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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

HRB Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trial Network

The HRB Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trial Network is an all island collaborative network, the aim is to bring together key stakeholders, and through working together, have an range of ambitious multi-centre diabetes clinical trials. These trials will have the aim to improve health and wellbeing for all patients with diabetes on the island of Ireland.

Through well planned research activities, where public and patient involvement is valued, and where feasibility and pilot work are completed to support definitive interventions, the networks plans to become internationally competitive for funding and deliver trials of highly significant scientific impact.

Key to this aim, is that all patients will be facilitated, regardless of geographical location or socioeconomic status, to participate in relevant trials through a well developed network of clinical sites supported by Clinical Research Facilities, Academic Institutions and the National Clinical Care programme in Diabetes.

This network is building further on national investment in clinical research facilities and networks, bringing together academics, clinicians, health professionals, patients, industry, charities and health care delivery networks to pioneer new and better treatment options for Diabetes patients.

Please click onto the website and further information

https://diabetestrialsctn.ie/about/

47th Irish Endocrine Society Annual Meeting Programme

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

29th Annual Study Day – 26th January 2024

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.

Accommodation for 47th Annual Meeting of Irish Endocrine Society Sligo 24/25 November 2023

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 2nd 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

Prof. Gerard Tomkin

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

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.