Confirmed Speaker

Innovation and Management of Liver Disease:

◦ Jack O’Meara; Co-founder and CEO of Ochre Bio, The Oxford-based start-up developing new RNA therapies to treat liver disease.
Liver Disease and Innovation in Genomics and Treatment Development.
◦ Prof. Aiden McCormick; Consultant Hepatologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital Dublin & Clinical Lead of the National Hepatitis C Treatment Programme.
The Journey to Hepatitis C Eradication in Ireland.
◦ Tommie Gorman; worked for RTE News and Current Affairs from 1980 to 2021 including European editor and Northern Ireland editor. Living with a rare form of cancer, neuro-endochrine tumours (NETs) since 1994 and seeking ways to access life-saving treatments for patients, he “still has a dodgy liver, peppered with tumours”. (Patient Perspective)

New Innovations and Horizons in Diabetes:

◦ Dr. Claire McEvoy; Dietician, Nutritional Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Ageing Research at Queen’s University Belfast.
Diabetes and Brain Health an Intervention for Older People Living in Rural Ireland.
◦ Patient Representative from thrivebetes.ie – speaking about their experience of living with diabetes in Ireland. (Patient Perspective)

Understanding Obesity Management and Nutrition:

◦ Prof. Alexander Miras; Clinical Professor of Medicine at Ulster University and Consultant in Endocrinology at Imperial College London.
Pharmacology of Chronic Obesity Management.
◦ Daniel Davey: Performance Nutritionist to Leinster Rugby and Dublin GAA.
◦ Patient representative from the Irish Coalition of People Living with Obesity (ICPO) – speaking about healthcare experience when living with obesity in Ireland. (Patient Perspective)