Research

Scientific research and science at the International Higher School of Medicine.

The central link in the activities of the IHSM is its Charter with a prescribed Mission. According to the Mission of the IHSM in the arena of systemic healthcare and medical education in the Kyrgyz Republic and the International Space, we cannot exist without the introduction of high-quality scientific knowledge among teaching staff and students. Thus, we have formulated the main 7 positions that IHSM faces in matters of research and science.:

  1. To carry out fundamental and applied research and development by the teaching staff, doctoral students, postgraduates and students. This task allows us to maintain a high level of professionalism of the staff of the Moscow Medical Institute and to lay the foundation for a scientific approach in the medical practice of students from the first year.
  2. To ensure effective interaction and coordination of the activities of the structural divisions of the IHSM in the implementation of research activities. Science cannot exist in an isolated environment, isolated from other activities. Each department of the IHSM contributes to the development and conduct of research activities, their scaling and the formation of tangible results.
  3. Contribute to the implementation of annual and long-term research plans. Research without systematics is called observations, only an orderly, regulated knowledge of the unknown is considered the mainstay of qualitative research with the subsequent release of results that are close to the truth.
  4. To ensure the high technical level, patentability and patent purity of innovative scientific developments and inventions in the IHSM. We invest all possible resources in the development of infrastructure and the material and technical base of research laboratories, departments and centers at the Moscow State Medical University. Due to the worldwide progress in these areas, we have organized 5 laboratories. We will touch on them in more detail by analyzing the infrastructure.
  5. To facilitate the coordination of the research work of the Moscow Medical Institute with other scientific institutions, universities and healthcare institutions. We are making a lot of efforts to bring Russian science to the international level. This is how we participate in European programs – we conduct joint research and expeditions. The globalization of internal research with the international community will solve many organizational and innovative problems faced by most universities and research institutes throughout the post-Soviet space.
  6. To increase the competitiveness of research projects. Competitiveness is the main engine of progress. A healthy approach to understanding one's position in the global economic system in terms of science allows for the introduction of a number of mechanisms for selecting the most pressing issues, offering targeted solutions to local problems, not only in medicine, but also in related fields.
  7. To implement innovative developments. Science and research without application cannot be integrated into the world order of the 21st century. Therefore, we set ourselves the task of conducting applied research and implementing the acquired knowledge into the healthcare system and/or medical education.

The development program is based on those pillars: Structural and organizational work, creative and research work, and Implementation/commercialization.

  • Structural and organizational work – the core of this event is: Adaptation and implementation of international standards for the organization and conduct of research activities at the Moscow Institute of Medical Sciences – this will allow us to move from the national to the international level of research with an improvement in the quality of science as a whole; training of scientific personnel in innovative scientific modeling methods – a rapidly changing world requires the introduction of digital methods in basic or additional procedures when performing certain research and development activities, IHSM – follows general trends in the global scientific sector, increasing its competitiveness in the internal environment; creating infrastructure is science without the necessary logistical equipment, in modern realities, simply based on It's just not viable. In view of this fact, we are implementing the latest technologies in IHSM research and development; The formation of a scientific school is the continuity between generations of scientists, the main distinguishing feature of stable and stable systems that we have implemented and maintain.
  • Creative and scientific research work. The method of dividing research blocks into fundamental and applied ones became the main element. Implementation of the principles of "local" relevance - quality, not quantity. The development of systems of innovative methods of mathematical and IT engineering formatting of scientific data contributes to the qualitative collection, storage, systematization and analysis of the data obtained.
  • Implementation/commercialization. The central task of this section is the development and implementation of scientific developments in the economy of the Kyrgyz Republic. Creation of business incubators. Cooperation with international partners of IHSM. Standardization, accreditation, licensing and branding of scientific developments and applied knowledge. These events create and will create the visibility of their work for IHSM scientists, thereby motivating their further research work within our walls.

For more information, please refer to the strategic development plan of the IHSM.

Useful links:
Ministry of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic: https://edu.gov.kg /
National Attestation Commission https://vak.kg/
Kyrgyz Patent http://patent.gov.kg /
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com /
Scopus https://www.scopus.com/home.uri

IHSM research areas.

The central link in the organization of scientific work at the IHSM is its concretization, cooperation and the development of procedural mechanisms for conducting research. We have implemented the university program "The body in norm and pathology". The program provides a systematic approach to various aspects of the body's adaptive mechanisms, the manifestation of nosologies in unusual climatic conditions, and methods of treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention.

Briefly referring to the mechanisms of procedural regulation of research and development, I would like to note that we have developed a three-level approach:

At the first level, a careful selection of the thematic area of the study is carried out, where the criteria are the special relevance in our region (Central Asia), the economic significance and capabilities of the infrastructure and logistical bases of the IHSM and our partners. This procedure avoids the "research for the sake of research" trap, and generates adequate and meaningful research performed at the IHSM.

The second stage is the direct research work in the chosen direction. The body, getting into new climatic conditions, begins the process of adaptation, which leads to the restructuring and correction of physiological regulatory mechanisms. In the process of adaptation, the body's response to pathological conditions is unpredictable, which is why it is necessary to specify these manifestations of pathology and norms during the period of activity of adaptive mechanisms. This approach makes it possible to identify and systematize them, followed by the introduction of recommendations, techniques and variations of therapeutic manipulations on specific people – observing the "individual approach", which is the essence of the third level of research in IHSM.

In our opinion, the presented procedural mechanism is the most effective in the conditions of the 21st century.

According to the procedures described above, we have formed the main 6 complex research topics.

  • "Public health in Kyrgyzstan: environmental impact in a changing climate"
  • "Mechanisms of the immune response of people with coronavirus infection in an epidemic and post-vaccination period in mountainous conditions"
  • "Study of pathogenetic mechanisms of students' adaptation to the low-medium-high-altitude climate of Kyrgyzstan"
  • "Studies of the physiology and pathology of adaptation in the field of molecular genetic and population genetic, predicting the risk of hereditary and multifactorial diseases"
  • "Development and improvement of methods for the diagnosis and treatment of acute surgical diseases of the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities, including methods of endosurgical treatment"
  • "The role of thermal conductivity in norm and pathology"

Information For Postgraduate Students

  • Topics of dissertations, supervisors and individual curricula of postgraduate research students are approved by the Academic (Scientific and technical) council of the university and the scientific organization at the same time and are drawn up by the order of the head within 3 months after the start of training. Priority in choosing the topic of the dissertation is given to studies corresponding with the List of priority areas for the development of science in the Kyrgyz Republic, approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
  • Departments of postgraduate research (aspirantura) and doctoral studies of scientific organizations and universities annually submit the topics of candidate dissertation research, approved by the Academic (Scientific and technical) council in electronic format to the Higher Attestation Commission for further inclusion in the Register of Topical dissertations.
  • Doctors of sciences in the relevant or related specialty are approved to supervise graduate students. By the decision of the Academic (Scientific and technical) council of the university or scientific organization, candidates of sciences of the corresponding specialty may be involved in the scientific supervision of postgraduate students in accordance with the Regulation on the procedure for awarding scientific degrees, approved by the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic dated August 22, 2012 No. 578.
  • The total number of postgraduate research students (applicants) assigned simultaneously to one supervisor should not exceed 5 people.
  • Postgraduate research students performing research at the intersection of two specialties are allowed to perform research under the supervision of two supervisors.
  • The supervisor monitors the postgraduate research student's implementation of the individual curriculum.
  • The postgraduate research student annually submits a report to the Chair (department, sector, laboratory). All reports of postgraduate research students during their studies in postgraduate research programs are stored and submitted along with the dissertation. A postgraduate research student who does not complete an individual curriculum on time is expelled from the program by order of the head of a scientific organization or university.
  • Postgraduate students use the equipment, laboratories, classrooms, libraries, the right to travel, including to foreign educational and scientific centers, participate in expeditions, etc., on a par with scientific and pedagogical faculty of universities and scientific organizations.
  • In addition to the disciplines of the candidate minimum, the postgraduate students' training program also includes the disciplines of the School of Pedagogical Proficiency and the Methodology and Methods of Scientific Research. At the end of the postgraduate research program, a corresponding certificate with a supplement is issued, which reflects the list of completed disciplines, the volume of hours and grades obtained in accordance with the requirements established by the authorized state body in the field of science.
  • Full-time postgraduate students have the right to carry out paid scientific, pedagogical work, as long as they fulfill an individual training plan.
  • The remuneration of supervisors is made at the rate of 50 hours per postgraduate student per year, including cases of approval of 2 supervisors.

Research partners

  • China Medical University (Shenyang, Liaoning Province, P.R. China);
  • Chinese Society of Cardiology (China);
  • Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia);
  • Academy of postgraduate education under FSBU FSCC of FMBA of Russia (Moscow, Russia);
  • National Medical Research Center named after Academician Y.N. Meshalkin (Novosibirsk, Russia);
  • Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
  • Andijan State Medical Institute (Andijan, Uzbekistan);
  • Kazakh National Agrarian University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);
  • Kyrgyz State Medical Academy (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • “Preventive Medicine” Research and Practice Association of International University of Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • National Centre of Maternity and Childhood Care (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • Institute of mountain physiology and medicine of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • Scientific Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organs Transplantation (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (CAIAG) (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan);
  • Osh State University (Osh, Kyrgyzstan).