FDIME-EFIM 12th Clinical Seminar, Paris: 4 - 6 July 2016

The 12th FDIME-EFIM Seminar on Clinical Research took place in Paris from 4th to 6th July.

Sponsorship for the event was once again generously provided by Amgen (Europe). Out of 40 applicants, 17 Young Internists from 12 EFIM member countries were selected to attend the 3-day seminar to upgrade their skills in clinical research. The structure of the course permitted interaction between residents and speakers, working in small groups on real life examples.

The Speakers were:-
Dr Stephane HORLAIT (Amgen-Europe), Dr Ricardo DENT (Amgen-Europe), Prof Daniel SERENI (France), M François HOUYEZ (Eurordis, France), Prof Philippe JAEGER (Switzerland), Prof Lorenzo DAGNA (Italy), Dr Christopher DAVIDSON (UK), Prof Alfred MAHR (France), Prof Loic GUILLEVIN (France), Prof Pier M MANNUCCI (Italy), Dr Ewelina BISKUP (Switzerland).

The CRS 2016 prog is attached for pdf download from the website.

The selected Participants were:-
Carole AUBERT (Switzerland), Giulio CAVALLI (Italy), Nathaniel COHEN (Israel), Paolo DI GIOSIA (Italy), Alise GRAMATNIECE (Latvia), Helga GRETARSDOTTIR (Iceland), Kay-Martin JOHNSEN (Norway), Inmaculada LOPEZ MONTESINOS (Spain), Nina NEUENDORFF (Germany), Shuaib QURAISHI (UK), Ana Alwina STAN (Romania), Silvia TEDESCO (Italy), Abdulla WATAD (Israel), Kateryna ZAVGORODNYA (Russia), Svetlana ZHILINA (Spain).

Feedback from the participants has again been positive: ‘Thank you for the brilliant course and wonderful few days in Paris. It was inspiring to meet all of you great researchers and it gave me plenty of drive and fuel for my future endeavors!’ ‘It was a great learning opportunity with top speakers, very inspiring and well planned’