Dr. Seán Connolly, Dr. Mark McCarron, Dr. Dominick McCabe, Dr. Bryan Lynch, IICN Dean, Dr. Eavan McGovern, Dr. Susan Byrne and Professor Orla Hardiman.

The 14th Registrar’s Prize in Clinical Neuroscience was held at the Radisson Blu St. Helen's Hotel, Stillorgan Road, Dublin on November 11th, 2011.

Registrars and Specialist Registrars from all areas of Clinical Neuroscience on the island of Ireland, who had carried out research during their training at an Irish Neuroscience Centre, were invited to submit abstracts for presentation in two separate categories:
I. Original Research
II. Interesting Case Reports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A total of 12 original research studies and 14 case reports were presented. The meeting director, Dr. Dominick McCabe, Consultant Neurologist and Associate Professor at AMNCH and TCD, paid tribute to all of the presenters for their extremely confident, informative and stimulating presentations.

                                                   Registrar's Prize Meeting 2011

Dr. Sean Connolly, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin and Dr. Mark McCarron, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry.	Dr. Bryan Lynch, Temple Street University Hospital Dublijn and IICN Dean and Professor Dan Healy, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.
Dr. McCabe also thanked the members of the audience for their keen participation that added to the success of the event, and the experienced independent judges (Dr Mark McCarron and Dr Sean Connolly) and chairpersons (Dr Ray Murphy, Dr Chris McGuigan, and Prof Dan Healy) who gave up their time to ensure the smooth running of the meeting.	Dr. Justin Kinsella, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin and Dr. Chris McGuigan, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The papers delivered at the meeting indicated the high quality of clinical and translational neuroscience research ongoing in Ireland, and also reflected the academic commitment of the senior clinical neuroscientists and clinicians who supervised the research.

Dr. Eavan McGovern and Dr. Jacqui Stowe	Dr. Sean Tomas O'Dowd and Dr. Jennifer Dinneen.	Dr. Siobhan Kelly and Dr. Susan Byrne.
Dr. Stela Lefter and Dr. Áine Merwick	Dr. Róisín Lonergan and Dr. Anna Molloy.	Dr. Jennifer Williams and Dr. Okka Kimmich

The prize for the best Original Research presentation was awarded to Dr Susan Byrne Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, for her paper entitled: ‘A new gene in ALS: clinical phenotype for ALS patients who are gene positive. Byrne S, Shatunov A, Elamin M, Bede P, McLaughlin R, McKenna K, Pender N, Al Chalabi A, Hardiman O’.

The prize for the best Interesting Case Report went to Dr Eavan McGovern, for her paper entitled ‘Nocturnal Awakenings. McGovern EM, Counihan TJ, Hennessy MH’.

Dr. Dominick McCabe, Meeting Director, Dr. Bryan Lynch, Dean, IICN and Dr. Eavan McGovern, award winner of the Case Report section of the Registrar's Prize in Clinical Neuroscience Meeting 2011

Dr. Dominick McCabe, Meeting Director, Dr. Bryan Lynch, Dean IICN and Dr. Susan Byrne, award winner of the Original Research section of the Registrar's Prize in Clinical Neuroscience Meeting 2011

Dr McCabe remarked that the future of Irish clinical neuroscience looks very promising.

The meeting was kindly sponsored by Janssen-Cilag, and Dr McCabe thanked the company for their support of this important annual meeting. The date for next year’s meeting will be announced in early 2012.