47th Annual Conference of Clinical Biochemists in Ireland; theme of the conference is Biochemistry in neonates and childhood.

TOPICS COVERED

• Ten year review of CF Newborn Screening in Ireland
• Updates in paediatric liver disease
• Metabolic biochemistry - an update
• Oral presentations from abstracts (x3)
• Launch of the updated ACBI booklet ‘The Biochemistry of Body Fluids’
• Climate change and the laboratory
• The HSE Spark Innovation programme
• A stepwise diagnostic approach to the child with ambiguous genitalia
• Use of USP in the investigation of steroid metabolism disorders
• Biochemical markers for newborn brain injury and cerebral palsy: state of the art in 2025
• Emerging technologies in paediatric laboratory medicine
• Inclusion health
• Patient Centric Sampling – experience from a laboratory perspective
• Oral presentation from abstracts (x3).

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Clinical Biochemists, Medical Scientists, Other healthcare scientists, Medical Professionals, Students and other Laboratory/Research professionals.

SPEAKERS

• Dr Barry Linnane, Consultant paediatric respiratory physician, UHL
• Dr Emer Fitzpatrick, Consultant paediatric gastroenterologist, Children’s Health Ireland.
• Dr Ann Bowron, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Newcastle
• Metabolic biochemistry - an update
• Dr Peadar McGing – Retired Principal Clinical Biochemist
• Dr Robert Shorten, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
• Dr Siobhán Power, National HSCP Innovation fellow
• Professor Colin Hawkes, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Cork University Hospital
• Dr David Taylor, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Director, SAS Urine Steroid Profiling Laboratory, King’s College hospital, London.
• Professor Deirdre Murray, Consultant Paediatrician, Cork University Hospital
• Dr Tim Lang, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Newcastle
• Emerging technologies in paediatric laboratory medicine
• Dr Siobhan Neville, Consultant Paediatrician, UHL
• Inclusion health.
• Dr Karen Perkins, Principal Clinical Scientist, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust.