Ellie Hackney
@ellie_r_hackney
Gastro Reg in the North East. Interest in medical education. Reluctant runner. Amateur sewing machine user. Eurovision enthusiast.
🎖 Well done to Dr Eleanor Hackney, winner of The Alistair McIntyre Prize for Improving #Gastroenterology Training! A standout commitment to better training #BSGLIVE25 @BSGtrainees
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
This year’s GRANT symposium was a great success! We had brilliant talks from Prof John Leeds @NEndoscopy and Dr Keith Pohl @KeithPohl7, followed by six fantastic presentations by trainees in our region who have completed excellent projects!
Fun afternoon with the @grantnetworkorg discussing research promotion through the training network. Talk by @KeithPohl7 about research in endoscopy. Great abstracts and well done Drs Checkitt and Chu for winning the best abstracts.
🏆#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. @RI_STSFT
Well done! This is brilliant news - great to see trainees in the region benefitting from @grantnetworkorg 🎉
Dr Alexandra Hickey won our symposium prize last year and went on to expand her project with GRANT’s help. This week her work has been published as a letter in Frontline Gastro! Well done Alexandra! fg.bmj.com/content/early/…
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!
Join us for a COLO-SPEED takeover of Grainger Market in aid of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month! COLO-SPEED is the world's largest colorectal cancer research group. Come along and find out about how bowel cancer is diagnosed, the research we do, and how to get involved!
And for GI trainees and early career consultants from the rest of the country who might benefit from knowing more, please attend a talk by Fraser Brown at the Education Symposium at BSG Live 2025 in Glasgow. @BSGTrainees #bsglive25
Well done to you all on another fantastic EmPath Course 👏#EmPath #Pathology #NETA #NEYETA