Recent Conference Presentations

European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress 2026

London, UK

Dr Rosemary Hollick presented the following poster at this event.

• Overinvestigated yet Underdiagnosed: Reframing Fibromyalgia Care Pathways
  Rosemary Hollick, Stuart Anderson, Corri Black, Ernest Choy, Rozanne Cooksey, Stefanie Doebl, Warren James, Gareth Jones, Ka-Kin Lam, Ross Macdonald, Gary Macfarlane on behalf of the PACFiND study team
  
  
  

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Spring Conference 2026

London, UK

Members of the UKAR team presented the following poster at this event. 

• UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR): Expanding to Outpatients and Antifungals
  Rebecca Parr, Jisha Babu, Jonathan Lock, Jay Woods
  
  

British Pain Society 56th Annual Scientific Meeting 2026

Harrogate, UK

Members of our team presented the following posters at this event. Dr Ross Macdonald's poster won the Best Poster and Oral Abstract prize at this year's conference. 

• Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Development of Chronic Pain: A Structured Life Course Modelling Approach in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
  Ross MacDonald, Kate Timmins, Gary Macfarlane
  
  
  
  
• COMP³: reaching consensus on how to measure chronic pain prevalence in populations
  David Watkin, Fazila Jafari, Aderonke Akinpelu, Sandhi M. Baretto, Fiona M. Blyth, Christine T. Chambers, Michael Falcon, John T. Farrar, Roger B. Fillingim, Raquel Lucas, Saurab Sharma, Jie Sun, Danielle van der Windt, Gary J. Macfarlane
  
  
  

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Infection 2025

Birmingham, UK

The UKAR team delivered the following poster at this event, giving the latest updates so far from the registry:

• UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR): 1000 Participants and counting....
  Rebecca Parr, Jisha Babu
  
  
  

American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2025

Chicago, USA

Our team members delivered the following poster presentations at this event:

• PACFiND: Co-Designing Principles To Inform Reconfiguration Of Fibromyalgia Care Across Health Systems
  Rosemary Hollick, Marcus Beasley, Ernest Choy, Caroline Cupit, Debra Dulake, Teresa Finlay, Louise Locock, Paul McNamee, Caroline Pope, Elaine Wainwright, David Williams, Gary J Macfarlane (presented by Rosemary Hollick)
  
  
  
  

• Factors Associated with Fibromyalgia Diagnosis amongst People Meeting Criteria: Results from UK Biobank
  Sung-A Kim, Gary J Macfarlane and Marcus Beasley (presented by Gary J Macfarlane)
  
  
  
  

British Pain Society 58th Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

Newport, UK

A poster of the following presentation from this event is available:

• Chronic Pain Policy: Lessons Learned From Four Countries
  Attique N, Macfarlane GJ, Hollick RJ - presented by Nabeeha Attique
  
  
  

Scottish Society for Rheumatology Spring Meeting 2025

Glasgow, UK

Our group members presented several posters at this event, including:

• We have combined administrative health data with lived experience to create interactive tools to support service planning for people with RMDs
  Hollick RJ, Brophy S, Bennett L, Choy E, Fry R, James WRG, Macfarlane GJ, McFarlane D, Moir L, Parker M, Pedrick-Case R, Seabourne M, Stelfox K, Stevenson M, Black C
  
  
  
  
  

• Europe-wide study finding: Feedback to Patient Research Partners allows for a shared understanding of Impact
  Parr R, Stevens MJ, de Witt M, Böhm P, Carmona L, Elhai M, Ferreira R, de Groot I, Kjeken I, Makri S, Petersson E, Provan S, Skandsen J, Snell T, Macfarlane GJ and Hollick RJ
  
  

  
  
  
• Making it Work™ – UK: Adaptation, development, and user-testing of a Canadian programme to support people working with musculoskeletal conditions in the UK
  Hollick R, Ghiglieri C, Anderson RS, Wainwright E, Lacaille D, Macfarlane GJ, Morton L on behalf of the Making it Work™ - Scotland study team
  
  
  

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Spring Conference 2025

Birmingham, UK

The UKAR team delivered a poster presentation at this event, detailing the latest study progress and next steps for the registry:

• UK Antimicrobial Registry (UKAR): Now and Next
  Rebecca Parr, Jisha Babu
  
  

British Society for Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

Manchester, UK

Our group members gave several presentations at this event, including the following:

• Predictors of Work Impairment and Absence amongst People with Psoriatic Arthritis - Evidence from the BSR-PsA Register
  Lili Xu, Gareth T Jones, Ovidiu Rotariu, Philip S Helliwell, Stefan Siebert, Lesley Kay, Rosemary J Hollick, Gary J Macfarlane
  
  
  
  
• Making it Work™ – UK: Adaptation, development, and user-testing of a Canadian programme to support people working with musculoskeletal conditions in the UK
  
  A more recent version of this poster was given at the Scottish Society for Rheumatology Spring Meeting 2025 (above).
  

NHS Research Scotland / Chief Scientist Office 2025 Patient and Public Involvement Event

Stirling, UK

We were delighted to present the following posters at this event:

• Europe-wide study finding: Feedback to Patient Research Partners allows for a shared understanding of Impact
  Rebecca Parr, Martin J Stevens, Rosemary J Hollick, Gary Macfarlane, Sella Provan, Ingvild Kjeken, Maarten de Wit
  
  A more recent version of this poster was given at the Scottish Society for Rheumatology Spring Meeting 2025 (above)
  
  
• Co-adapting interventions with patient partners ensures relevance, acceptability, and usability in new cultural and clinical contextsLaKrista Morton, Cara Ghiglieri, R Stuart Anderson, Elaine Wainwright, Diane Lacaille, Gary J Macfarlane, Rosemary Hollick