November 4th 2021 DSMIG Winter Meeting.

Please find the agenda of the virtual meeting below or download the programme here.

Time
9.00-11.15	Members meeting (DSMIG MEMBERS ONLY)
9.00	Annual General Meeting
10.00	Break
10.05	Case discussion – discussion of complex cases & recent queries handled by the DSMIG team
11.15	Coffee break
11.45-4.15	Open meeting – Welcome from President and Chair, Shiela Puri
11.50	Updates from the Immunology Clinic in Children With Down Syndrome Professor Eleanor Molloy, Neonatal Consultant and Professor of Paediatrics & Child Health, Trinity College, University of Dublin
12.30	The Voices of Young People With Down Syndrome Through the COVID 19 Pandemic Eddie McConnell – Chief Executive, Down Syndrome Scotland
13.10	Lunch
13.50	Feeding and Nutrition in Children with Down Syndrome Himali De Silva – Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
14.30	Reducing the Impact of Sepsis on Children with Down Syndrome Dr Elizabeth Herrieven – Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, HUTH NHS Trust
15.10	Coffee break
15.20-16.20	Current Research, Audit and Guidelines Update
15.20	Update from the Feeding and Autoimmunity in Down Syndrome Evaluation Study (FADES), Georgina Williams, University of Bristol
15.50	Update on COVID 19 infection in children with Down Syndrome and other Current Global Research Projects Professor Monica Lakhanpaul, Professor of Integrated Community Child Health UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
16.20	Closing remarks

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