Invitation to apply: EFLM-Abbott Diagnostics Award2017 for Excellence in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine

Dear members,

We are pleased to inform you that EFLM and Abbott Diagnostics announce the EFLM-Abbott Diagnostics Award for Excellence in Outcomes Research in Laboratory Medicine. The Award will be given to the best published paper, as judged by an independent panel of experts, which demonstrates improved outcomes (clinical and/or economic) arising out of the application or improved utilisation of an in vitro diagnostic test. The Award will consist of a certificate and the sum of 10,000 Euro.

More information you can find here. Application should be sent by April 20th, 2017.

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Call for Nominations - IFCC Committee on “Bone Metabolism (C-BM)“

Dear All,

We forward you call from Prof. Philippe Gillery, Chair, Scientific Division and Prof. Etienne Cavaliera, Chair of the IFCC WG-BMA for the candidacy of the new member of IFCC Committee on Bone Metabolism (C-BM).
Details of the work plans of this Committee are provided here.
A completed form must be attached to the application.

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Call for member position - Committee on Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine (C-EBLM)

Dear colleagues,

We forward you call from Prof. Leslie Lai, Chair of the IFCC EMD for Membership of the Committee on Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine (C-EBLM).

Details of the work plans of this Committee are provided here.

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Letter from newly created IFCC Group for Personal Support (WG-PS)

Dear members,

We wish to inform you about newly created IFCC Working Group for Personal Support which brings together two previous IFCC programmes: Register of Experts and Mentoring Programme, that offer one-to-one support to individual laboratory medicine specialists.
A brief description of each programme is given in the letter that you could read here.

Further details of WG-PS can be found on the IFCC website by using the following link.
http://www.ifcc.org/ifcc-education-division/working-groups-special-projects/wg-ps/

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