4th ESPT Summer School „Precision Medicine and Personalised Health“

Dear members,

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the 4th ESPT Summer School that will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, from September 24th to September 27th, 2018.

European Society of Pharmacogenetics and Personalised Therapy (ESPT) together with the Swiss Personalised Health Network (SPHN) is organising summer school as an intensive teaching and learning event that will raise the education levels in pharmacogenomics and personalized therapy several steps higher.

Innovative and original programming will enable to present, share, debate and conclude on the opportunity to translate genetic laboratory test results into actionable prescribing decisions, emphasising the importance of teamwork in the use of personalized medicine for improving patient care in the clinical setting.

Participants in the summer school will include:
-physicians, pharmacists, and other clinical and biomedical scientists at all stages of their career that want to learn about this evolving clinical and research field,
-graduate and postgraduate students interested in pharmacogenomics and related fields,
-regulators, government employees, insurance scientists, bioinformaticiens, bioethicists and other professionals

Early bird registration is until June 30, 2018. and deadline registration: September 1, 2018. Please be aware that the number of participants is limited to 80!

Please find more information about this great event on official web page or promotional slide.

Committee for information and public relations

Survey of the EFLM WG on Congresses and Postgraduate Education - „MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice“

Dear members,

We would like to invite you as a Member of an EFLM National Society to participate in an EFLM WG-CPE survey related to the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice, which prescribes high standards for participation of IVD industry in Third Party Organized Educational Events in terms of charitable donations, educational grants, scholarships and fellowships.

The survey aims to investigate the previous and current practice in terms of cooperation between professionals or professional societies and IVD industry, as well as the future plans under incorporation of the MedTech Europe Code.

We kindly ask you to fill in the questionnaire within 14^th June 2018. It will take no more than 5 minutes. To answer the questionnaire, please click here.

Thank you for your cooperation!

With kindest regards,

Evgenija Homsak
Chair EFLM WG on Congresses and Postgraduate Education

Annual IFCC Survey

Dear members,

We would like to invite you to complete the annual IFCC Survey which has been developed by CPD and the Committee on Public Relations to survey the membership across the IFCC organization and seek input on the impact and effectiveness of IFCC publications, scientific and educational programs, and various IFCC activities globally.

The questionnaire should take five to ten minutes of your time and your participation will be greatly appreciated. The answers will be kept strictly confidential and only used for the purposes of this research. The results of the survey will be analysed and published in the IFCC newsletter annually. The data will also be made available on the IFCC website and presented at IFCC regional conferences.

We kindly ask you to fill in the questionnaire within 14^th June 2018. It will take no more than 5 minutes. To answer the questionnaire, please click here.

Thank you for your cooperation!

With kindest regards,

Silvia Colli Lanzi
IFCC Office

Extended deadline for abstract submission for 5th EFLM-UEMS European Joint Congress in Laboratory Medicine

Dear members,

We inform you that you can now register online for “5th EFLM-UEMS European Joint Congress in Laboratory Medicine” and encourage you to not miss the last abstract submission deadline which has been extended to 30^th June 2018.

5th EFLM-UEMS European Joint Congress in Laboratory Medicine "Laboratory Medicine at the Clinical Interface" will be held from 10^th to 13^th October 2018 in the city of Antalya, Turkey.

More news and all the information about congress can be found in congress newsletter or on the offical congress site eflm-uems-antalya2018.org.

Committee for information and public relations