15 research papers of students were sent for the Competition from the following departments: general surgery (4 papers); Operational and Clinical Surgery with Topographic Anatomy (3); Medical Microbiology (3); Pathology (2); general and military hygiene (1); Internal Medicine (1); Hospital Surgery n.a. V.A. Oppel (1); Pharmacology (1).

The Competition Committee consisted of: Chairman - Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, Professor Alexey V. Silin, members - Professor Vladimir S. Luchkevich, Professor Valentina F. Ivanova, Professor Alexander T. Marjanovich, Professor Peter V. Pugach, Associate Professor Sergei Y. Ermolova, Nikolai A. Matciewskiy, student (winner of the Competition 2014) Ekaterina S. Shvaychenko and Head Students' Scientific Circle Kostyukevich S.V. considered the researches in two stages.

In the first stage all the works have been tested for "non-plagiarism" and were evaluated by the members of the Competition Committee. On the second stage of the Competition it was selected five best works, on 7 April 2015 these authors presented their reports to the Competition Commission. According to the results of voting places were as follows:
 

First place - Goyev Alexander (533 gr. Faculty of General Medicine) Garifulin T.Y. (442 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Melnikov V.A. (343 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Rybakov V.A. (442 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Sultanova F.M. (447 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Smirnova D.S. (547 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Karashchuk N.P. (632 gr. Faculty of General Medicine). Comparative characteristics of the occurrence of ultrasound signs of thyroid disease in girls-students of 1-5 year of studies from Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad regioon and the Southern Federal District. Leaders: PhD, Senior Lector Alexander A. Smirnov, ass. Vladislav V. Tatarkin, Prof. DSci. Lydia E. Sharova.

 


Second place - Tsytsenko Vladimir (304 gr. Faculty of Preventive Medicine), Nikulina D.M. (302 gr. Faculty of Preventive Medicine). Hygienic assessment of the working conditions of students in computer labs. Project supervisor: PhD, Associate Professor Vladimir Y. Sobolev.


Third place - Korostelev Dmitry (344 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Zakharov E.A. (344 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Skopin S.D. (344 gr. Faculty of General Medicine), Akulov E.S. (420 gr. Faculty of Preventive Medicine), Surovtseva N.S. (343 gr. Faculty of General Medicine) Bondarenko P.B. (544 gr. Faculty of General Medicine). Comparative assessment of different methods of myocardial revascularization. Project supervisor: DSci., Professor Mikhail A. Ivanov.

According to the "Regulations of Students' Scientific Circle" the winners performed their researches at the plenary session of the Conference «Mechnikov Reading — 2015» on April 23, 2015. Students-winners of the Competition will be awarded the diplomas and their research supervisors will be given money bonus.


Competition Committee expressed gratitude to all participants!                     

 Head of Students' Scientific Circle, Kostyukevich S.V.