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#IrSPEN2019

 

IrSPEN 2019 Policy Seminar & Conference

Thursday 28th March, 2019  – Aviva Stadium

This event is held only once every two years, so don’t miss your opportunity to attend

This is a ‘must attend’ event for medical and healthcare professionals with an interest in clinical nutrition and metabolism. Outstanding national and international speakers will provide new insights into the role of personalised nutrition in cancer care, type 2 diabetes, the ICU setting and in optimising muscle mass and function in both health and disease. 

 

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland has awarded this Live Educational Event with 5 CPD Credits in the External CPD category

 

Programme topics
include:

Policy Seminar on nutrition in cancer care

  • Cachexia – past, present and future.

  • New research on sarcopenia and cachexia prevalence amongst cancer patients
  • Person-centred integrated nutritional care in cancer
  • Learnings from abroad
  • Nutrition in palliative care – a role for technology

 

Scientific Programme on Personalised Nutrition in Disease

  • From elite athletes to ageing and disease – how to optimise muscle mass and function
  • Remission in type 2 diabetes – plate or knife?
  • Latest research insights on nutritional support in ICU patients
  • Challenging clinical case studies
  • Meet the experts, audience voting and speaker debates
  • Young researchers oral presentations

 

Conference Speakers

Click on a speakers photo for full bio, abstract info & presentations (where available)

Dr Barry Laird

Professor Mike Lean

Professor Arthur Van Zanten

Professor Carel le Roux

Professor Giuseppe De Vito

Professor John V Reynolds

Dr. Jerome Coffey

Oonagh Griffin

Dr Aoife Ryan

Veronica McSharry

Niamh Rice

Dr Eileen Gibney

Dr. Helen Heneghan

Niamh Maher

Niamh Maher

Dr. Karen Boland

Pete Turner

 

 

Scientific Programme

 

 

Download full scientific programme here

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Conference Gallery

Click here to view the full conference gallery

 

 

Exhibitors

  • Avanos
  • Bapen
  • BBraun
  • Breakthrough
  • HC21
  • INDI
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Nualtra
  • Nutrinovo
  • Takeda
  • Technopath
  • Vitaflo
  • Yakult

 

Gold Sponsors

 

Platinum Sponsors

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Please contact the conference secretariat regarding any enquiries you may have in relation to the conference registration or general information:

irspen2019@abbey.ie

+353 1 648 6130

 

 

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