The highlight of the symposium was hearing about all the wonderful grass-roots projects that trainees are delivering all over the region! Here are Dr Rebecca Bragg, Dr Conor McGreevy Conor McGreevy, Dr Emily Dobb and Dr Anna Critchley presenting their work.

Three more fantastic projects from Dr Rebecca Renji & Dr Ayman Mohamed, Dr Alexandra Hickey & Dr Fatima Abdelsalam and Dr Abdul Aleem. (Featuring our chairs for this session, and GRANT committee members, Dr Ellie Hackney Ellie Hackney and Dr Chao Dong Chao D)

Congratulations to our symposium prize winners! 🥇Dr Emily Dobb: Variceal screening audit 🥈Dr Alexandra Hickey & Dr Fatima Abdelsalam: Improving awareness of the decompensated cirrhosis discharge bundle QIP Two great projects that we would love to roll out through GRANT!

This is a useful trainees meeting to attend - for all ST4-5 GI trainees to help you decide your career path. GRANT Network Northern Region Endo 👇👇

NE Gastro SpR and GRANT member, Dr Rebecca Bragg, presented our regional project ‘A Multicentre Evaluation of FIT Results in Colorectal Cancer’ at UEGW in Vienna this week. Well done Bex! #UEGWeek

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🚨UK Gastro/Hep trainee research networks 🚨  You can now submit your research to Frontline Gastro and apply to the BSG to have the open access fees waived 🙌 Thanks to all who helped facilitate this! BSG Trainees BSG Research Phil Smith Debbie Shawcross

jetsapp.thejag.org.uk/courses/JAG_CR… TCT Course at University Hospital Hartlepool 5-6 February. Places still available. Come and learn how to teach colleagues to do Colonoscopy.

Another fantastic Northern Endoscopy Training Academy (NETA) EmPath day yesterday - EMpowering endoscopy trainees in PATHology recognition and management held at North Tees University Hospital Fraser Brown

By three months your baby should be: 1) Lifting their head during tummy time 2) Developing specific research interests Support them by attending events like these! COLO-SPEED Bowel Cancer UK Ellie Hackney Sarah Manning #bowelcancerawarenessweek

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Call for abstracts! We are looking for NE trainees/allied professionals who have completed research or audits in gastro recently! Get in touch for the opportunity to present them in a friendly, supportive environment and the potential to role your project out across the region!

Another brilliant Northern Endoscopy Training Academy (NETA) EmPath pathology day held DASH at Northumbria today. Fantastic to be part of this multidisciplinary programme centred around upper GI pathology recognition and management

🏆#BSGLive2025 - Award For Dr Eleanor Hackney🏆 Congrats to #ColoCohort researcher Ellie for winning the Alistair McIntyre Prize for "EmPath" - a project she co-created to empower endoscopy trainees in recognising & managing Upper GI pathology via targeted study days. South Tyneside & Sunderland Research & Innovation

Thank you Prof Leeds for a brilliant talk and for your support of GRANT!

This year’s GRANT symposium was a great success! We had brilliant talks from Prof John Leeds Prof John Leeds and Dr Keith Pohl Keith Pohl, followed by six fantastic presentations by trainees in our region who have completed excellent projects!

Introducing this year’s prize winners… 🥈Runner up: Dr Agatha Chu for her project on blood test monitoring in upadacitinib 🥇First prize: Dr Laura Checkett with her work on standardising HCC ultrasound surveillance and integration of US LI-RADS into clinical practice

🎖 Well done to Dr Eleanor Hackney, winner of The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving #Gastroenterology Training! A standout commitment to better training #BSGLIVE25 @BSGtrainees