09:05 - Welcome address: Dr Jennifer Brady, Chair ACB Republic of Ireland region

Session 1

Chair: Carl Talbot, Senior Clinical Biochemist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

09:10 - Prof Colin Hawkes, Consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist, Cork University Hospital
             ‘(Mis)diagnosing paediatric growth hormone deficiency – clinical and biochemical challenges’

09:50 - Prof Carel Le Roux, Consultant Chemical Pathologist, St Vincent's University Hospital
             ‘New therapies for the treatment of obesity’

10:10 - Prof Sir Munir Pirmohamed, NHS Chair of Pharmacogenetics at the University of Liverpool
            ‘Future of Pharmacogenomics’

10.50 - Coffee break

Session 2

Chair: Dr Heloise Tarrant, Acting Principal Biochemist, St Vincent’s University Hospital

11.10 - Dr Bernie Croal, President of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine
            ‘Build back with Labs’        

11:50 - Tina Joyce, Programme Director, School of Healthcare Management, RCSI
             'Leading effective Change – in the Laboratory and Beyond'

12.30 - Discussion  

12.50 - Closing remarks: Dr Jennifer Brady, Chair ACB Republic of Ireland region

Lunch

14.00 - AGM – open to members of the region only 
See regional website page for 2022 minutes