Department of Public Health & Social Medicine MUG

What Department of Public Health & Social Medicine MUG does

The Department of Public Health and Social Medicine is a structural unit within the Medical University of Gdańsk (Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, GUMed), a public Polish medical university headquartered at ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 3a, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland (NIP 584-09-55-985). The institution is established under Polish higher-education law and operates as a public university, not a commercial company. Its functional scope spans three interlocking missions: medical and health-sciences education (medicine, pharmacy, health sciences, biotechnology), clinical care delivered through four wholly-owned clinical units (Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne university hospital, Uniwersyteckie Centrum Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej maritime/tropical centre in Gdynia, Centrum Medycyny Rodzinnej family medicine, and Uniwersyteckie Centrum Stomatologiczne dental centre), and biomedical/translational research across oncology, cardiology, molecular biology, and translational medicine.

Underlying research infrastructure includes the Central Biobank (biological sample storage), the Centre for Biostatistical and Bioinformatics Analysis, and the Technology Transfer Centre (IP commercialization). The university co-publishes the European Journal of Translational and Clinical Medicine and the institutional Gazeta GUMed, and operates an Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology jointly with the University of Gdańsk. Clinical research activity is conducted under ICH GCP and EU Clinical Trials Regulation 536/2014 with RODO/GDPR-compliant data processing.

The business model is publicly funded: revenue derives from Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education state-budget allocations, competitive academic research grants, tuition fees (notably from English-language international programs), and clinical revenue flowing through the wholly-owned SPZOZ and Sp. z o.o. healthcare subsidiaries. Pricing for educational programs is set by the Ministry rather than by the institution. Primary customers are undergraduate and graduate medical/health-sciences students (segment type: persona) served through the university's Recruitment Department and Erasmus+ international exchange program.

Name

Department of Public Health & Social Medicine MUG

Legal name

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

Website

https://informator.gumed.edu.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Department of Public Health and Social Medicine is a structural unit of the Medical University of Gdańsk (GUMed), a public Polish medical university delivering medical education, clinical care via four affiliated centres, and translational research including biobanking, bioinformatics, and oncology. It serves Polish and international students, regional patients, and publicly funded research collaborators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education and Public Health Research

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

School & Campus Public Health Departments (HLAJAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Public Health & Human Services Administration (BPAIACAK)

Keywords

• Public health education
• Social medicine research
• Epidemiology training
• Health policy analysis
• Population health studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Gdańsk

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Department of Public Health & Social Medicine is an academic unit within Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny (Medical University of Gdańsk) that delivers university-level teaching in public health, epidemiology, and social medicine, conducts population health and health systems research, and supports health policy and preventive medicine activities in northern Poland. The department operates as part of a public medical university providing interdisciplinary education and research across clinical medicine, biomedical sciences, pharmacy, and health sciences.

Product overview

The Medical University of Gdańsk (GUMed) is a medical education and research institution rather than a commercial technology company. Its primary offerings include academic education programs (medicine, pharmacy, health sciences, biotechnology), clinical healthcare services through four major clinical centers (University Clinical Centre, Maritime and Tropical Medicine Centre, Family Medicine Centre, and Dental Centre), and research services including the Central Biobank, Technology Transfer Centre, and Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Centre. The university also publishes the European Journal of Translational and Clinical Medicine and the Gazeta GUMed institutional newsletter. Research infrastructure includes Core Facilities for single-cell analysis, flow cytometry, and animal research facilities.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Health and Social Medicine Academic Programs
• European Journal of Translational and Clinical Medicine
• Centrum Transferu Technologii (Technology Transfer Centre)
• Centrum Analiz Biostatystycznych i Bioinformatycznych (Centre for Biostatistical and Bioinformatics Analysis)

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Uniwersytet Gdański (University of Gdańsk)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii UG i GUMed (Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology) established between University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk. This joint faculty operates shared departments including Instytut Biotechnologii Medycznej i Onkologii Doświadczalnej (Institute of Medical Biotechnology and Experimental Oncology) with departments for Molecular Bacteriology, Cell Biology and Immunology, Molecular Enzymology and Oncology, and Translational Oncology. Dean: dr hab. Ewelina Król, prof. uczelni.
• Akademia Muzyczna w GdańskuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for senior activities - International Day of Senior Persons celebrations held at the Music Academy in Gdańsk in November 2025.
• Dział Wsparcia Rozwoju Pracowników GUMedminorOthersInternal university department that organized the New Year meeting for GUMed seniors with approximately 170 participants in January 2025. Event under direction of Aleksandra Skonieczna.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• European Journal of Public Health (Oxford University Press / EUPHA): Field-defining publication outlet for public health research; comparable as the academic publishing ecosystem in which GUMed's own European Journal of Translational and Clinical Medicine competes for readership and citations.

Direct peers

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum (Jagiellonian University Medical College): Public medical faculty at Jagiellonian University with an established Institute of Public Health and Department of Social Medicine; one of the closest peer institutions in scope and academic structure.
• Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach (Medical University of Silesia): Public medical university in southern Poland with a Faculty of Public Health, School of Public Health, and similar social medicine research activity — directly comparable in mission and structure.
• Instytut Zdrowia Publicznego, Uniwersytet Jagielloński (Institute of Public Health, Jagiellonian University): Dedicated public health institute within a peer Polish medical faculty; closely aligned in research focus (epidemiology, health policy, social medicine) and academic operating model.
• Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu (Poznań University of Medical Sciences): Polish public medical university with comparable faculties in health sciences and preventive medicine, operating under the same national funding and regulatory framework.
• Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny (Medical University of Warsaw): Poland's largest public medical university with a Faculty of Public Health; directly comparable in offering public health and social medicine education/research within a state-funded medical school model.

Broad incumbents

• Karolinska Institutet: A leading European medical university with a globally recognized Department of Global Public Health; comparable as a public, research-intensive medical school with strong social medicine orientation, though at materially larger scale.

Regional players

• Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie (Pomeranian Medical University): Neighboring Polish public medical university serving the northwestern region; overlaps with GUMed in clinical specialties, public health research, and student catchment in northern Poland.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Centrum-Rozwoju-Kompetencji-Zintegrowanej-Opieki-i-e-Zdrowia-107876041392589
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/zak%C5%82ad-zdrowia-publicznego

Compliance2 records

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Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

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