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The Dr Falk Pharma/Guts UK 2025 Awards are now open for entry! Are you, or do you know of, a medical student intercalating in a gastroenterology or hepatology linked subject in the previous academic year (2023/24), a resident doctor working in an area of GI research, or a dietitian, nurse or pharmacist working on a project to improve patient care within GI?  If so, don’t miss your opportunity to enter the Dr Falk Guts UK 2025 Awards, for the chance to win financial awards and recognition, receive project support and enjoy networking opportunities with some of the most well-known names from across GI, hepatology and pancreatology. This year marks 20 years of the awards, which are now firmly established as a significant event in the GI community calendar. The awards are presented each year by the President of the British Society of Gastroenterology meeting at an event hosted by Dr Falk Pharma during the BSG annual meeting. Click here to view a video from last year’s ceremony and hear our winners talk about their achievements. https://lnkd.in/eS5c3Hmk Katie Noon, COO of GUTS UK notes: ‘We’re delighted to once again partner with Dr Falk UK and the BSG to recognise and celebrate this talented, passionate cohort of doctors, students, nurses, pharmacists and dietitians. We encourage you to consider entering the 2025 Awards.’ Closing date: 17th February 2025. For more info, including summaries of past winning projects to inspire you to entry, visit https://lnkd.in/eJ-ZqNMq AWARD CATEGORIES. NB All Awards are for work within the field of gastroenterology including pancreatology and hepatology and carried out whilst working/studying/researching in the UK. For more info on entry requirements, follow the link above.   MEDICAL STUDENT ESSAY AWARD (£1,000) For the best essay on gastroenterology research personally undertaken by medical students studying on an intercalated BSc/MRes/MSc/MD/MPH/MBPhD course during the previous academic year (2023/2024). FOUR MEDICAL STUDENT AWARDS (£1,500) For medical students taking a full-time science degree (BSc/MRes/MSc/MPH/MBPhD) focusing on GI in the current academic year. TWO F1/F2 RESEARCH GRANTS (£2,500) For F1/F2 doctors to facilitate prospective research in an area relevant to gastroenterology. DIETITIAN RECOGNITION AWARD (£1000): For dietitians working in GI on initiatives to improve patient care. NURSE RECOGNITION AWARD (£1000): For primary and secondary care nurses working in GI on initiatives to improve patient care. PHARMACIST RECOGNITION AWARD (£1,000): For pharmacists working in GI on initiatives to improve patient care. SPR TRAINEE AUDIT/QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AWARD Up to £10,000 is available for GI SpR trainees who would like to conduct an audit or quality improvement project in any area of gastroenterology or nutrition. This award can be shared between different projects and entrants, therefore the application can be submitted for an amount lower than £10,000. 

𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 for the 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝟮𝟰𝟬: 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝘆𝗼𝗻, France. Prizes will be awarded for the best poster presentations. 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟮 – 𝟱 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀) 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆. Award winners will be presented with a certificate and prize money, travel expenses will also be covered for the first authors of the winning posters. EPosters will be exhibited on our ePoster screens on April 24-26, 2025. The authors will be in attendance during coffee and lunch breaks on both days. Please submit your poster abstract before January 15, 2025. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lnkd.in/eFCN8yia #posteraward #presentation #abstract #falkfoundation #hepatology #gastroenterology #eposter  

NEW ENTRY DEADLINE: You now have until 13th December to enter the 2025 Dr Falk Ireland IBD Nurse Award! The €1,000 Prize is awarded for an initiative in primary or secondary care that has improved patient care within Ireland. Previous winning projects include ‘The Introduction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preconception and Pregnancy Education Clinic’ a ‘Gastroenterology Active Triage (GAT) at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) and the ‘Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Educational Programme.’ Entries close on Friday 29th November. Now it in its fifth year the Awards are becoming a valued fixture in the Irish IBD Nursing Calendar. The 2025 will be presented at the IBD Nurse Association of Ireland (IBDNAI) national meeting in January by the Association Chair Angela Mullen. Ms Mullen comments: ‘This award is now in its 5th year and in previous winners has highlighted the amazing hard work , care and dedication of our IBD nurses nationwide. It continues to showcase and harnesses a culture of excellence , patient centred focus and safety within our Irish IBD nursing community. ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Falk Pharma UK for their continued support of our IBD Nurse Award Ireland and look forward to seeing more amazing IBD nursing initiatives this year.’ Last year’s winner Dr Dawn Farrell notes: 'The Award was an acknowledgment of the time and effort put in by so many people. It also highlights the importance of ongoing HCP education, particularly in such a fast moving and complex area of gastroenterology.’ #IBDNursesIreland #IrelandAwards #IBDNurses #IBD #GastroenterologyNursing #HepatologyNursing #NursingIreland For more information on how to enter and to read the summaries of previous year’s winning project for inspiration please visit: https://lnkd.in/eHTaHtuj

This week is Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week. We are proud to support the work of Crohn's & Colitis UK, a charity which does so much to raise awareness of these lifelong Inflammatory Bowel Disease. https://lnkd.in/egttGz4X #FaceTheFacts #crohnsdisease #ulcerativecolitis #microscopiccolitis #gastroenterology #IBD #InflammatoryBowelDisease

JUST FIVE DAYS LEFT TO ENTER the 2025 Dr Falk Ireland IBD Nurse Award! The €1,000 Prize is awarded for an initiative in primary or secondary care that has improved patient care within Ireland. Previous winning projects include ‘The Introduction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preconception and Pregnancy Education Clinic’ a ‘Gastroenterology Active Triage (GAT) at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) and the ‘Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Educational Programme.’ Entries close on Friday 29th November. Now it in its fifth year the Awards are becoming a valued fixture in the Irish IBD Nursing Calendar. The 2025 will be presented at the IBD Nurse Association of Ireland (IBDNAI) national meeting in January by the Association Chair Angela Mullen. Ms Mullen comments: ‘This award is now in its 5th year and in previous winners has highlighted the amazing hard work , care and dedication of our IBD nurses nationwide. It continues to showcase and harnesses a culture of excellence , patient centred focus and safety within our Irish IBD nursing community. ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Falk Pharma UK for their continued support of our IBD Nurse Award Ireland and look forward to seeing more amazing IBD nursing initiatives this year.’ Last year’s winner Dr Dawn Farrell notes: 'The Award was an acknowledgment of the time and effort put in by so many people. It also highlights the importance of ongoing HCP education, particularly in such a fast moving and complex area of gastroenterology.’ #IBDNursesIreland #IrelandAwards #IBDNurses #IBD #GastroenterologyNursing #HepatologyNursing #NursingIreland For more information on how to enter and to read the summaries of previous year’s winning project for inspiration please visit: https://lnkd.in/eHTaHtuj

TODAY: We proudly welcome delegates to our 100th Falk Forum in Newcastle ‘Making the Right Therapeutic Choices for the Immune Inflammatory Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract in 2025 & Beyond’. Marking 100 forums of education & networking for HCPs working within GI & Hepatology. #Gastroenterologyeducation #Hepatologyeducation #Clinicaleducation #Clinicalnetworking #gastroenterology #hepatology

JOIN US THIS EVENING: Still time to register for ‘Advances in EosinophilicOesophagitis’ our VIRTUAL Falk Futures meeting. From 7 pm 8.30 pm and led by Dr Rami Sweis, UCLH the meeting is a great opportunity to catch up with the latest in this underdiagnosed upper GI condition. Talks include How to Differentiate Between EoE, GORD & Other Causes of Oesophageal Eosinophilia, Proposal for an Integrated Care Pathway in Management of EoE in the UK & Cytosponge as a Diagnostic Tool for EoE. Register via FalkPlus App https://lnkd.in/ecZxX8Kq Rami Sweis Anjan Dhar Hasan Haboubi #EosinophlicOesophagitis #EoE #UpperGI

Just two weeks left to enter the 2025 Dr Falk Ireland IBD Nurse Award! The €1,000 Prize is awarded for an initiative in primary or secondary care that has improved patient care within Ireland. Previous winning projects include ‘The Introduction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Preconception and Pregnancy Education Clinic’ a ‘Gastroenterology Active Triage (GAT) at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) and the ‘Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Specialist Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Educational Programme.’  Entries close on Friday 29th November. Now it in its fifth year the Awards are becoming a valued fixture in the Irish IBD Nursing Calendar. The 2025 will be presented at the IBD Nurse Association of Ireland (IBDNAI) national meeting in January by the Association Chair Angela Mullen. Ms Mullen comments: ‘This award is now in its 5th year and in previous winners has highlighted the amazing hard work , care and dedication of our IBD nurses nationwide. It continues to showcase and harnesses a culture of excellence , patient centred focus and safety within our Irish IBD nursing community.  ‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr Falk Pharma UK for their continued support of our IBD Nurse Award Ireland and look forward to seeing more amazing IBD nursing initiatives this year.’ Last year’s winner Dr Dawn Farrell notes: 'The Award was an acknowledgment of the time and effort put in by so many people. It also highlights the importance of ongoing HCP education, particularly in such a fast moving and complex area of gastroenterology.’ #IBDNursesIreland  #IrelandAwards #IBDNurses #IBD For more information on how to enter and to read the summaries of previous year’s winning project for inspiration please  visit https://lnkd.in/eHTaHtuj

Are you attending the annual meeting of the European Foregut Society on 5–7th November at the Royal Society of Medicine in central London? Professor Stephen Attwood warmly invites you to join him in Session 2, ‘Oesophageal Physiology & Symptoms,’ and afterwards at his keynote ‘state of the art’ talk on the Upper GI disorder, Eosinophilic Oesophagitis (EoE). Session 2, which runs from 9.30 am until 11.30 am on 6th November,  will see leading European experts bring their varying perspectives to discuss the latest research and clinical thinking around common, yet challenging Upper GI issues, including reflux, ineffective motility and aerophagia/belching/rumination. It will close with an open discussion on the topics covered. The Session will be followed at 11.45 am, by the keynote lecture by Professor Attwood, a world leading expert on EOE, entitled ‘EoE. State of the Art. Where are we today?’ The European Foregut Society is a leading association in Europe concerning any upper abdominal diseases. It aims to fosters collaboration and exchange of ideas throughout Europe, across disciplines and between clinicians in the management of patients with benign foregut disease and pre-malignancy. This is the 4th Annual Meeting and will cover topics including interventional treatment for GORD in 2024, reflux LPR and respiratory conditions, gastric emptying and chronic nausea/vomiting, and Barretts oesophagus. Reg to attend the meeting & to view the programme here: https://lnkd.in/eKJKFZfe #EuropeanForegutSociety #benignforegutdisorders #oesophagealdisorders #Eosinophilicoesophagitis #EoE #GORD #reflux #aerophagia #rumination #reflux #Barrettsoesophagus #europeanclinicalcollaberation

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