Call for Applications for IES Clinical Science Award 2021

Aim: The aim of this award is to promote research in Endocrinology and Diabetes in Ireland.The IES offers one annual clinical research grant to the value of €10,000 (or sterling equivalent) for clinical research carried out predominantly in Ireland

Rules:

  • The principal applicant should be an Endocrinology & Diabetes trainee and also a fully paid member of the Irish Endocrine Society and or be supervised directly by a fully paid member of the Irish Endocrine Society for the past 3 consecutive years.
  • The research should be carried out substantially within Ireland.

Application process

Availability of the award will be advertised through the Society. Applicants should submit by the closing date to the Dr Siobhan Bacon siobhanbacon@gmail.com. The closing date for applications will be Thursday 2nd September 2021.

  1. A curriculum vitae of the principal applicant of not more than 3 pages of A4 containing relevant research experience
  2. A completed application form
  3. Closing date Thursday Thursday 2nd September 2021
  4. The winner of the award will be announced at the annual IES AGM in October

The Application form is: Clinical Science Award Application Form 2021

2018: Dr Julie Martin Grace and Professor Mark Sherlock “Impact of inhaled glucocorticoids on adrenal function”.

2017: Dr Claire Power

2016: Dr Rosemary Dinneen and Dr Mark Sherlock for “Optimising steroid replacement in patients with Addisons disease”

2015: Dr Paul McMullen and Dr Karen Mullan: “Iodine and selenium deficiency and the effect on thyroid function tests in pregnancy”

27th IES Continuing Education Study Day

Link

P R O V I S I O N A L   P R O G R A M M E

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/27th-ies-continuing-education-study-day-friday-11th-june-2021-tickets-157633015593

 

 

TIME

 
10.40 – 10.50 WELCOME TO THE IRISH ENDOCRINE STUDY DAY

Professor Brendan Kinsley, President of the Irish Endocrine Society

 

 

SESSION 1:

 

Chair: Professor Brendan Kinsley, President of the Irish Endocrine Society

 

10.50 – 11.35

 

 

 

 

11.35– 12.40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.40 – 13.30

 

 

Epidemiology of COVID-19 and diabetes

Professor Helen Colhoun

Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine

University of Edinburgh

 

COVID-19 and Endocrine disorders

   Adrenal Dr Agnieszka Pazderska, Consultant Endocrinologist, St. James’s Hospital

   ThyroidDr Anne McGowan, Consultant Endocrinologist, Robert Graves Institute, Tallaght University Hospital

   ReproductiveDr Lisa Owens, Consultant Endocrinologist, St. James’s Hospital

 

Coffee break

 

 

SESSION 2:  

Chair: Professor James Gibney, Honorary Secretary/ Treasurer, Irish Endocrine Society.

 

 

13.30 – 14.10

 

 

 

 

14.10 – 14:40             

Why is COVID-19 more severe in diabetes and obesity?

Professor Carel le Roux

Professor of Experimental Pathology

University College Dublin

 

Diabetes and COVID-19 – the Paediatric experience

Dr Orla Neylon

Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist

Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Limerick

 

14.40 – 15:30 

 

15.30 – 16:15     

 

 

 

 

16.15 – 16:55                           

Coffee break

 

Management of hyperglycaemia in hospitalised patients with COVID-19

Professor Ketan Dhatariya

Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology / Honorary Professor

Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia

 

Diabetes and COVD-19

Professor Daniel J Drucker

Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

 

16:55– 17.00 Summary and Close

Prof Brendan Kinsley, President, Irish Endocrine Society

CoVid-19 resources for managing endocrine conditions

CoVid-19 resources for managing endocrine conditions. We are collating resources for healthcare professionals dealing with endocrine conditions relating to CoVid-19. This resource has been created for information purposes and support for colleagues. It is intended for healthcare professionals as a resource for information and it is not intended for patient use. Click here to link to the document.