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Clinical Research Fellow Vacancy - LONDON UK

Infection and Immunity Research Institute

Salary:	£34,466 to £42,969 plus London Allowance of £2,162
	Fixed Term for a period of a year
Opening Date:	Monday 24 May 2021
Closing Date:	Sunday 20 June 2021
Interview Date:	To be confirmed
Reference:	399-21

This is an exciting opportunity for a research fellow to take part in the wide range of ongoing research activity primarily working with COVID19 vaccine trials run by the St George’s Vaccine Institute and the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Research Group (PIDRG), for further information about this position and to apply, visit http://jobs.sgul.ac.ukor contact Professor Paul Heath on 020 87255980 or by email pheath@sgul.ac.uk.

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Oberarztstelle 50% Abteilung Pädiatrische Infektiologie und Vakzinologie am UKBB ab 1. November 2021

Am Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel (UKBB), Basel, Schweiz, wird ab 1. November 2021 eine Oberarztstelle (50% Pensum) im Team der Pädiatrischen Infektiologie und Vakzinologie frei.

Das Aufgabengebiet umfasst Supervision der WeiterbildungsassistentIn mit infektiologischen Konsilen für ambulante und stationäre Patienten am UKBB sowie Telefonkonsile.

Fragestellungen der Spitalhygiene und Migrationsmedizin gehören ebenfalls zum Aufgabengebiet des pädiatrischen Infektiologie-Teams (100% Assistenzarzt-Stelle, 180% Leitende Arzt-/Oberarzt-Stellen auf 4 Personen aufgeteilt) am UKBB.

Ferner ist die proportionale Beteiligung an Wochenend-, Feiertags- und Nachtdienst der Allgemeinen Pädiatrie vorgesehen. Die infektiologische Rufbereitschaft nachts (17.00-08.00 Uhr und 24h an Wochenenden) wird von den 4 Leitenden/Oberärztinnen/-ärzten des pädiatrischen Infektiologie-Teams gedeckt.

Von der Kandidatin/dem Kandidaten erwarten wir

· FMH Titel Infektiologie oder äquivalente Qualifikation,

· mehrjährige Erfahrung in der Pädiatrischen Infektiologie,

· Interesse an wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen

· hoher Einsatzwillen und Flexibilität,

· Teamfähigkeit und Kontaktfreudigkeit sowie

· fliessende Sprachkenntnisse in Deutsch und Englisch.

Bewerbungen (pdf File mit den üblichen Unterlagen einschliesslich Motivationsschreiben) senden Sie bitte bis spätestens 30. Juni 2021 per E-Mail an den Leiter der Abteilung: Ulrich.Heininger@ukbb.ch

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IIC 2021

Hot Topics in Infection & Immunity (IIC) 2nd July 2021

This year, for the first time, IIC will be held as a virtual course, and a one-day intensive event is planned. While they encourage delegates to attend as much as possible of the day 'live', recordings of talks will be available for at least six months after the event (subject to speakers' permission).

Registration fees have been kept at a minimum (£100 for ESPID members / £50 for LMIC).

Find out more on the course website at www.oxfordiic.org or get in touch with email iic@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk.

Preliminary programme can be found here

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ESPID Online Wiser Immuniser Course 2021

We are delighted to announce the relaunching of the Wiser Immuniser course on the ESPID Education site. The modules of the course have been written by world-experts in the field of vaccinology.

The course now has been extensively reviewed and updated by ESPID and WHO experts. We like to take this opportunity to thank all authors who participated in the reviewing process.

The course is freely available at no cost to ESPID members. It is self-paced so you may start and finish at a time that is convenient to you.

We hope that this is a useful learning resource for you.

To access ESPID Education simply visit the site here. Not yet an ESPID member? click here

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YOUNG ESPID Newsletter 2021

March 2021

Dear Young ESPID members,

We hope you are all doing well through the pandemic and would like to take this opportunity to update you on the progress of various activities relevant to Young ESPID.

Meet The Expert (MTP) YE coordinators
We need 13 YE members to chair the Meet The Expert interactive sessions during the forthcoming ESPID Annual Meeting 2021. You would work with the topic experts to arrange the session, coordinate and select the cases that will be presented. The experts involved will be announced soon.
In summary, this could be a great learning experience, good for your network and cv and as a bonus you’ll also get free registration to the conference.

If you are interested in becoming a MTE coordinator for any of the sessions listed below, please send an email to youngespid@espid.org with a list of 3 topics in order of preference, your CV and a short paragraph telling us why you choose this topic and your experience in the field. This is always very popular and we allocate on a first come first served basis – so don’t wait until the deadline (Deadline for applications 15th March).

LIST OF MTP SESSIONS

MTE1: Congenital infections
MTE2: Mycobacteria

MTE3: Breastfeeding in HIV exposed children
MTE4: Pediatric Infectious Diseases in refugee children

MTE5: Meningitis/encephalitis

MTE6: Tropical infectious diseases

MTE7: Fever of Unknown Origin

MTE8: PIMS-TS / MIS-C

MTE9: Sepsis

MTE10: Bone and joint infections

MTE11: Infection and immune compromised host

MTE12: Telemedicine for pediatric infectious diseases

MTE13: Vaccine hesitancy and motivational interviewing

2. Social Media Ambassadors

Continuing the successful Social Media Ambassadors Campaign that started in 2019, we are sending you a proposal for recruiting new ambassadors for ESPID 2021.

The aim of the campaign is to create a dedicated group of social media users who will actively tweet and post before and during the Meeting and will help us to promote ESPID online.

With ESPID 2021 just around the corner now, we are gearing up towards generating a bit more social media awareness for main congress-related information bits, concerning all attendees.

In addition, we are looking to recruit volunteers for being our ESPID 2021 social media ambassadors before (in the run-up to the event) and during the Congress itself.

Our social media ambassador position is entirely voluntary and assumes the following specific activities:

Promote the use of #ESPID2021 and the congress itself to your professional network before and during the event
Be active during the event - Sharing live updates on social media during the meeting days

In the run-up to ESPID 2021 - Active on social media – tweeting, posting on FB and LinkedIn, using the #ESPID2020 hashtag
Posting live from scientific sessions (+ re-tweeting and sharing ESPID’s posts)
Use either ESPID provided messaging and/or independently-generated posts covering main congress-important topics suggested by the ESPID social media manager (in this case myself)
Encourage others to share their experiences
End of Day Video Highlights/Podcasts – provided by ESPID’S social media representative (myself) and/or independently created by our ambassadors
Conducting interviews with speakers before or after their sessions
Posting a video of yourself sharing your motivation to attend ESPID 2020

Benefits for our ambassadors:

Discount pass for #ESPID2021 (details TBC)
Opportunity to conduct interviews with speakers
Professional Recognition - Be featured in the congress social media channels and on the website.

Please let us know if you are interested at youngespid@espid.org

Social Media Advisor for European Journal of Pediatrics

The European Journal of Pediatrics (EJPE) is looking to fill the newly created role of

Social Media Advisor for European Journal of Pediatrics. EJPE is a leading peer-reviewed medical journal which covers the entire field of pediatrics. It has an impact factor of 2.305 and its first issue was published in 1911.

Obviously, a lot has changed since then. The advent and increasing importance of social media is one of these things. In order to keep up with the times and to optimize and expand our social media presence and reach, they are seeking to hire a Social Media Advisor who would be in charge of refining and strengthening their presence on social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

The position is an ideal starting point for an early career clinician / researcher, who is interested in gaining a deeper insight into the field whilst strengthening their ties with the European Journal of Pediatrics as well as the wider community. EJPE is an international journal and applications from all countries will be considered. In addition to a background in paediatrics, any candidate applying should meet the following requirements:

Medical degree, research experience is a plus Strong affinity for social media and related technologies Enthusiasm for scholarly communication, knowledge dissemination, and community building Interest in finding creative solutions and experimenting with new ideas and concepts Ideally: Experience in developing and implementing a successful social media strategy

Please note that this position is an honorary appointment.

If you are interested in this novel and exciting position, please send your application to the Editor-in-Chief, Professor Peter de Winter (EJP@spaarnegasthuis.nl), by July 15th , 2021. Please include the following materials in your application:

- Cover Letter

- CV

We look forward to ‘seeing’ as many of you as possible during ESPID 2021 virtual Annual Meeting. In the meantime, please get in touch with any queries or suggestions!

Fani & Lilly

Young ESPID Board Representatives

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has an opening for an ACGME accredited fellowship position in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

The Division of Infectious Diseases at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has an opening for an ACGME accredited fellowship position in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, beginning July 1, 2021. Interested candidates may contact:

Fellowship training program coordinator Patrice Sport
Phone: 215-590-2017 sportp@chop.edu

Fellowship associate program director, Eimear Kitt, MD

Phone 2674554247 kitte@chop.edu

Fellowship program director Chief, Infectious Diseases Audrey Odom John MD PhD

Phone: 314-616-5691johna3@chop.edu

Our program: https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/division-infectious-diseases/fellowship

Learn more about CHOP: https://www.chop.edu/video/we-are-chop-tour

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Antibiotic Management Online Course

We are very pleased to announce that the ESPID Antibiotic Management course is now live.

To do the course, log in to the ESPID website and go to the online courses section of ESPID Education. You can commence the course immediately and complete it at your own pace.

The course allows direct discussion with other participants, the course director or the module authors. This provides a platform for lively forum discussions making learning more fun.
All the modules have excellent information on the subjects and have been written by renown paediatric infectious diseases experts in the field. And the course is free for ESPID members!

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PIDS Foundation Announces the Revamped RFA for the Pichichero Family Foundation Research Award in Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Have you recently submitted an NIH or CDC award that just missed the payline? If so, the Pichichero Family Foundation Research Award in Pediatric Infectious Diseases may be a great way to build the additional data you need to launch a new area of investigation.

“Having been a grant-funded investigator for many years and serving on multiple study sections, I know firsthand how challenging the grant process is,” said Dr. Michael Pichichero, Director, Research Institute, Rochester General Hospital. The Pichichero Family Foundation seeks to stand in the gap that often exists between NIH paylines and good science that narrowly misses the mark by providing research grants to well deserving proposals. Beginning November 1, the PIDS Foundation will review repurposed NIH and CDC grants, with study section comments, on a rolling basis. Proposals that were reviewed favorably, but fell below the payline, will be eligible for funding. For more information, please review the Request for Proposals or contact Christy Phillips at PIDS: pids@idsociety.org

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New Partnership with European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

We are pleased to announce that the European Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the future partnership of the two societies with the aim of fostering collaborative relationships to strengthen practice, education and advocacy for paediatric infectious diseases.

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ESPID Podcast - Conversations on Paediatric Infectious Diseases

As part of our new 4-part podcast series, ESPID brings you leaders in paediatric infectious diseases, discussing their experiences, viewpoints and more.

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EAP COVID-19 Resource Centre

The European Academy of Paediatrics invite you to share the resources they have put together during the pandemic, and to visit their Resource Centre. This includes a number of elements which youmayht find interesting and helpful:

· Links to the weekly webinars that we have run over the last 2 months addressing a range of practical, academic and psychological aspects of the crisis

· Daily blogs and updates with links to helpful sites and breaking news

· A ‘Children’s Corner’ with advice on activities and links to useful resources for families

· Links to national guidelines and documents

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A new European Syllabus in Paediatric Infectious Diseases was approved by UEMS

To view the 2018 syllabus click here: 2018 European Syllabus in Paediatric Infectious Diseases

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Primary Vaccination Coverage in the USA

Article about Primary Vaccination Coverage in the USA by Peter Hotez as Published in the New York Times

Click here to view the article: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/08/opinion/how-the-anti-vaxxers-are-winning.html?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com