47th Annual Meeting of Irish Endocrine Society – medals and awards

Many thanks to all those involved in the 47th Annual Meeting of The Irish Endocrine Society held from 24th and 25th November 2023 in Sligo. It was a very well attended events with high numbers registered and attending the meeting. The local organiser was Siobhan Bacon whose leadership organising the meeting is appreciated.

The Irish Endocrine Society Lifetime Achievement award was awarded to Professor Patrick Bell with an introduction from Clare McHenry. A moving tribute to Professor Gerald Tomkin was delivered by John Barragry.

Keynote invited lectures
Paediatric Keynote Lecture Professor Nils Krone, Sheffield, UK
Hadden Lecture Professor Gudmundur Johannsson Gothenburg, Sweden
McKenna Lecture Professor Francis Finucane, Galway

Grants

Basic Science award – no award in 2023
Clinical Science award – Fay O’Donoghue  for “Exploring the social support needs and health education preferences of women with gestational diabetes and their partners: A qualitative interview study” with principal supervisor Tomas Griffin, University of Limerick

In addition, four student busraries and two clinical trial network awards for undergraduate research projects were made, detailed here link

Medals

O’Donovan medal for the best oral presentation
OC5 Reece C. Corbett, Adeoluwa I. Owolabi, Peter R. Flatt, Aine M. McKillop Once-daily oral administration of GPR120 agonist Compound A improves pancreatic islet and β-cell health through actions on the small intestine, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

Montgomery medal for the best poster presentation
P65 Tara M. McDonnell 1,2, Leanne Cussen1,2, Clare Miller1,2, Angela Taylor3, Wiebke Arlt3, Shari Srinivasan2, Mark Sherlock1,2, Michael W. O’Reilly 1,2 Clinical and metabolic phenotyping of a large prospective cohort of Irish women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS): the relationship between insulin sensitivity and serum classic and 11-oxygenated androgens 1.Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland 2. Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland 3. University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jennings medal for the best presentation in paediatrics
P24 Edna F. Roche 1,3 ,Amanda M. McKenna1, Myra O’Regan1, Kerry J. Ryder2, Helen M. Fitzgerald3,Hilary M. C. V. Hoey1 A decade of Diabetic Ketoacidosis at type 1 diabetes diagnosis in children and young people nationally by Slaintecare region. 1 Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland 2 The Research and Evidence Office, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland 3 Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) at, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Award for the best case report
CR1 Claire Reynolds 1, Anna Fedorczak1,2, Eric Somers1, Sally Ann Lynch1, Michael O’Grady3, Timothy Ronan Leahy1, Susan M. O’Connell1,4 MCM4 deficiency causing Natural Killer and Glucocorticoid Deficiency with DNA repair defect (AR-NKGCD); experience from the Irish Traveller Community 1. Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland 2. Polish Mothers’ Memorial Hospital, Research Institute, Lodz, Poland 3. Regional Hospital Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland 4. Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Award for the best audit or quality improvement project
P29 Ciara Kilcoyne 1, Gillian Bennett1, Graham Gallagher1, May Almithin1, Alexandra Bohnejie1, Clare Chadda1, Mohammad Bin Mahfooz1, Anne Marie Hannon1, Audrey Melvin1, Eoin Noctor1,2 Quality measures in the Diabetes Clinic.1 University Hospital Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland. 2. University of Limerick, Co. Limerick, Ireland

 

Four IES Bursaries awarded to:

Jessica Sayfullaeva supervised by Prof. Francis Finnucane 

Aarya Lakshminarayanan supervised by Prof. Sean Dinneen 

Merhan Soltan supervised by Prof. Seamus Sreenan 

Cara McDonnell supervised by Dr. Karen Mullen 

Two Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trails Network Bursaries awarded to.

Columb Kavanagh supervised by Prof. Fidelma Dunne 

Liam Manning supervised by Prof. Seamus Sreenan We would like to thank all that were involved in the meeting including the sponsors, the organising committee and most of all the members of the society for their participation and support of the meeting.

We look forward to inviting you to the 48th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society which will be a joint meeting with the Society for Endocrinology in Belfast October 14th and 15th October 2024

 Link

https://www.endocrinology.org/events/joint-irish-uk-endocrine-meeting/joint-irish-uk-endocrine-meeting-2024/

Irish Endocrine Society Summer Bursaries and Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trails Network Bursaries

Four IES Bursaries awarded to:

Jessica Sayfullaeva supervised by Prof. Francis Finnucane with a project “Identifying Factors that Influence the Time to Onset of Ketosis in Exercise and Nutrition Scenarios: The TOKEN Study.”

Aarya Lakshminarayanan supervised by Prof. Sean Dinneen with a project “Planning for Recruitment and Retention in the D1 Now Randomised Controlled Trial”

Merhan Soltan supervised by Prof. Seamus Sreenan with a project “Histological assessment of debrided material from chronic diabetic wounds. Are we currently discarding useful  information?”

Cara McDonnell supervised by Dr. Karen Mullen with a project “Effect of iodine enriched milk on iodine status: a randomised crossover intervention in healthy volunteers”

 Two DC CTN Bursaries awarded to.

Columb Kavanagh supervised by Prof. Fidelma Dunne for a project “Identifying and Prioritizing Unanswered Questions Related to Type 1 Diabetes Management in Adults: A Priority Setting Partnership Approach”

Liam Manning supervised by Prof. Seamus Sreenan with a project “Estimating the population health impact and cost-effectiveness of implementing evidence-based Type 1 diabetes mellitus care in Ireland.”

Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing your work presented at the next meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society

47th Irish Endocrine Society Annual Meeting Programme – Updated!

Dear Colleagues

  • Please find the link below for the updated programme for the upcoming 47th IES Annual Meeting in Rosses Point, Sligo on 24th and 25th November 2023.
  • To Authors of oral and poster presentations, please check the updated programme carefully for the dates and times of your presentations.
  • For poster presentations, the presentation format is A0 Portrait. Other formats of poster presentations will not accepted due to space limitations at the conference venue.
  • As per instructions from the conference venue, posters presented on Friday 24th November 2023, are to be removed by 6:00 pm Friday. Posters presented on Saturday 25th November 2023, should be in place by 9:00 am Saturday and are to be removed by 11:00 am Saturday.
  • We have an exciting programme of lectures with invited speakers and scientific sessions with oral and poster presentations. We look forward to seeing you all in Sligo.

IES 2023 updated programme 21st Nov 2023