Paediatric Talk, Long COVID in Children and Young People

On 27th April 2022, the UL School of Medicine hosted a talk by Professor Sir Terence Stephenson on the subject of Long COVID in Children and Young People. Professor Stephenson is Nuffield Professor of Child Health at the Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, and Co-Director of the nationally-funded Children’s Policy Research Unit. He is also Chair of the Health Research Authority for England. He was knighted in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to Healthcare and Children’s Health Services and has previously served as Chair of the UK GMC, Chair of the UK Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and President of the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. He is the lead investigator of the CLoCk Consortium, a research group conducting a large-scale cohort study exploring the presentation, phenotype and prevalence of Long COVID in young people across England. 

Professor Stephenson was visiting Limerick in his capacity as external examiner for the School of Medicine final year examinations in Paediatrics. His talk took place in the Clinical Education and Research Centre and was well-attended by Paediatric consultants, trainees, and health and social care professionals. The talk was also broadcast live to attendees across the country, including many of our other clinical examiners. The event was approved for CPD from the Royal College of Physicians, Ireland.