Dear Colleagues

• Please find the link below for the provisional programme for the upcoming 47th IES Annual Meeting in Rosses Point, Sligo on 24th and 25th November 2023.
• For those of you who have submitted abstracts, please check the Annual Meeting Programme whether your abstract has been accepted or not.
• If your abstract is accepted, please carefully check the type, date and time of your presentation in the programme.
• Due to space limitations at the conference venue, 80 posters will be formally presented while other accepted abstracts will be published through the Irish Journal of Medical Science.
• Senior authors: please ensure those presenting on your behalf are aware they have an oral or poster presentation.
• We look forwarding to meeting you all at the Annual Meeting in Rosses Point.

IES 2023 updated programme 21st Nov 2023

LINK TO REGISTRATION

Dear Colleagues

We are delighted to announce that the 29th Irish Endocrine Society Annual Study Day will take place on 26th January 2024 Friday at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.  We have a fantastic line up of speakers, who are experts in areas of Diabetes and Endocrinology for the day. A day not to be missed! Details on the full programme and registration will follow.

Dear colleagues

Dr. Siobhan Bacon, who is the Local Organiser of 47th Annual Meeting, has asked to circulate the important information below regarding accommodation.

The IES2023 Annual Meeting is being held in the Radisson Hotel in Sligo on 24th and 25th of November 2023. 

The hotel is near Rosses Point approx. 4 km from the train station/town centre.

There are a number of hotel rooms being held at a special conference rate for the IES (175 euro for single B&B and 187 euro for double B&B). This rate will exist until the 2^nd of November when rooms will be released to the general public.

Please contact (071) 914 0008, choose Option 1 and advise that you are attending the IES Meeting.

We hope to see you all at the upcoming IES2023 47th Annual Meeting. Registration for the meeting will open in the coming weeks. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/47th-annual-meeting-of-irish-endocrine-society-registration-740270367597?aff=oddtdtcreator

It is with great sadness we announce the death of Prof. Gerard Tomkin on 12th July 2023. He was a founding member of the Irish Endocrine Society and a past president of the Irish Endocrine Society. Gerard remained an active member and a regular contributor and attender at the meetings including the most recent annual meeting in November 2022. He will be sadly missed.

On behalf the membership of the Irish Endocrine Society, we would like to extend our sincerest condolences to Gerald’s family, friends and colleagues.

Professor Gerald Tomkin

Please save the date for the 47th Annual Meeting of the Irish Endocrine Society scheduled for 24^th/ 25^th 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 26^th January 2024.

Registration details for both meetings will follow.

Current Committee Irish Endocrine Society (after AGM 2024)

President:  Professor Steven Hunter

Secretary:  Dr Maeve Durkan (team ends November 2026)

Treasurer: Dr Mark Hannon

Communication Officer: Dr Pyeh Kyithar

Basic Science: Professor Graham Lee (term ends November 2027)

Paediatrics:  Professor Edna Roche (term ends February 2025), Dr Sinead Glackin

Leinster: Dr Pyeh Kyithar; Lead Organiser 49th Annual Meeting (term ends November 2025)

Ulster: Dr Helen Wallace; Lead Organiser Joint SfE-48th IES Annual Meeting (term ends November 2025)

Connacht: Dr Elizabeth Brosnan

Munster: Dr Mark Hannon, Lead Organiser 50th Annual Meeting  (term ends November 2026)

Subgroups: 

Subgroup Chairpersons

• Diabetes             Dr Antoinette Tuthill
• Endocrinology.  Professor Mark Sherlock
• Obesity               Professor Francis Finucane

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

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.

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.