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ESA NewsESA Newsletter: November 2002 2002 ESA Seminar And Neuroendocrine Tumour Symposium The 2002 ESA Seminar Meeting was held in Hobart from 5th-7th of April 2002 at the Hotel Grand Chancellor on Hobart's historic waterfront. The meeting was well attended with almost 150 registrants. In addition to an excellent academic programme a wide range of social and recreational activities were enjoyed by delegates. An outstanding range of presentations by invited Australian speakers was complimented by three international speakers; Professor Peter Lauberg (Denmark), Professor Kjell Oberg (Sweden) and Professor Laurence Cole (USA). As an innovation for 2002, the ESA Seminar was held in conjunction with the Neuroendocrine Tumour Symposium (Friday 5 April), organised by the Australasian Neuroendocrine Tumour Interest Group (ANTIGR). The symposium was of relevance to endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, oncologists and endocrine surgeons. Topics addressed during the meeting included the biology and management of Carcinoid, Pheochromocytoma, MEN 1, MEN 2 and the role of radio labelled peptides in diagnosis and management of Neuroendocrine Tumour, the management of thyroid disease, iodine nutrition, diabetes, male and female HRT, osteoporosis and Cushing's syndrome. A range of social and recreational activities were also well attended, including a welcome dinner for Neuroendocrine Tumour Symposium delegates on the Thursday night, the usual ESA Welcome Dinner on Friday night and the main ESA Dinner on Saturday night. Recreational activities on Saturday afternoon included bushwalking, historic tours and tennis. John
Burgess
ESA is pleased to announce a new series of travel grants. These grants are intended for younger members of the society, who are planning an International trip to further their training in Endocrinology. There will two closing dates a year, to enable a range of overseas meetings to be attended, and preference will be given to applicants who combine attendance at a meeting with a visit to laboratories or clinics. The funds to support these Travel Grants are an outcome of the highly successful International Congress of Endocrinology hosted by our Society in 2000. The number of grants to be awarded in each round will be decided by both the quality of applications and funds available to the Society. The first closing date is February 1, 2003, and the judging panel is looking forward to assessing a large number of high quality applications.
The 3rd meeting of the "Australasian Branch of Women in Endocrinology" (AWE) was held on Sunday September 22nd at The Adelaide Convention Centre. The AWE Reception was attended by approximately 50 AWE members and was generously supported DSL-Australia with the continued support of their Managing Director, Dr Susan Gale and their new Australian Manager, Dr Sylvia Johnson. Dr Johnson attended the evening and made a presentation to Dr Aylin Hanyaloglu, recipient of the 2002 AWE-DSL Travel Award. Paul Huggins and Daniel Mulvey of Novo Nordisk, also attended the evening and presented the 2002 AWE-Novo Nordisk Travel Award to Ms Kylie Hewitt. AWE Certificate of Merit Travel Awards were also awarded to Ms Prema Thavaneswaren and Ms Loan Bui. Annual AWE-DSL and AWE-Novo Nordisk Travel grants of $1000 each, will be available again to attend ENDO 2003. These awards are to assist senior PhD students and post-doctoral fellows who are AWE members, application forms will be available from the ESA website in January 2003, and the deadline for receipt of applications is April 15th 2003. The 4th meeting of AWE will again be supported by DSL-Australia and will be held on Sunday September 14th 2003, in conjunction with the commencement of the ESA-SRB conference in Melbourne. Cathie
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