Conferences

As a group, we are actively engaged in disseminating our latest research findings at a number of academic events and conferences. You can view copies of some of the below and previous presentations on our Conference presentations page.

Upcoming events

British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) Annual Meeting 2026
(Glasgow, UK: 8 - 9 September 2026)

Dr Marcus Beasley will give the following oral presentation at this event:

• Population-level associations of BMI and physical activity with chronic pain, osteoarthritis, and joint replacement of the hip and knee: a standardisation analysis of UK Biobank
  Marcus Beasley, Jennifer Summers, Luke Farrow, Stephen Bridgman, Andrew Bridgman, Gary Macfarlane

Recent events

European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) Congress 2026
(London, UK: 3 - 6 June 2026)

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

You can find a copy of this poster presentation on our Conference Presentations page.

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Spring Conference 2026
(London, UK: 14-15 May 2026)

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

You can find a copy of this poster presentation on our Conference Presentations page.

Scottish Society for Rheumatology Spring Meeting 2026
(Aberdeen, UK: 8 May 2026)

A number of our team presented work at this event, including:

• Patients with PsA managed in joint clinics experience better clinical outcomes – Results from the BSR-PsA
  Gareth Jones, Ross MacDonald, Joe Payne, Gary Macfarlane and Rosemary Hollick
  
  
• Building Better Vasculitis Care Across Scotland: Scottish Systemic Vasculitis Network Progress and Priorities
  Rosemary Hollick
  
  
• Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Development of Chronic Pain: A Structured Life Course Modelling Approach in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children [poster presentation]
  Ross MacDonald, Kate Timmins, Gary Macfarlane

British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2026
(Glasgow, UK: 28 - 30 April 2026)

Our team made a number of presentations at this event. Please see our conference schedule below for details:

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British Pain Society 59th Annual Scientific Meeting
(Harrogate, UK: 21 - 23 April 2026)

Our team made a number of presentations at this event. Please see our conference schedule below for details.

You can see our poster presentations from this event, including Dr Ross MacDonald's prize-winning poster, on our Conference Presentations page.

Click here for a larger PDF version of this schedule.