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Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Musculoskeletal health in ethnic and underserved populations

Date & Time: 17 February 2022, 9 am CET

Featuring Dr Ayse Zengin

Chaired by Dr Carolina Maria Medina Gomez

Format:

  • 5 min welcome & introductions
  • 35 min presentation
  • 20 min Q&A
  • 15 min Coffee Shop for additional interactive networking and discussions (participants will be able to unmute and activate their cameras).

Learning objectives:

  • Exploring bone strength beyond areal bone mineral density (aBMD) 
  •  Understanding muscle-bone relationship during ageing across ethnic populations 
  •  Considering the differences in lifestyle factors contributing to musculoskeletal health 

 

Registration:

The Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required.                                                                  Watch Recordings
The On-Demand webinar will be accessible to ECTS members only through the Education Resource Center.

 

Faculty:

Featuring Dr Ayse Zengin

Dr Ayse Zengin is the Head of Bone and Muscle Research Group at Monash University.  She completed her PhD in a joint project between the Bone Biology and Neuroscience programs at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney,Australia in 2012, with Ass.Prof. Paul Baldock and Prof. John Eisman. Upon completion, Dr Zengin worked as a postdoc in the Endocrinology Department of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich (Germany) with Prof. Martin Bidlingmaier until December 2013. She then moved to Cambridge (UK) to work with Prof. Kate Ward at the MRC Human Nutrition Research Unit, University of Cambridge, where her work involved a longitudinal study in West Africans, and collaborated with the MRC Unit in The Gambia (Africa). Dr Zengin joined the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health as a Research Fellow in September 2016. Dr Zengin’s main research interests are investigating the muscle-bone relationship within the ageing population, imaging bone with advanced technology and the role of nutrition on skeletal health in older adults across ethnic and underserved populations.

 

Dr Zengin was awarded the 2021 Dean’s Award for Research Excellence (ECR) from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences; and she was also nominated for the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence. In 2020, she received the Victorian Young Tall Poppy Award, and has been awarded an Early and Mid-Career Fellowship from the Australian Academy of Sciences (2017). Dr Zengin has been invited to give presentations at national and international conferences, and has published over 30 articles (17 first author). Dr Zengin served as Co-Chair (2018-2020) of the Early Career Investigator Committee of the Australia and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS). Over a two-year period (2022 and 2023), she has been named Chair of the Program Organising Committee of the annual scientific meeting for the ANZBMS. She has international standing within the field, she served as secretary (2017-2018), then elected as Co-Chair for a two-year term on the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE) Young Endocrinologists and Scientists (EYES) Committee (2018-2020). She has been invited to take part in community meetings locally, including the Melbourne Osteoporosis Support Group and Rotary Club; and was selected to take part in the CSIRO STEM Professionals in Schools program which involved giving talks and workshops to primary school children.

Moderated by

Dr Carolina Maria Medina Gomez

Dr Carolina Medina Gomez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands and current member of the ECTS academy. She obtained her PhD in 2016 and was awarded multiple recognitions including the New Investigator award by ECTS, ASBMR and ICBBH. Her work in genetic epidemiology in admixed populations gave her the opportunity to visit the Children Hospital of Philadelphia financed by the European Union. She is the main genetic analysts of the ErasmusMC cohorts and has led many projects within the GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium. Her findings have contributed to underscore the importance of molecules such as WNT16 in bone biology. Her work is at the forefront of cutting-edge methods in genomics (including not only genetic data but also transcriptomics). She has now extended her research to include the microbiome and has a lead role in the MiBioGen consortium trying to bring together genetic, genomic and gut microbiome data.

 

Webinar Bone, Muscle & Beyond: Recruiting, collecting and analyzing: A-Z on how to start your own study or clinical trail  

Date & Time: 16 June 2022, 4 pm CEST

Featuring Melissa Formosa

Chaired by: Lars Folkestad

Format:

  • 5 min welcome & introductions
  • 35 min presentation
  • 20 min Q&A
  • 15 min interactive Coffee Shop

Learning objectives:

  • Drawing from the experiences of other studies on what works and what does not work regarding recruiting for large studies
  • Showcasing how to make a plausible analysis plan
  • Demonstrating How to collect the best data for your study

 

Costs: Live webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required. Recordings are accessible to ECTS members only.

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Faculty:

Featuring Dr Melissa Formosa

Dr Melissa Formosa received her PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Malta (UM) and holds a resident academic position at the Department of Applied Biomedical Science within the Faculty of Health Sciences, UM. She leads the Malta Osteoporotic Fracture Study

consisting of 1300 Maltese individuals affected with osteoporosis including postmenopausal women and extended families affected

with osteoporosis. The collection forms part of an international multi-study consortium known as GENOMOS investigating the genetics of osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal traits. Her work on osteoporosis has been presented at several international conferences and

published in peer-reviewed journals. She is currently using the zebrafish model to investigate the role of novel genetic factors in the susceptibility of familial osteoporosis with the aim of identifying possible bone targets for customised treatment. Dr Formosa is the WG3 co-lead of the GEMSTONE COST Action (CA18139).

Webinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Sorting out Sclerosing Bone Dysplasias

Date & Time: 2 March 2022, 4-5pm CET

Organised by ECTS

Sponsored by Industry

Featuring: Stuart Ralston Chaired by Gavin Clunie & Ciro Menale

Learning Objectives:

  • To be aware of the various conditions that can present with osteosclerosis
  • To be aware of the clinical features and investigations that can help differentiate between different osteosclerotic disorders
  • To be aware of the treatment options for individual osteosclerotic disorders

Format:

  • 5 min introduction
  • 25 min meet-the-expert presentation
  • 30 min Q&A and Case Discussion

Costs: Live & On-demand webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required.

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The ECTS Rare Bone Diseases Webinar – Sorting out Sclerosing Bone Dysplasias, 2 March, has been submitted for accreditation by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for European CME credits (ECMEC®s).

Webinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Managing adults with low alkaline phosphatase

Date & Time: 9 February 2022, 4-5pm CET

Organised by ECTS

Sponsored by Industry

Featuring: Prof. Dr. José A. Riancho Chaired by Nuria Guanabens & Cristiana Cipriani

Learning Objectives:

  • To raise awareness of the presentation of hereditary skeletal disorders in adults
  • To understand the diagnostic work up of patients with low alkaline phosphatase
  • To know the skeletal consequences of mild hypophosphatasia in adults
  • To understand the benefits and drawbacks of therapy in adult patients with hypophosphatasia

Format:

  • 5 min introduction
  • 25 min meet-the-expert presentation
  • 30 min Q&A and case Discussion

Costs: Live & on-demand webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required.

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“The ECTS Rare Bone Diseases Webinar – Managing adults with low alkaline phosphatase, Brussels, Belgium, 09/02/2022-09/02/2022 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.”

“Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

“Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.”

 

Webinar Series Rare Bone Diseases: Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

from 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker: Prof Marelise Eekhoff

Chaired by Dr Geneviève Baujat & Dr Carolina Maria Medina Gomez

Learning Objectives:

  • to understand the background of the disease
  • being able to diagnose FOP
  • to know which treatments are available  (or not available yet)

Format:

  • 5 min introduction
  • 25 min meet-the-expert presentation
  • 30 min Q&A and Case Discussion

Registration for On-Demand Access

The Live & On-demand webinar is free for ECTS members and non-members, but a registration is required.                                            REGISTER HERE

 

Accreditation:

The ECTS Rare Bone Diseases Webinar – Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, Brussels, (Online), Belgium, 27/01/2022-27/01/2022 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 1 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity, live or on-demand.  To obtain your Certificate, you will be required to fill in a short feedback evaluation form.

Faculty:

Featuring Prof. Marelise Eekhoff

Marelise Eekhoff is an internist-endocrinologist, associate professor, working as a staff member at the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Endocrinology of the University Medical Centers Amsterdam, location VU (VUmc), Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 2002.

She completed her internal medical education at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands. She then worked for more than a year in the Intensive Care Unit, followed by her endocrinology studies at the Endocrinology Department of the LUMC in Leiden. In the same period, she conducted her thesis “Paget’s bone disease in the Netherlands: epidemiology, genetics and treatment” (PhD 2004).

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Moderated by

Dr Geneviève Baujat

Genevieve Baujat (MD, MSc), pediatrician by training, is clinical geneticist, consultant in the Centre of Reference for Skeletal Dysplasia, at the Imagine institute of Necker-Enfants malades Hospital, Paris, France. She is also member of the ERN BOND (Rare Bone Disease) and ICC (International Clinical Council on FOP). She has an active interest for skeletal dysplasia diagnosis (from antenatal period to adulthood) and pediatric management. She participates to several research projects through the Centre of Reference, including the development of databases and registries for better known epidemiology and natural history of skeletal conditions, and clinical trials for emergent therapies, including Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. 

Dr Carolina Maria Medina Gomez

Dr Carolina Medina Gomez is a postdoctoral researcher at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands and current member of the ECTS academy. She obtained her PhD in 2016 and was awarded multiple recognitions including the New Investigator award by ECTS, ASBMR and ICBBH. Her work in genetic epidemiology in admixed populations gave her the opportunity to visit the Children Hospital of Philadelphia financed by the European Union. She is the main genetic analysts of the ErasmusMC cohorts and has led many projects within the GEFOS/GENOMOS consortium. Her findings have contributed to underscore the importance of molecules such as WNT16 in bone biology. Her work is at the forefront of cutting-edge methods in genomics (including not only genetic data but also transcriptomics). She has now extended her research to include the microbiome and has a lead role in the MiBioGen consortium trying to bring together genetic, genomic and gut microbiome data.

 

Sponsorship:

This webinar is supported by an educational grant from industry.  The content of the session has not been influenced by the sponsors.