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State Medical University of St. Petersburg (russian: Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова, ПСПбГМУ им. акад. И. П. Павлова) is a
medical school
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located in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
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History
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The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University was founded in 1897 as the Medical Institute for Women. It was the first European medical school to admit women.
The University has changed names several times since then: It became known as The First Medical Institute of Leningrad in 1924. In 1936, the institute was renamed in honor of
Nobel Prize
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winner
Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov ( rus, Ива́н Петро́вич Па́влов, , p=ɪˈvan pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈpavləf, a=Ru-Ivan_Petrovich_Pavlov.ogg; 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist, psychologist and physiol ...
. In 1994, the institute was reorganized as a medical university.
In the 1930s, the Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Institute of Pediatrics were spun off as independent institutions. In the 1990s, a number of departments evolved into research institutes.
Research
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University houses a number of research institutes:
* Nephrology Research Institute
* Research Institute of Pulmonology
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Raisa Gorbacheva
Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (russian: link=no, Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва Romanized ''Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova'', , Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet-Russian activist and phil ...
Memorial Research Institute of Children's Oncology, Hematology and Transplantation
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Maxillo-facial Surgery and Dentistry Research Institute
* Valdman Institute of Pharmacology
* Heart and Vascular Research Institute
* Regional Research Centre of Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology
* Scientific and Methodological Center for Molecular Medicine Russian Federation
* Centre of early phases of clinical trials
Faculties
* Faculty of
Medicine
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* Faculty of
Dentistry
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* Faculty of
Sports Medicine
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* Faculty of
Adapted Physical Education
* Faculty of
Pediatrics
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* Faculty of
Clinical Psychology
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* Faculty for
International student
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In 2019, there were over 6 million internati ...
* Faculty of Graduate Education in
Nursing
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* Institute of
Nursing
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* Faculty of
Postgraduate Education
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* Faculty of
Pre-University Course
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Notable alumni
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Pyotr Anokhin Pyotr Kuzmich Anokhin (russian: Пётр Кузьми́ч Ано́хин; January 26, 1898 – March 5, 1974) was a Soviet and Russian biologist and physiologist, known for his theory of functional systems and the concept of ''systemogenesis''. He m ...
(1898-1974), biologist and physiologist, author of
Theory of Functional Systems The theory of functional systems is a model that describes the structure of conduct, which was established by Russian and Soviet biologist and physiologist Pyotr Anokhin.
Overview
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Natalia Bekhtereva
Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva ( rus, Ната́лья Петро́вна Бе́хтерева, p=ˈbʲextʲɪrʲɪvə; July 7, 1924 – June 22, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approac ...
(1924-2008), neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology
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Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff
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(1881-1973), physician and philanthropist and member of the
Nobel family
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Alexander Rosenbaum
Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, ''Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum'') (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.
Graduated from the First ...
doctor, poet, composer, singer and actor
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Yelena Bonner
Yelena Georgiyevna Bonner (russian: link=no, Елена Георгиевна Боннэр; 15 February 1923 – 18 June 2011)[ ...](_blank)
(1923-2011), human rights activist
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Vasily Aksyonov
Vasily Pavlovich Aksyonov ( rus, Васи́лий Па́влович Аксёнов, p=vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ɐˈksʲɵnəf; August 20, 1932 – July 6, 2009) was a Soviet and Russian novelist. He became known in the West as the autho ...
(1932-2009), a writer of novels
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Ilya Averbakh
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(1934-1986), film director, screenwriter
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Sofiya Lisovskaia
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, Russian urologist
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Tumani Corrah
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, Gambian clinician scientist researching
tuberculosis
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,
HIV
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, and
malaria
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Olha Kosach-Kryvyniuk
Olha Petrovna Kosach-Kryvyniuk (Ukrainian: Ольга Косач-Кривинюк; May 26, 1877 – November 11, 1945) was a Ukrainian writer, translator, and physician.
A member of the Prosvita cultural movement, she worked to establish a Ukrai ...
(1877-1945), Ukrainian physician, writer, and translator
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Gulsum Asfendiyarova (1880-1937), one of the first Kazakh woman medical doctors
See also
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References
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