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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.

https://aopgbi.org/apam-2024/

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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).

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

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

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.

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

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

The UEMS European Board of Dermatovenereology Diploma (EBDVD) Examination

UEMS EBDVD Examination is a test of excellence in Dermatology and Venereology. It is designed to assess the knowledge and clinical skills requisite to the delivery of a high standard of dermatovenereological care both in hospitals and in independent clinical practices.

DATE OF THE NEXT EBDVD EXAMINATION: 29th September 2023

Professional Certificate In Skin & Hair Follicle Science (X935)

Professional Certificate in Skin & Hair Follicle Science (X935) to be run over 12 weeks online commencing 12th September which may be of interest to some members.

St John’s DermAcademy Courses - Autumn 2022

Immunobullous Masterclass-Thursday 08 September (webinar, afternoon only)

SCE High Intensity Revision Course-Thursday 22 September (webinar*)

Dermoscopy Course-Friday 14 October (webinar)

Paediatric Dermatology Course-Thursday 10 and Friday 11 November (webinar)

A Day @ St John's-Thursday 8th December (face-to-face event)

Clinical Dermatology Care Course for Nurses-7 weekly online sessions September-December

Genomics for Dermatology

This discussion-based course is designed to provide an introduction to human genetics and the genomic approaches used currently to understand disease mechanisms for those working in dermatology and skin biology.