Young ESPGHAN Committee

General Information

The Young ESPGHAN Committee (Committee for Trainees and Young Investigators) was established in 2009.
The work of the Committee aims to:

a) Contribute to the exchange of scientific information, and to promote high quality research and training in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, by organizing workshops, scientific meetings, training courses and disseminating any other suitable resources and opportunities for trainee members in collaboration with the education committee

b) Represent the interests of trainees within the council and society

c) Provide advice on matters related to trainees and training within the fields of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition to ESPGHAN in liaison with the education secretary.

d) Propose trainee representatives in the ESPGHAN scientific and education committees (Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Nutrition).  These trainee representatives should actively participate in the activities of the relevant committees and report annually to the trainee committee

e) encourage and assist trainees to convert to Full ESPGHAN Membership

Criteria for joining Young ESPGHAN and becoming a Young ESPGHAN representative in other Committees can be viewed by clicking here
 

Projects and Activities

To view all recent activities, you can download the annual committee report here.

For more Young ESPGHAN initiatives please visit the dedicated webpages for our Young ESPGHAN Webinars and the Case of the Month.

Upcoming: we are currenly working on a mentorship programme for young ESPGHAN membres. More details to be announced soon!

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