First Endo-ERN Clinical Exchange program participant has arrived!

The first Endo-ERN participant of this exchange program is Savi Shishkov, an endocrinologist in training at the the “St. Marina” University Hospital, and a assistant in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Medical University in Varna, Bulgaria. He was motivated to apply for this fellowship because of his interest in rare endocrine disease, and expanding the international cooperation between ERN HCPs. He has started his exchange to the Leiden University Medical Center under the supervision of Endo-ERN coordinator prof.dr. A.M. Pereira Arias, and pituitary MTG leader prof.dr. N.R. Biermasz on October 5th. During the four-week program, an insight into [...]

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EJP RD ERN Research Training Workshop Call

The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases has launch the ERN Research Training Workshops funding opportunity. The goal of the workshops is to train researchers and clinicians affiliated to ERN- Full  Members or – Affiliated Partners in relevant topics on research in rare diseases. Training themes may include innovative research methodologies, diagnostic research methodologies, interdisciplinary treatment approaches, such as gene therapy and transplantation, etc. Moreover, the workshops will be aiming to provide a cross-ERN added value.

The workshops will be delivered as two-day events. The costs for the workshop organization will be covered up to a limit [...]

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Vacancies: Phd positions – Better estimates of hormonal exposure to improve diagnosis and treatment in endocrine diseases (BEED-ED)

Are you interested in improving hormone measurements and implement your research findings into clinical practice?

In a joint research project, the departments of Endocrinology at Ghent University and KU Leuven are currently hiring two enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD researchers to participate in our new research project “Better estimates of hormonal exposure to improve diagnosis and treatment in endocrine diseases”. This project is funded by the TBM program of FWO Vlaanderen (Applied Biomedical Research with primary social finality) for a period of 4 years and will start October, 1st 2021.

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Prestigious EJPRD ERN Research Mobility Fellowship for drs. Eva Coopmans and drs. Oana Danila

The Research Mobility Fellowships of the European Joint Program on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) – The European Reference Networks (ERN) are awarded twice a year to a leading physician or researcher to gain new competencies and expertise in a European institution that specializes in research on rare diseases.

Eva Coopmans is a physician and researcher at the Center for Endocrine Tumors Leiden under the supervision of Prof. A.M. Pereira Arias and Prof. N.R. Biermasz. She received the EJP RD – ERN fellowship for ‘GH-secreting pituitary tumours: nip therapy resistance in the bud (pilot study)’. With this fellowship she can address [...]

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EJP RD: ERN Workshops – Advances in diagnostic and therapeutic methods for lymph flow abnormalities. REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 31st

A face-to-face workshop on Advances in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Methods for Lymph Flow Abnormalities (consisting of presentations by experts in the field of lymph flow and interactive sessions to train participants in performing and interpreting MR lymphangiography) is being organised by Dr Willemijn M. Klein on 9–10 September 2021, from 09.00 to 17.00 CET, in the auditorium of the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The workshop is open to medical specialists affiliated to an ERN Full Member or Affiliated Partner institution and who are involved in diagnosing or treating patients with lymph flow abnormalities. Registration closes on May [...]

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