News

7^th April 2022

The following occurred at the AGM, held on 2^nd April 2022:

• Dr. Joseph Sim assumed the role of President (2022 – 2024)
• Col. Dr. Mairead Murphy (Defence Forces) joined the Executive Committee
• Ms. Gemma Hooper-Jones joined the Executive Committee
• Ms. Siobhan Grehan stepped down as member from the Executive Committee

13^th September 2020

The following occurred at the AGM, held on 12^th September:

• Dr. Astrid Weidenhammer assumed the role of President (2020 – 2022)
• Dr. Joseph Sim became President-elect (2022 – 2024) & editor of our newsletter, Taisteal
• Dr. John Gibbons (G.P., Co. Mayo) joined the Executive Committee
• Votes on changes to the TMSI constitution were carried as follows (92 valid votes received from an electorate of 325):
  • Proposal 1 (formal addition of a student membership category): 88 in favour & 4 against
  • Proposal 2 (addition of one student position to the Executive and confirmation of the Secretary/Treasurer’s place on the Executive: 83 in favour & 9 against
  • Proposal 3 (clearer definition of when the continuous service rule for Executive members should and should not apply): 85 in favour & 7 against.

7^th September 2020

• The Society's AGM has been moved from an in-person event to an online-only meeting. More information is available here.

17^th August 2020

• The Society’s AGM, postponed from April 2020, will be held in Galway on 12^th September 2020. Further details are available here.

18^th March 2020

• The 8^th Northern European Conference of Travel Medicine (Rotterdam, 3^rd – 5^th June 2020) has been cancelled - further details are available here (PDF document).

14^th March 2020

• Following consultations with the Executive Committee, in view of the Covid-19 situation, the planned TMSI meeting/A.G.M. on 4^th April 2020 is cancelled, and will be held instead at the following meeting in Galway on 12^th September 2020. Further details will be posted on our website nearer to that time and members will receive an e-mail notification a few weeks in advance.
• Practice nurses: the study day on ‘Fundamentals of Travel Health (Back to Basics)’ has been rescheduled from Sat. 14^th March 2020 to Sat. 16^th May 2020 in UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 from 09:00 – 16:30. Further details are available here.

10^th March 2020

• The winner of the 2020 Dom Colbert Prize in Travel Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Students is Ms. Lily Farrell (U.C.D.). The runner-up is Mr. Max White (T.C.D.).

7^th February 2020

• Practice nurses: a study day on ‘Fundamentals of Travel Health (Back to Basics)’ will be held on Sat. 14^th March 2020 in UCD, Belfield, Dublin 4 from 09:00 – 16:30. Further details are available here (PDF document).

6^th February 2020

• There has been one winning entry for the 2020 postgraduate bursary: Dr. Judy Dwyer.

5^th January 2020

• The programme and booking form for the upcoming 1^st February 2020 meeting in Portlaoise are available here.

14^th November 2019

• Road Safety Travel Research: TMSI members are encouraged to complete a short online questionnaire about their current approach to road safety during the travel consultation. The questionnaire is part of an international research project being co-authored by Prof. Gerard Flaherty, a TMSI past-president. More details about the research are available here (PDF document).

18^th October 2019

• The programme and booking form for the upcoming November meeting are available here.

23^rd September 2019

• Details of the undergraduate Dom Colbert prize 2020 have now been posted - click here for further details.
• The number of postgraduate bursaries have been increased from two to four - click here for further details. This bursary can be used to part-fund travel to the European Conference of Travel Medicine in Rotterdam (June 2020 - see www.nectm8.com)

11^th June 2019

• Information on the next European conference of Travel Medicine has been added to the Meetings page.
• The latest bi-annual edition of the U.S. CDC "Yellow Book" (2020) is available this month (see the 'Travel Medicine Textbooks' section on the Training page.

7^th April 2019

• Mr. Niall Gray was added to the Executive Committee following a vote at the AGM.
• A link to information on which medicines are illegal to bring to which country (International Narcotics Control Board) has been added to the Links page.

31^st March 2019

• There has been one winning entry for the 2019 postgraduate bursary: Dr. Mary Durcan.

9^th March 2019

• The winner of the 2019 Dom Colbert Prize in Travel Medicine for Undergraduate Medical Students is Mr. Timothy Siliang Lu (NUI Galway).
• The programme and booking form for the upcoming April meeting are available here.

8^th March 2019

• The Rabies chapter of the Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland has been updated as of today and contains important changes to both pre-exposure/pre-travel vaccination (the addition of a new 0, 3, 7, 365 schedule), duration of protection (life-long in many cases, though not in the immunosuppressed or certain occupations e.g. Veterinarians), recognition of the intradermal vaccination technique as appropriate in some cases, as well as an update to post-exposure treatment (post-exposure vaccine schedule reduced from five to four shots). See ‘Rabies’ at https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/hcpinfo/guidelines/.

28^th February 2019

• Free online access is temporarily available to "Emporiatrics", the newsletter of the Faculty of Travel Medicine (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow) - click here.

27^th February 2019

• Chapter updates have been made in the Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland to the chapters on Immunocompromised patients and to the chapter on Influenza (see https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/hcpinfo/guidelines/).

16^th February 2019

• The following link has been added to the Training page:
  • Travel Medicine Roadshow (includes a date in Belfast in Sept. 2019)

20^th January 2019

• The following links have been added to the Training page:
  • Foundation course in Travel Medicine (Glasgow)
  • Yellow Fever online course
  • Malaria online course

9^th January 2019

• The closing date for applications for the postgraduate bursary is 28^th February 2019. The winning entries will be announced on this page on 31^st March 2019.