EuroMedlab proposals for the sessions hosted by the Association of Laboratory Medicine.
Patient empowerment and access to healthcare
Chair – Sophie Hepburn, UK
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Healthcare inequalities, diagnostic accuracy and gaps in access across diverse populations
Dr Octavia Peck Palmer
Vice Chair of Population Health & Organizational Culture
Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology, Critical Care Medicine, Clinical and Translational Science,
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Division Director, Clinical Chemistry
Medical Director, UPMC Presbyterian & Shadyside, Automated Testing Laboratories
Interim Medical Director, UPMC Mercy Kenna Laboratory -
Paediatric Inclusion Health: Care at the Margins
Dr Siobhan Neville
Consultant Paediatrician with special interest in Inclusion Health, University Hospital Limerick
Associate Professor of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Limerick -
The impact of micro sampling on patient care
Sophie Hepburn
Consultant Clinical Scientist and Clinical Lead for Biochemistry, Iverness Scotland
Chair LabMed Patient-Centred Testing and sampling group
Member of the EFLM Direct-to-consumer laboratory testing and patient empowerment committee -
Technology and the art of self management: A population change
Dr Partha Kar
Consultant Diabetes & Endocrinology, Portsmouth
Type 1 Diabetes & Technology Lead, NHS England & GIRFT
GMC Advisor, International Medical Graduates
The Future of colorectal cancer diagnosis, AI risk stratification and global harmonisation of faecal tests
Chair: Sally Benton (UK), Consultant Clinical Scientist, Director of NHS Bowel Screening Southern Hub. Chair of the IFCC working group for Faecal Immunochemical testing
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The implementation of the Colofit algorithm
TBC
Professor of Colorectal Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences -
Updates to the international standardisation of FIT testing
Lizabet Dubray, Belgium -
Using AI for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer
TBC -
Overview of colorectal cancer screening worldwide, including new blood biomarkers
Sally Benton, UK
Greening Healthcare Diagnostics: Climate Action in Laboratory Medicine
Chair: Dr Robert Shorten, UK
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Why the climate crisis is a health crisis, and how healthcare contributes
Hugh Montgomery, UK
OBE FMedSci MBBS BSc FRCP(Lond) FRCP (Ed) MD FRSB FFICM FRI FRGS, Professor of Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, Co-Chair, Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change -
Strategies for energy conservation and sustainability in medical laboratories
Snežana Jovičić (Serbia)
Assistant Professor at the Department for Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, and EFLM Secretary -
Can diagnostic stewardship help to reduce the environmental impact of clinical laboratories
Rob Shorten, UK (confirmed)
Consultant Clinical Scientist, Preston UK
Chair of the Microbiology Professional Committee, LabMed Green Champion -
Degrowth in the clinical laboratory: A key step towards integrating planetary health into the healthcare system
Andre Mattman (Canada)
Clinical Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC | Medical Biochemist, Division Head, Chemistry, St. Paul’s Hospital