CSFP Annual Meetings
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The MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows and their supervisors come together each year for an Annual Scientific Meeting.
CSFP Annual Meeting 2009
The first CSFP Annual Meeting took place on Saturday 11 July 2009 at NUI Galway.
19 MMI Fellows appointed in the first call for the programme presented their research as short talks, and posters were presented by 3 Fellows appointed in the second call for the programme.
The Keynote Lecture was delivered by Professor Sherine Gabriel (William J. and Charles H. Mayo Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, MN, US), the title of which was ‘Heart Disease and Premature Death in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Lessons from Epidemiology’.
A judging panel, comprising Prof Matthew Griffin (Professor of Transplant Biology at NUI Galway), Dr Christine Dingivan (Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, PPD) and Prof Gabriel awarded the MMI medal for best presentation to Dr Aoife Lowery (NUI Galway) for her work on ‘Breast Cancer associated microRNAs – classification using expression profiling and artificial neural networks’. Second prize was awarded to Dr Fionnuala Ni Ainle (TCD) for her presentation on 'The Anticoagulant Properties of Protamine are Enhanced by Activated Protein C'. Dr Oliver Schubert (RCSI), whose presentation was entitled 'Neuroproteomic Analysis of Schizophrenia and Disease-Associated Neuronal Signalling Defects' received third prize.
At the CSFP Annual Meeting; Dr Geraldine Boylan (UCC), Dr Ruth Barrington (MMI) with MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows Dr Brian Walsh (UCC), Dr Fergus McCarthy (UCC), Dr Daniel Schmidt (UCC). Drs Walsh, McCarthy and Schmidt joined the programme in 2009
Download the full schedule and book of abstracts for the CSFP Annual Meeting 2009.(PDF)
Please see here for a news report on the CSFP Annual Meeting 2009.
CSFP Annual Meeting 2010
The second CSFP Annual Meeting took place on Friday 25 June 2010 at University College Cork (UCC).
A highlight of the day was the Keynote Lecture 'Macrophage cell death is tightly coupled with the performance of microbicidal function during innate immune responses' delivered by Professor David H. Dockrell (Wellcome Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Sheffield).
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Professor David Kerins, Dean of the School of Medicine & Vice Head of the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork, commented that “the Annual Meeting is an excellent opportunity for MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows based in five academic institutions to present their research, which is at the forefront of improving disease diagnosis and treatment. We are delighted to welcome MMI Fellows from NUI Galway, RCSI, TCD and UCD to join with those based in UCC in contributing to this very successful day.”
The Annual Meeting was preceded by a 4 days of Structured Training at UCC, which brought the MMI Fellows together for education modules covering innovation, commercialisation and career management and leadership in academic medicine.
Download the full schedule and book of abstracts for the CSFP Annual Meeting 2010 (PDF).
Please see here for a news report on the CSFP Annual Meeting 2010.
Clinician Scientist Annual Meeting 2011
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In 2011, the CSFP Annual Meeting was part of the celebrations of the Tercentenary of the foundation of the Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine. It took place on 1 July in the stimulating surroundings of the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin.
The meeting format comprised four sessions containing 14 oral research presentations by MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows, with each session chaired by an MMI Fellow. There were also opportunities to view 19 posters submitted by other medical graduates undertaking PhD studies in the MMI partner institutions. Over 70 people attended the meeting.
Professor Dermot Kelleher (Vice-Provost of Medical Affairs, Head of the TCD School of Medicine and MMI Director) awarded prizes for oral and poster presentations and commented, “the presentations today were of very high quality, and the cohort of MMI Clinician Scientist Fellows now concluding their PhD studies will play key roles in patient-directed research. They are an excellent demonstration of the value of a collaborative systematic training programme supported by PRTLI funding.”
MMI Clinician Scientist Fellow Dr Sanjay Chotirmall, based in RCSI, was awarded the MMI Medal for his oral presentation ‘Estrogen in Cystic Fibrosis: Inflammatory, Immune and Infectious Consequences’. Dr Jane McGrath (TCD) was awarded second prize for her oral presentation ‘Neural Connectivity in Autism Spectrum Disorders’. Third prize went to Dr David Pritchard (TCD) for his presentation ‘Integrin Expression is Modulated by Deoxycholic Acid in Squamous Oesophageal Epithelium and May Have a Role in the Aetiology of Barrett’s Oesophagus’.
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| MMI poster judging panel, Dr Clare O'Connor (UCD) & Dr Geraldine Boylan (UCC), question poster presenters |
Dr Karen Boland (RCSI) was awarded first prize in the research poster category for her presentation ‘RPT4 as a Potential Therapeutic Target in Colorectal Cancer’. Second prize went to Dr Alan Gaffney (TCD) for his poster presentation ‘Carbon Nanotube Surface Modification Increases Blood-Surface Interactions in Cardiopulmonary Bypass’.
The Annual Meeting concluded with an excellent keynote address given by Professor Garret FitzGerald (Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Institute for Translational Medicine & Therapeutics), entitled ‘The Divided Self: a Science of Uncertainty and an Art of Probability’. Professor FitzGerald kindly provided his expertise to the oral presentation judging panel, together with Professor Anita Maguire (Vice President for Research & Innovation, UCC). After the keynote address, Professor Kelleher presented the TCD School of Medicine Tercentenary Medal to Professor FitzGerald.
Download the full schedule and book of abstracts for the CSFP Annual Meeting 2011.(PDF)
Please see here for a news report on the CSFP Annual Meeting 2011.
