In 15 of February Raitis Pečulis at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Center defended the promotion paper "Novel genetic risk factors associated with three multifactorial traits and their clinical characteristics in Latvian population", obtaining a doctorate in biology. Supervisor: PhD, Assoc. Prof. Jānis Kloviņš
Reviewers:
Dr. biol Dace Pjanova (BMC)
Dr. Habil biol., prof. Nikolay Sjakste (University of Latvia)
M.D., PhD, prof. Andres Metspalu (University of Tartu)