LivResCon4
For students by students, LivResCon4 was held earlier this month in the highly appropriate surroundings of the Liverpool Medical Institute.
The conference is the largest annual event for Liverpool Research Society (LivResSoc) and colleagues from the School of Medicine were happy to offer their support.
The theme this year was Innovation in Medicine. Students came from across the region, and as far afield as Birmingham.
“A student, Lewis Hall, came from Birmingham's School of Medicine and told me they do not have a research society there and now plans to set one up,” reported Christian Anderson, LivResSoc President.
It was a great day, full of really good quality student research, well done to all involved!
Supported by the Medical School and INSPIRE, among other sponsorships.
Speakers
Miss Benedetta Pettorini: Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon at Alder Hey
Miss Pettorini leads one of five units in the UK able to offer the revolutionary Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR) procedure for patients with cerebral palsy.
Professor Chris Probert: Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Liverpool
Prof Probert is acting Chair of the IBD Section Committee for BSG and Vice Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee for the National Association for Crohn’s and Colitis.
Professor Pietro Valdastri: As Chair of Robotics and Autonomous Systems at Leeds University
Professor Valdastri works at the very forefront of medical technology. Centred around ‘medical capsule robots’.
Prize winners – Congratulations!
There were oral presentations from students, workshops and over 30 very high-quality posters.
Posters: 1st: Celina Mitala; 2nd: Luke Taylor; 3rd: Samuel Glies Latham
Orals: 1st: Alexandra Shaw; 2nd: Bethany Harrisons; 3rd: Zena Petros
With thanks to INSPIRE and MBChB Intercalated Programmes Lead Dr. John Jenkins, and the LivResSoc committee team including – Umesh Manni; Piyush Bhatia; Ben Hall; Ter-er Kusu Orkar; Ekaterina Efstathiou (Chair on the day); Joseph Wood; Owain Greaves; Kartik Goyal; Temi Oluokun; Elizabeth Chan; Liv Butler and Christian Anderson (LivResSoc President).