We proudly announce that a list of publications related to Endo-ERN is now available on our website!
Endo-ERN newsletter June 2020
The Endo-ERN newsletter June 2020 is out now!
Read more about the European Reference Network, Endo-ERN publication, the recorded & upcoming webinars and EuRR-Bone.
The newsletter can be found here.
New Endo-ERN publication: Disease characteristics of MCT8 deficiency: an international, retrospective, multicentre cohort study
The following Endo-ERN manuscript has been accepted for publication, entitled: Disease characteristics of MCT8 deficiency: an international, retrospective, multicentre cohort study (Stefan Groeneweg et al., 2020) also written with collaboration of six members of the Endo-ERN Main Thematic Group Thyroid. The manuscript was published in the July issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
To view the publication, click here.
Vacancy: PhD Candidate Endocrinology
Looking for an interesting research opportunity? The Division of Endocrinology of the Department of Medicine at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has a PhD position available in a dynamic, multidisciplinary clinical research team, in which you will study rare endocrine conditions through real world data collected in registry based European projects, including EuRRECa and EuRR-Bone. Are you the candidate we are looking for?
For more information about this vacancy please click here
ERN interactive map
The interactive map hosts a searchable interface with details about the ERNs, including multi-lingual factsheets about ERNs and locations of members and affiliated partners.
The data concerned includes ERN names and details, ERN clinical centers names and details (Members, Associated National Centers, Hubs). No personal data are included, functional mailboxes are indicated for the ERNs which provided one. You can look for the information from different points of views: by selecting one or more ERNs, one or more countries, one or more clinical unit. You can also select one or more ERNs, and then restrict to one or more countries, [...]
Endo-ERN webinar: Understanding Lipodystrophy
On Wednesday July 8th 15:00 – 16:00 CET an Endo-ERN webinar about “Understanding Lipodystrophy” is organised.
The webinar will be held by Prof Giovanni Ceccarini from Obesity and Lipodystrophy Centre, Endocrinology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana in Italy and Dr. Rebecca Sanders, patient representative of Lipodystrophy UK & representative of European patients inside the Registry Board of ECLip.
Lipodystrophy syndromes are a group of rare (estimated prevalence of 3/1.000.000 if excluding HIV-related forms) and heterogeneous disorders characterized by the complete or partial loss of adipose tissue, in the absence of a nutritional deprivation or [...]
Endo-ERN webinar: Genetic Obesity Disorders caused by Leptin-melanocortin Pathway Defects
On Tuesday July 7th at 18:00 – 19:00 CET an Endo-ERN webinar about “Genetic Obesity Disorders caused by Leptin-melanocortin Pathway Defects” is organised.
The webinar will be held by Dr. Erica van den Akker from Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Rare diseases: how the European Reference Networks support health professionals
The video from the EU Commission’s DG Health & Food Safety (SANTE) with Endo-ERN Coordinator prof. Alberto Pereira, prof. Franz Schaefer (ERKNET), prof. Marta Mosca (ReCONNECT) & prof. Jean-Yves Blay (EURACAN) is illustrating what the activities and the added value of the European Reference Networks are, particularly from the health professionals’ point of view.
The video is available HERE
Endo-ERN webinar: Update on the consensus on congenital hypothyroidism a patient centered approach
On Wednesday July 1st at 17:00 – 18:00 CET an Endo-ERN webinar about “Update on the consensus on congenital hypothyroidism: a patient centered approach” is organised.
The webinar will be held by Prof. Dr. Michel Polak, Paediatric Chair of the MTG ‘Thyroid’ from Hôpital Universitaire Necker – Enfants malades
Webinar series: COVID-19 and Intensive Care Medicine, 2 June 2020 at 17:00 CET
In the context of COVID-19 pandemic and launching of the ‘COVID-19 Clinical Management Support System’, DG SANTE is organising a series of webinars to support clinicians and other healthcare professionals at the frontline who treat patients with COVID-19.
The next webinar will be held by Prof. Maurizio Cecconi, President Elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Head of Department Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Units, Humanitas Research Hospital, Lombardy in Italy, and by Prof. Jozef Kesecioglu, President of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, expert on ethics and intensive care, Head of Intensive Care [...]