department of Movement Teaching Methodology
• Ewa Wilmańska, MSc – Centre for Foreign Language Teaching

The ceremony was accompanied by artistic performances:

Graduates of the Medical University of Łódź, Ms Ewa Zagalak and Mr Mikołaj Grajewski, who sang the songs Może za jakiś czas (Maybe in a while) and Misty at the beginning of the event. At the end of the Gala, students Natalia Witkowska (4th year of Medicine at the Ministry of National Defence) and Filip Szymański (4th year of Medicine and Dentistry) presented their skills by dancing the English waltz.

We warmly congratulate all the award-winning teachers!

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