April 8, 2018
On March 29, 2018 the III Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists with International Participation "Problems of the present time in pediatrics" dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine was held on the basis of the State Institution "The Institute for the Protection of Children's and Adolescents' Health of the NAMS of Ukraine". The School of Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University was acted as a co-organizer of the conference. The presidium of the conference was headed by the director of the State Institution "The Institute for the Protection of Children's and Adolescents' Health of the NAMS of Ukraine", the head of the Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Doctor of Medicine, full professor G. M. Danilenko. The organizing committee of the conference included Doctor of Medicine, full professor L. K. Parkhomenko (Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
Young scientists and students from various higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine took part in the conference, presenting the results of their own scientific research in the form of oral presentations and poster presentations. At the end of the conference, the jury, which included instructors of the Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine of the School of Medicine Candidate of Medicine, associate professor J. V. Sotnikova-Meleshkina and Candidate of Medicine, associate professor T. V. Merkulova, noted the best oral and poster presentations by awarding them diplomas and memorable gifts.
Assistants of the Department of Hygiene and Social Medicine of the School of Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University O. G. Avdiyevska and M. O. Kindruk presented the results of their own scientific research and were awarded with diplomas of the third degree by the jury of the conference. The collection of materials of the conference "Problems of the present time in pediatrics" was published.