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Upcoming St. John’s DermAcademy Courses
Dear all,
St. John’s DermAcademy is pleased to invite you to join us for our upcoming events. St. John’s DermAcademy is dedicated to providing high-quality, evidence-based dermatology education, designed and delivered by leading clinicians and academics from St. John's Institute of Dermatology, along with distinguished invited speakers.
We are also excited to announce our latest podcasts episodes where our host Dr Sarah Drummond discusses Immunobullous Disorders with Dr Thomas Tull and explores Eczema Therapeutics with Professor Catherine Smith and Dr Andrew Pink.
For further information please visit https://www.stjohnsdermacademy.com/. We look forward to welcoming you at our future events.
Best wishes,
Dr Leonard Timoney
Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Dermatology and Medical Education
On behalf of St John’s DermAcademy
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The Irish Association of Dermatologists are offering 2 scholarships
The Irish Association of Dermatologists are offering 2 scholarships open to medical students studying at a University in Ireland with an interest in Dermatology to attend their Autumn meeting in The Fairways Hotel, Dundalk on Thursday 10th & Friday 11th October 2024. The scholarship recipient will receive complimentary registration, invitation to the IAD conference dinner and two nights’ accommodation in the hotel. Recipient would be encouraged to bring along a poster presentation.
Please forward a letter of application by email to Prof. Mary Laing, Honorary Secretary IAD iad@outlook.ie or info@irishdermatologists.ie before Friday 2nd August 2024.
Application letter should include the following information:
- Where they are studying
- What hospital they did their attachment
- What they enjoyed from Derm attachment
- Future career ambitions
EADV Fellow Scholarship
The Irish Association of Dermatologists are offering a scholarship to attend their Autumn meeting in the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk on Thursday 10th & Friday 11th October 2024 to an EADV fellow.
This is available to new consultants (within 3 years of appointment) or trainees working or training in Europe.
Meeting registration, invitation to conference dinner on Thursday evening along with 2 nights' accommodation in the conference hotel will be included in the scholarship. Travel expenses up to a maximum of €500 will also be covered. We would encourage the successful fellow to present a clinical poster.
Applications should be sent to Prof. Mary Laing, Honorary Secretary IAD by email iad@outlook.ie or info@irishdermatologists.ie The submission should include a short CV and covering letter of support of application from a substantive mentor. Closing date for applications is Friday 2nd August 2024.
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Psoriasis Association Annual Conference 2024
Psoriasis Update: What you need to know Annual Conference and Educational Event 2024
The exciting educational programme is suitable for people with psoriasis, their carers and health care professionals with sessions from leading psoriasis experts including Dr Helen Young, Prof. Darren Ashcroft and Dr Catherine O’Leary.
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Fellowship in Inflammatory Skin Disease and Medical Dermatology
Clinical Lead – Dr Ali Alsharqi
Site - St Vincents Hospital
This programme is available to candidates who have received their relevant CCT within the last three years or are due to receive their CCT in July 2024. If you wish to be considered for this programme please send your latest cv and state the Fellowship that you are interested in pursuing to kratikadubey@rcpi.ie .
The closing date for applications is Sunday, 4th February 2024.
This one-year Fellowship post based at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin. It is an opportunity to gain additional training in Medical Dermatology, specifically in severe eczema, psoriasis, and hidradenitis suppurativa. It is a unique opportunity to develop specialist knowledge of therapeutics in severe inflammatory skin disease, and the use of novel biologic agents. The applicant will also gain experience in clinical trials which are currently running within the department.
Informal enquiries are welcomed by:
Dr Ali Alsharqi, Consultant Dermatologist alialsharqi@svhg.ie
Prof Brian Kirby, Consultant Dermatologist bkirby@svhg.ie
Association of Physicians of GB and Ireland
The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (AoP) actively organise and promote a number of different events and webinars throughout the year for both members and non members who are interested in translational medicine. This year the annual meeting is being held in Newcastle, 23rd and 24th May 2024.
The 2024 Programme will feature Five symposia focusing on key interdisciplinary translational themes:
Population Health & Data Science / Ageing and Multimorbidity / Novel therapies and diagnostics / Rare Diseases / Open Themes
We have an exciting array of speakers including Professor Sir Adrian Hill, Professor Cathie Sudlow, Professor Mary M Reilly, and Professor Sir John Burn to name just a few.
Click here for more information
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EADV Scholarships for the EADV Congress Amsterdam - the Netherlands, 25-28 September 2024
On behalf of the EADV Honours and Awards Committee, chaired by Prof. Asja Prohić, we are delighted to offer several scholarship opportunities.
The Michael Hornstein Memorial Scholarship is an esteemed program that offers a 1000 EUR travel stipend, a waived registration fee for the 2024 Congress, and a complimentary EADV membership for the entire year of 2025. The potential for growth and recognition that comes with these benefits is truly unparalleled!
This prestigious scholarship will be awarded to one successful applicant per country. (If the committee receives 10 or more eligible applications from the same country, there may be two winners from that country).
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Prof Sarah Rogers
The death has occurred of our much loved colleague and friend Professor Sarah Rogers.
If you would like to leave a remembrance, please go to a form we have set up on the site:
https://www.irishdermatologists.ie/about-us/prof-sarah-rogers
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UCD Micro-credentials
Dear all,
UCD Micro-credentials are a new unit in UCD that produce short, accredited upskilling courses. They currently have two new micro-credentials from the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology in;
Skin Anatomy and Physiology - Online, May 2023, 2.5 ECTS, 6 Weeks
Hair Follicle Anatomy and Physiology - Online, May 2023, 2.5 ECTS, 6 Weeks
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We invite you to submit abstracts for the Irish Melanoma Forum Annual Scientific Meeting
Guidelines are attached. Submission deadline: Monday 24th April – 5.00pm Registration will open in April.
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Fellowship in Inflammatory Skin Disease and Medical Dermatology
Dear Doctors,
The following Post CSCST Fellowship will be available in your specialty from July 2023;
Fellowship in Inflammatory Skin Disease and Medical Dermatology
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Association of Physicians of GB and Ireland
The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (AoP) actively organise and promote a number of different events and webinars throughout the year for both members and non members who are interested in translational medicine. This year the annual meeting is being held in Liverpool, 20th and 21st April 2023.
We all regularly attend meetings in our specialty area, but the solution to many of today’s research challenges lies in ideas from outside of our specialty and from across disciplines. To meet leaders and talented young researchers in other fields, to hatch novel ideas and find inspiring new collaborators that you will not encounter at any other meeting, please join us.
The 2023 Programme will feature Five symposia focusing on key interdisciplinary translational themes:
Infectious Diseases / Genomics / Data Science / Neurological Diseases / Open Themes
We have an exciting array of speakers including Sir Patrick Vallance, Professor Sharon Peacock, Professor Tom Solomon, and Professor Dame Pamela Shaw to name just a few.
Next Meeting is "The Long Covid Syndrome - What's New" 23 February 2023 - Click here to download full details
AGM is 20/21 April - Click here to download full details
Please visit https://aopgbi.org/apam-2023/ for more information
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