Research activities

Scientific directions of the department:

1. "The influence of differentiated antihypertensive and lipid-lowering therapy on endothelial function indices and lipid metabolism in patients with metabolic syndrome" 2010-2012.

2. "Develop and implement a method for treating ischemic heart disease and osteoporosis by influencing the general mechanisms of their development" State Scientific and Technical Program "New Technology for Diagnostics and Treatment" subprogram "Heart and Vessels" 2011-2013.

3. "Develop and implement a new method for secondary prevention and treatment of cardiovascular lesions in case of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency in individuals with arterial hypertension" State Scientific and Technical Program "New Technologies for Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention" subprogram "Heart and Vessels" 2013-2015.

4. "Identification of risk groups for vitamin D deficiency" State Program of Scientific Research "Innovative Technologies in the Agro-Industrial Complex" 2013-2015.

5. Research and development work on the cross-border cooperation project No. RVI 1/0326/16 "Model of a medical program fighting osteoporosis in the Polish-Belarusian borderland" (2018-2021).

6. "Develop and implement a method for assessing the risk of development and progression of atrial fibrillation in patients with arterial hypertension", subprogram "Cardiology and cardiac surgery" of the State Scientific and Technical Program "Scientific and technical support for the quality and availability of medical services", 2021-2025

The joint project with the RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Food" (2017-2018), approved by the Council of Ministers "Study of the effect of palm oil on the health of the population of the Republic of Belarus and the establishment of acceptable medical and biological levels of palm oil consumption" was exclusive. This kind of clinical study was carried out for the first time in the CIS. In addition, with the RUE "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Food" it was possible to "develop new types of chocolate products enriched with protein, calcium and vitamin D, providing an increased balance of nutrition for preschool and school-age children (2016-2020).

Topic of the initiative research of the department:

"Genetic diagnostics of predisposition to cardiovascular diseases and their complications", Yakubova L.V., Kezhun L.V., Bukvalnaya N.V., Pitsko D.V., Molostova A.M., Smirnova L.N., Belous Yu.I.

Тhe department continues to study the syndrome of senile asthenia and other aspects of diagnosis and therapy of the elderly сonsidering the teaching of gerontology historically transferred to the department.

Since the organization of the department, the staff has published more than 340 printed works. The staff's reports were presented in more than 10 countries of the near and far abroad.

The department initiated the conclusion of 6 cooperation agreements with universities and research institutes of Ukraine and Russia. Within the framework of the concluded agreement, an epidemiological survey was conducted jointly with the Department of Clinical Physiology and Pathology of the Musculoskeletal System of the State Institution "Institute of Gerontology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine" to study the prevalence of changes in the structural and functional state of bone tissue and the consumption of micro-macronutrients by the adult population of Grodno and the Grodno region.

Currently, 2 candidate dissertations have been defended at the department and 2 candidate dissertations are being completed.