Have you registered for the Endo-ERN General Assembly? This event will take place 23-24 April in Milan, Italy at the Radisson Blue Hotel.
The deadline for our special event rate for hotel rooms has been extended until February 22, 2024. You can find out more about programme and how to travel to the event at our dedicated GA section on our website. Click here to explore.
We look forward to seeing you in Milan!
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) organised a memorable conference on Rare Diseases and European Reference Networks (ERNs) under the auspices of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU and in cooperation with the authorities of the Basque Country, on 11 October 2023 in Bilbao. Endo-ERN staff from the project office were in attendance.
The conclusions of the conference are now available on the on the event’s webpage, where you will also find reports, photos, presentations, recordings and press articles.
The hope is that this event will be followed by many more projects where [...]
Exciting opportunities are available at one of Endo-ERN’s reference centres!
Several PhD postions are available at the University of Lubeck’s Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1665. Sexdiversity – Determinants, Meaning and Effects of Gender Diversity in Socialcultural, Medical and Biological Contexts is dedicated to researching the diversity of biological sex over the next four years.
Check out more information about CRC 1665 and the available positions.
The Continuous Monitoring exercise for Endo-ERN HCPs (Full Member and Affiliated Partners) for 2023 data will run from January 1- February 29, 2024.
You should’ve received an email with all the relevant information. You can also refer to this webpage and if you have further questions contact the Endo-ERN project office.
As we come to the end of 2023, we want to reminder all members that a minimum of 1 patient virtual consultation should be held per member healthcare provider.
This can include a virtual meeting or just seek written opinions within the CPMS. If you wish to set up a meeting we recommend to first check you relevant MTG regular meeting slots.
Endo-ERN ePAG Diana Kwast-Hoekstra was recently appointed to the Therapies Scientific Committee of the International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC).
“With my nomination and involvement I will be happy to take my acquired knowledge and experiences as a nurse scientist and ePAG at European level and bring it to the attention of the other members of the TSC, in order to achieve the goals of the IRDiRC as much as possible. In my opinion, knowledge and experiences know no boundaries and should always be used to improve care for people with rare conditions.”
The IRDiRC teams up with [...]
Drug shortages and drug repurposing are hot topics in the rare disease community as highlighted by Endo-ERN ePAG Joahn de Graaf at the Endo-ERN symposium at EPSE in September..
New IRDiRC board member Diana Kwast kindly shared this resource that might of interest the the wider rare endocrine disease community.
The commentary IRDiRC Drug Repurposing Guidebook: making better use of existing drugs to tackle rare diseases has been published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.
This guidebook, authored by the IRDiRC Task Force “Drug Repurposing Guidebook” facilitates drug repurposing for [...]
Endo-ERN has partnered with Endocrine Connections to support the collaborative research efforts of our members in the network. In the last 18 months that has resulted in the publication of 19 articles.
These articles are of interest with an average of 690 downloads and 1378 pageviews. An impressive 13 of the publications have been cited with no doubt more to come.
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To help Endo-ERN members plan more effectively, recurring meetings have been set for some of the MTGs. see our manual
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MTG experts will receive an invite directly. If you do not please contact the CPMS helpdesk.
MTG1: Every 2 months, 1st Thursday @1500
Thursday 7 Sep @15:00
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MTG2: Every month, 2nd Monday @13:00
Monday 11 Sep @13:00
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MTG3: Every [...]
The new Rare Barometer survey on newborn screening for rare diseases is now live!
It should take no more than 20 minutes to complete and closes on July 23, 2023.
Through asking questions on the possible benefits and disadvantages of screening newborns for rare diseases, for example in terms of anxiety, access to care or adjustments to family life, we will make sure that your opinion is taken into account when shaping the future of newborn screening.
This survey is open to people living with a rare disease and their family members from any country in the world. It [...]
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