Survey about Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

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On behalf of Prof. Michael O’Reilly

The Society for Endocrinology has initiated a steering group to establish the current CAH service provision in the UK and Ireland. A study was undertaken 20 years ago to research clinical practice in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which demonstrated a suboptimal health status in adults with CAH. As a consequence, many clinical centres changed their approach to patients with CAH. Anecdotal evidence suggests that a number of different approaches to various aspects of care in CAH exist. To explore this further, we would be grateful if you could complete and also disseminate this survey. This will allow us to gain broad overview on the approach to CAH patients and clinical service provision. The survey takes 10 minutes to complete. The survey results will also inform a future prospective study.

LINK TO SURVEY

Practical Type 1 Technology course May 18th and 19th 2023

On behalf of Dr. Hannah Forde,

Leicester Diabetes centre are hosting a Practical Type 1 Technology course in Dublin on the 18th and 19th May 2023. The course will be delivered by Prof. Pratik Choudhary (Professor of Diabetes, Leicester Diabetes Centre), Erica Richardson (Lead Pump DNS Shropshire), and Dr. Hannah Forde, and is aimed at anyone looking after people with Type 1 diabetes using technology.

The following link below can be used to register: https://forms.office.com/r/jJDr5yFw1M

For any queries, please email Chloe at [email protected]

DIP 2023 Thessaloniki Greece

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is with great pleasure to announce the 11th International DIP Symposium on Diabetes, Hypertension, Metabolic Syndrome & Pregnancy: Innovative Approaches in Maternal Offspring Health. The Symposium will take place on May 4-6, 2023 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The 11th DIP Symposium will highlight the progress of pregnancy: from pre-pregnancy, trimester by trimester, to labor, delivery and post-partum care.

LINK TO REGISTER

 

47th Annual Meeting of Irish Endocrine Society – 24th and 25th November 2023 (Sligo)

Please save the date for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society scheduled for 24th/ 25th November in Rosses Point, Sligo. Please note the closing date for abstracts is set for midnight 1st September 2023. The lead organiser for the 47th Annual Meeting is Siobhan Bacon with the assistance of the Committee.

Please save the date for the 28th Annual Study Day scheduled for the Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 for Friday 26th January 2024.

Registration details for both meetings will follow.

28th Annual Study Day – 27th January 2023

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The 28th Annual Study Day is scheduled for the Royal College of Physicians, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2 on 27th January 2023. Speakers include Prof. Tim Cheetham, Dr. John Barragry, Prof. Simon Pearce, Dr. Anne McGowan, Dr. Nadia Schoenmakers, Dr Kate Neobold and Prof. Peter Scanlon. Registration details will follow shortly. Programme is attached below.

Programme 28th IES study day

We express our gratitude to Professor Peter Smyth, past-President of the society, for sending a copy of the programme of  the 1996 IES/ BES meeting held in Dublin, which incorporated a “Graves’ 200 International Celebratory Thyroid Meeting”. We are clearly overdue another occasion to mark the life and times of Robert Graves, and the disease that bears his name, perhaps the best known eponymous condition in medicine.

Current Committee 2022

Current Committee Members 2022

President  Professor Fidelma Dunne

Secretary/Treasurer  Dr James Gibney (team ends 2023)

Basic Science. Dr Paula O’Shea (term ends 2023)

Paediatrics  Dr Edna Roche

Leinster  Dr Pyeh Kyithar; Lead Organiser 49th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2026)

Ulster  Dr Helen Wallace; Lead Organiser 48th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2025)

Connacht  Dr Siobhan Bacon, Lead Organiser 47th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2024)

Munster  Dr Mark Hannon; Lead Organiser 50th Annual Meeting  (term ends 2027)

Subgroups  Dr Orla Neylon  (Secretary Diabetes Subgroup nominally representing all subgroups on main committee)

Ex Officio  Dr Matthew Murphy assisting with organisation of the 47th Annual Meeting (2023)

If you wish to get involved in any of the activities of the Irish Endocrine Society, please contact any committee member.

Subgroup Chairpersons

  • Diabetes             Dr Antoinette Tuthill
  • Endocrinology.   Professor Rachel Crowley
  • Obesity               Professor Francis Finucane

Committee Members

Annual Meeting Irish Endocrine Society 11th and 12th November 2022 – Medals and Awards

Dear Colleagues,

Many thanks to all those involved in the recent 46th Annual Meeting of The Irish Endocrine Society held from 11th and 12th November 2022. It was a very well attended events with very high numbers attending in-person and also on the online platform

2022 MONTOGOMERY MEDAL (best oral presentation) Cliona O’Donnell for OC2 titled The Effect of Treatment with a Glucagon-like-peptide-1 Analogue on Metabolic Activity in Adipose Tissue: data from a proof-of-concept PET-CT study

2022 O’DOVOVAN MEDAL (best poster presentation) Robert Lyons for CR2 titled Case Report: The successful use of a MiniMed 780G insulin pump containing Teriparatide to treat symptomatic hypoparathyroidism in a patient with Barakat Syndrome

2022 BASIC SCIENCE GRANTS

Marie McIlroy Evaluation of androgen driven cancer cell entosis as a potential mechanism of endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer Supervisors Prof. Jochen Prehn and Prof. Michael O’Reilly

Keith Rochfort To elucidate the effect of semaglutide on a three-dimensional model of the blood retinal barrier in a diabetic setting Supervisor Dr. Hannah Forde

2022 CLINICAL SCIENCE AWARDS

Mairead Crowley Evaluation of glycemic control and pregnancy outcomes in women with HNF1A-MODY and HNF4A-MODY Supervisor Prof. Maria M Byrne

Ben Loughrey Exome Sequencing to Characterise the Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumour Microenvironment. Supervisor Prof. Steven Hunter

On behalf of the committee, please accept our thanks to all that participated in the 46th Annual Meeting. We are  looking forward to welcoming you at the Study Day scheduled for 27th January 2023 in the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

46th Annual Meeting of The Irish Endocrine Society Prize Winners

Congratulations to all who were involved in the 46th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support and your participation in the meeting.

The winner of the 2022 O’Donovan medal is Cliona O’Donnell for her oral presentation entitled ‘The Effect of Treatment with a Glucagon-like-peptide-1 Analogue on Metabolic Activity in Adipose Tissue: data from a proof-of-concept PET-CT study’.

The winner of the 2022 Montgomery medal is Robert Lyons for his poster entitled ‘The successful use of a MiniMed 780G insulin pump containing Teriparatide to treat symptomatic hypoparathyroidism in a patient with Barakat Syndrome’.

Thank you to those who submitted your research to the meeting.

45th Annual Meeting of Irish Endocrine Society Prize Winners

Congratulations to all who were involved in the 45th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society. Thank you to each and every one of you for your support and your participation in the meeting.

The winner of the 2021 O’Donovan medal is Lucy Kayes for her oral presentation entitled ‘Forty years experience of neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone screening in N.I.’.

The winner of the 2021 Montgomery medal is Clare Miller for her poster entitled ‘Hypoglycaemia in a Metastatic Gastrin secreting Pancreatic NET on Insulin Pump Therapy’.

A special Thank You is extended to Siobhan McQuaid for organising the 45th Annual Meeting.