Thu 16th May
08:00
Registration & Coffee
08:30
Welcome
Dr. Eavan Muldoon, Hon. Secretary, Infectious Diseases Society of Ireland
08:45
Keynote: Challenges with Climate Change and Infectious Diseases
Dr. Ilan Schwartz
Dr. Claire Gordon
Co-Chairs: Dr. Eavan Muldoon & Dr. Eoghan De Barra
10:30
The Challenge of Delivering Inclusive Care for People Living with HIV
Prof Chloe Orkin
11:30
Tea, Coffee & Exhibition
12:00
Keynote: AI and Challenges in Infectious Diseases
Dr. Adrian Egli
Chair: Dr. Christine Kelly
13:00
Lunch & Exhibition
13:00
OPAT Session -
The Dargan Suite - Oral presentations followed by roundtable discussion
Introduction of Midlines for OPAT in Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore A Retrospective Review
Huma Razzaqe
Turnaround time of outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (opat) : quality project in cork university hospital and mercy university hospital, from Dec 2023 to Jan 2024
Samata Al Dowaiki
Voices Heard: Enhancing OPAT Care through Patient Feedback
Aarti Gupta
13:45
Oral Presentations
Establishing a dashboard at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC): The development, impact, challenges and lessons learned
Mairead Madigan
Calculating direct healthcare salary costs and factors associated with healthcare personnel workdays lost due to COVID-19 infection in the age of widespread vaccine availability
Liam Townsend
“One man’s waste is another man’s treasure” - the National Wastewater Surveillance Programme
Gwendoline Deslyper
Results of a national public health investigation of paediatric cases of invasive group a streptococcus during the 2022-2023 outbreak
Deirdre Foley
Increase In Cases Of Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacterial Lymphadenitis Presenting To Children's Health Ireland – Results Of A 15 Year Retrosepctive Case Review
Jennifer Cox
All trans Retinoic Acid as a Host-directed Therapy for Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Conor Grant
14:45
Keynote: Challenges in Tuberculosis
Dr. Elizabeth Whittaker
Prof. Joe Keane
Co-Chairs: Dr. Carlos MejiaChew & Dr. Catherine Fleming
16:15
Tea, Coffee and Exhibition
16:15
Inaugural Irish Paediatric Infectious Disease Society Meeting
Dargan Suite
16:30
Clinical Case Studies
A Strong Case for Persisting with Persistent Diarrhoea
Dr. Feargal Howley
A surprise cestode: an unexpected case of neurocystircercosis
Dr. Daragh McGee
Make Hay While The Sun Shines
Dr. Rhea O'Regan
Monkey business in Mallow
Dr. Matthew Blair
The Tourist's Tale
Dr. Lisa Duffy
When the clue isn’t in the history. Subtitle: But the answer is always Doxycycline
Dr. Ellen Newman
19:30
CONFERENCE DINNER
Fri 17th May
08:00
Registration & Coffee
08:30
All Ireland Infectious Diseases Cohort - Team Science in Infectious Diseases
Dr Paddy Mallon
09:00
Keynote: HIV
Dr. Monica Gandhi
Co.Chairs: Dr. Colm Bergin & Dr. Jane O'Halloran
10:00
Gilead Symposium
Menopause Matters HIV & Menopause - Dr. Naomi Sutton
11:00
Tea, Coffee & Exhibition
11:30
Keynote: Inclusion Health
Dr. Binta Sultan
Dr Tara McGinty
Co Chairs: Dr. Cliona Ni Cheallaigh & Dr. Ashwin Sen
13:00
Lunch & Exhibition
13:45
High Consequence Infectious Diseases and Pandemic Preparedness
Dr. Timo Wolf
Dr. D Morley
Dr. Máirín Boland
Taking Care of HCID patients in Europe. What can clinical experience teach us?- Dr. T Wolf
Progress in Health System Prepardness for HCID - Dr. M. Boland
National High Level Isolation Unit - Dr. D Morley
Co Chairs: Dr. Mary Horgan & Dr. Sam McConkey
15:15
Oral Session 2
The use of dalbavancin in place of inpatient or outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy in a socially vulnerable patient group
Tina Gillespie
Portrayal of homelessness in the Irish media: a mixed-methods analysis.
Orly Mahoney
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in an urban homeless population
David Moynan
Immigrants reported high levels of trust in Irish healthcare services, but faced challenges regarding accessibility and privacy
Feargal Howley
Associations between the gut microbiome, diet, inflammation and cardiovascular profiles in People with HIV (PWH)
Rachel Mac Cann
Screening Practices, Prevalence, and Treatment Patterns for Osteoporosis in Patients Living with HIV: Results from Ireland's Largest HIV Clinic
Seán Donohoe
An Audit of CD4+ T cell Monitoring in People Living with HIV attending the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital's Infectious Diseases Clinic
Aoife Heeney
