Register for final places for excellent EACPT summer cardiovascular focus meeting 3-5 July in Holland

You are still in time to register for 2014 EACPT Focus Meeting on 'Drugs to Fight Cardiovascular Damage' from organised by the the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics [EACPT] .

Registration  - with a preferential accommodation rate - is available through the Focus Meeting website.

The 2014 EACPT Focus Meeting takes place from July 3rd - 5th at the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Reasons to come to this outstanding meeting

• excellent tradition of EACPT in providing outstanding meetings for young and senior clinicians and researchers
• great opportunities for networking with your peers and senior members of the international clinical pharmacology community
• easy access to senior researchers on the international speaker faculty 
• opportunity to have first hand news on major developments for EACPT
• meet Dr Richard Shader, the editor of the EACPT's Official Journal - Clinical Therapeutics 
• expert session from Dr Shader on how to publish

In addition to state-of-the-art lectures from international cardiovascular experts, over 60 delegate abstracts are due be presented  from around the world. The top 5 ranked abstracts will be provided with free registration. All abstracts presented at the meeting will be published in Clinical Therapeutics, the peer-reviewed Official Journal of the EACPT. 

This focus meeting follows on from the highly rated  EACPT international summer school in 2013 in Edinburgh.

The 2014 EACPT Focus Meeting will provide you with the opportunity to attend state of the art lectures from leading professionals and researchers, including hands-on workshops. 

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen 

Topics include ultrasound imaging of vascular injury (including a hands-on workshop), the microbiome and inflammation in the metabolic syndrome, targeting inflammation to prevent and treat atherosclerosis, diagnosis and therapy of adrenal hypertension, and protection against ischaemia-reperfusion injury.

This EACPT Cardiovascular Focus Meeting is of interest to clinical pharmacologists, pharmacologists, and other young scientists and clinicians interested in drug treatment of cardiovascular disease. 

You can listen here to podcasts with international delegates at the last EACPT summer meeting in Edinburgh in 2013.

See the Scientific Programme is now online on the Focus Meeting website. 

Visit the Clinical Therapeutics website.

2014 EACPT Focus Meeting: 'Drugs to Fight Cardiovascular Damage' 3-5 July, 2014

Following the well-attended EACPT international summer school in 2013 in Edinburgh, the next European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics [EACPT] update for young researchers is the 2014 EACPT Focus Meeting on  'Drugs to Fight Cardiovascular Damage'.

The 2014 EACPT Focus Meeting takes place from July 3rd - 5th at the Radboud University Medical

Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen

Center in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. 

This EACPT cardiovascular focus meeting is of interest to clinical pharmacologists, pharmacologists, and other young scientists and clinicians interested in drug treatment of cardiovascular disease. 

Topics include: 
- ultrasound imaging of vascular injury (including a workshop tproviding t hands-on training),
- the microbiome and inflammation in the metabolic syndrome
- targeting inflammation to prevent and treat atherosclerosis
- diagnosis and therapy of adrenal hypertension
- protection against ischaemia-reperfusion injury. 

Provisional State of the Art Lectures by invited speakers include:

Arterial stiffness measurements; methods and relevance for risk assessment and drug-research: Stephane Laurent, Paris, France

IMT measurement with ultrasound, methods and relevance for risk assessment and drug research: Luc van Bortel, Gent, Belgium

The microbiome in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome: Max Nieuwdorp

Fat cells and inflammation in the pathogenesis of the Metabolic Syndrome: Rinke Stienstra, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Predicting and manipulating drug inactivation by the human gut microbiome: H. Haiser. FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, USA

Cardiac protection by conditioning: from bench to bedside: D. Hausenloy, Hatter Institute, London

The role of hexokinase in cardioprotection: C. Zuurbier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Wnt pathways in cardiac repair and remodeling: M. Blankesteijn

Targeting the adaptive immune system in atherosclerosis: Esther Lutgens, AMC, Amsterdam

Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: Niels Riksen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

The pathogenesis of autonomous adrenal aldosterone release: Felix Beuschlein

Diagnosis and treatment of hyperaldosteronism: Jaap Deinum, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Health professional scientists, academics and  professionals from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and related sectors are invited to submit their latest scientific results for oral or poster presentation.

For more information, email  eacpt2014@kenes.com.

Abstract submission and registration will open shortly on our dedicated website.

Abstracts will be published online in Clinical Therapeutics, the Official Journal of the EACPT.

2012 EACPT Summer School on Therapeutic Education

From 23-25 August 2012 the EACPT Summer School on Therapeutic Education was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

46 participants from 16 European countries (incl. Russia) and 1 from Trinidad attended the Summer School. Both the design and content of the programme and the social programme and organization were very well appreciated. 

Most participants would welcome a Network of Therapeutic Teachers, more (frequent) summer schools and/or training sessions, and joint (research) projects on therapeutic education.

See www.eacpt-amsterdam.nl for the programme, abstracts and more photos. 

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