ESPGHAN What’s New – April 2024

Dear ESPGHAN Members and colleagues,

We are looking forward to seeing you all onsite in Milan to participate in a stimulating and expert-led scientific programme. Please visit our dedicated website for more information. As mentioned previously, our AGM will be held on Friday 17th May, 18:30-20:00 in Room Brown 3. The agenda and supporting documents will be sent under separate cover in the coming days. Below you will find:
– Important information for members incl. updates on EU amendments, YIF Faculty, AI Survey
 – Education Events
 – Open Awards
 – Additional information incl. Crohn’s Disease Guideline call, IRCPSS Meet and greet Milan, UEG survey, Podcasts
Sincerely,
ESPGHAN Executive Committee
Ulrich Baumann, Mary Fewtrell, Lorenzo D’Antiga

Important Information for Members

Revision of the EU Pharma Legislation – Contributions by our Society
ESPGHAN has been successful in securing some inclusion of the amendments put forward, addressing paediatric shortfalls in the EU legislation revisions. The inclusions are an important step forward, and we encourage you all to click to read the overview in full. Thank you to all who lobbied on behalf of the society and for our patients. 

Young Investigator Forum – Faculty position
Applications are sought from enthusiastic individuals who are interested in teaching young and upcoming investigators. One position is currently available for a period of 3 years, with an option to extend by one term. Please contact the ESPGHAN Office for further details. 

Reminder – ESPGHAN Task Force on AI
ESPGHAN aims to create a task force on Artificial Intelligence to assess its impact and potential benefit in clinical and research settings. We would kindly ask for your input on our survey to begin to gather data on the experiences and opinion of members. Please click here to access. 

Education Events

Our 2024 event schedule is now being added to the Knowledge Centre of the website, with all schools to be visible in the coming period. 
Upcoming Application deadlines:
GI Summer School: 09.05.2024
AHP Summer School: 12.06.2024
Young investigator Forum: 30.06.2024

Research Curriculum applications.
Young Investigator Forum participants are encouraged to apply for this exciting new initiative. For more details, please click here.  

Webinars
NAFLD to MASLD; what’s in a name? : 02.05.2024, 17:00-18:00 CEST

Please contact the ESPGHAN Office to register.

Open Awards

Open Awards and Grants 2024 deadline extension

ESPGHAN AHP Award 2024 – Deadline 30.05.2024

Additional Information

Call for Participants in the ESPGHAN-ECCO Guidelines: Update on Paediatric CD Treatment
Application Deadline: 24.05.2024 23:59 CEST
Submission to: office@espghan.org
Application documents: motivation letter and CV (incl. list of publications of past 5 years)
Eligibility: ESPGHAN Members (all types) in good standing 
More information on the call can be found here.  

IRCPSS Meet-and-greet Wednesday 15.05.2024 Milan
Join the IRCPSS team to celebrate milestones reached and to discover ongoing and future IRCPSS opportunities! We extend a special welcome to members of the Young ESPGHAN community.
Location:Friarié | Bottega di Cucina Napoletana (friarie.com)
Time: 19:00 CEST
Please RSVP to office@espghan.org by the 09.05.2024

UEG QoC Group survey request
Exploring consumers’ view of what constitutes high-quality guidelines. Please click here to participate. 

ESPGHAN Podcasts
The latest editions can be found at your preferred platform below: 
Apple, Spotify,  Amazon, Samsung