Glasgow Paediatric Research Day
The Glasgow Paediatric Research Day is an annual event which is an excellent opportunity to showcase the breadth of research in child health and paediatrics across Glasgow and throughout Scotland. Prizes are awarded for best oral and poster presentations selected from a range of submitted abstracts. This event also features an invited speakers' session, focusing on a particular field of paediatrics, hosted by clinicians from the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.
Glasgow Paediatric Research Day 2024 Report
The 15th Glasgow Paediatric Research day was held on Friday 8th November 20243 at the Queen Elizabeth Teaching and Learning Centre, and co-incided with the centenary of the Samson Gemmell Chair of Child Health.
The programme comprised of 18 short oral presentations and 20 posters selected from reviewed abstracts with an invited speaker plenary session.
Co-chaired by Dr Helen McDevitt and Dr Ross Langley, the theme of the invited speakers' session was "Academic Paediatrics, Past, Present and Future" featuring presentations from Professor Lawrence Weaver, Professor S. Faisal Ahmed and Professor Chris Halsey.
Prizes
Prizes were awarded for the best and runner-up oral communications and posters.
1st Prize Oral communication awarded to Aya Gouma, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, for her presentation on "Toll Like Receptors role in senescence and chemotherapy resistance in paediatric Acute Myeloid Leukaemia"
Runner up Oral communication awarded to Konstantinos Gkikas, Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, for his presentation on "High faecal pH and low total microbial load associate with normalisation of faecal calprotectin in children with Crohn’s disease treated with exclusive enteral nutrition; results from iPENS, a multicentre, prospective study"
1st Prize Poster awarded to Ho Zhe Qian, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, University of Glasgow, for her poster on "The Spectrum of clinical severity of mild haemophilia A and B paediatric patients in Royal Hospital of Sick Children"
Runner-Up Poster awarded to Madonna ElToukhy, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, for her poster on "KMT2A-rearranged paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia has a unique immunophenotypic profile that dynamically changes upon disease progression”
RCPCH approved this activity for CPD in accordance with RCPCH CPD Guidelines.
Certificates of attendance will be issued following completion of the short webropol feedback survey.
Details of next year's event will be circulated early 2025.
For more information, please contact Karyn Cooper, Unit Administrator, School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing, Royal Hospital for Children and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow.
updated 11/11/2024