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In May this year, the University of Debrecen hosted the Hungarian round of the Rosatom Global HackAtom 2025 problem-solving competition, which focused on the development of nuclear medicine. The students had 24 hours to develop a digital patient management system covering the stages from diagnosis through treatment to rehabilitation and full recovery. The DE team won the competition, qualifying the Debrecen students for the finals in Moscow.
The final round of the scientific competition was held in the Russian capital on the closing day of the World Atomic Week program series and international forum, which was scheduled to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Russian nuclear energy industry and involved the participation of 118 countries. In the final, teams of university students who had won the national rounds competed against each other.
Among the 50 teams, the two-member IsotopeX team from the University of Debrecen, consisting of students from the Faculty of Health Sciences, was among the best and achieved third place due to its outstanding performance. In the final, Mahnoor Riaz and Sophia Palma presented a task related to the application of nuclear energy in space exploration, creating a nuclear energy source that monitors the fluid retention and other vital functions of sleeping astronauts during space travel.
- The University of Debrecen treats the healthcare industry as a priority strategic area, with nuclear medicine being one of its key segments. Our university is perhaps the only one in Hungary that is involved in the research, production, and distribution of radiodiagnostics and radiotherapeutics. At the Institute of Nuclear Medicine, diagnostic agents containing short-lived positron-emitting isotopes are manufactured to supply most of Central and Eastern Europe. We train various types of specialists in the fields of nuclear energy and nuclear medicine, and the results achieved in the competition are very good feedback on the effectiveness of our educational and research activities, said Rector Zoltán Szilvássy.
Oksana Kiszil, Director of Coordination and Strategy, told hirek. unideb.hu that the third place achieved in the Hackatom final not only reflects the professional preparedness and creative thinking of the students, but also the fact that the University of Debrecen – thanks to the international network it has developed in recent years – is a key player in global innovation and scientific cooperation.
Marianna Móré, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, believes that the competition is a good example of the wide range of opportunities that the University of Debrecen can offer its students in terms of talent management.
- Participation in the competition showed that regardless of whether students come to the university from Hungary or abroad, the institution can provide them with opportunities that can help them join the world's elite. Of course, this requires talent on the part of the students, which also sends the message that highly skilled, talented, and hard-working young people from all over the world are coming to the Faculty of Health Sciences. Master's students in public health participated in HackAtom, which also means that this field is so important in many parts of the world that highly capable young people are drawn to it. Participation and success convey the message to the world, to the many countries from which the students come, that there is more to the University of Debrecen than just studying and having fun, and that the institution can also open the way for talent to flourish. In this competition, the other teams consisted of nuclear physicists and engineers, and our students had to measure their knowledge against them and ours was the team with the fewest competitors, which makes the success even more impressive, said the faculty head.
The Debrecen students finished in third place behind the Brazilian and Indonesian teams. Mahnoor Riaz, Sophia Palma, and their teammate Jomana Ben Khadra, who strengthened the team by finishing third in the Debrecen final, will be rewarded with scholarships from the university.
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