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 some of our previous presentations at our ' Conference posters ' page under ' Publications '.

Upcoming events

We currently have no scheduled upcoming events. Please check back for further updates.

Previous events

Scottish Society for Rheumatology, Spring Meeting 2025
(Glasgow, UK: 30 May 2025)

Our group members presented three posters at this event:

• Mapping for better care: Supporting service planning for people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions
  Hollick RJ, Parker M, James WRG, Black C, Brophy S, Choy E, Kennedy J, Stelfox K, Stevenson M, Macfarlane GJ, on behalf of the RHEUMAPs collaboration
  
  
• Exploring the perceptions of the work of Rheumatology patient Research Partners across Europe: The iPREPARE study
  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
  
  You can find out more about these posters in our conference schedule below:
  
  

British Pain Society, 58th Annual Scientific Meeting 2025
(Cardiff, UK: 3-5 June 2025)

Our members delivered the following presentations at this event:

• Piecing it together: Designing effective care services for patients with nociplastic pain
  Dr Rosemary Hollick

• Chronic Pain Policy: Lessons Learned From Four Countries [poster presentation]
  Attique N, Macfarlane GJ, Hollick RJ - presented by Nabeeha Attique
  
  You can find out more about our presentations at this event in our conference schedule below:
  
  
  

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Spring Conference 2025
(Birmingham, UK: 15-16 May 2025)

Our group members from the UK Antimicrobial Registry study were delighted to present the latest updates from the registry at this event.

Professor Gareth Jones gave the following oral presentation at this event:

• Supporting delinkage through prospective data collection - what is the UK Antimicrobial Registry telling us?
  Prof. Gareth Jones

The UKAR team were also on hand to talk through their poster presentation, including latest progress and next steps for the registry:

• Rebecca Parr, Jisha Babu
  UKAR BSAC Spring Conference 2025 Poster
  
  
  
  

British Society for Rheumatology, Annual Conference 2025
(Manchester, UK: 28-30 April 2025)

Our group delivered a number of presentations, posters and drop-in sessions throughout this event. 

• You can find out more about about our presentations at BSR 2025, including findings from the BSR-PsA and VOICES studies, via our conference schedule below:
  
  

NHS Research Scotland / Chief Scientist Office 2025 Patient and Public Involvement Event
(Stirling, UK: 11 March 2025)

We were delighted to present posters at this event:

• Rebecca Parr, Martin J Stevens, Rosemary J Hollick, Gary Macfarlane, Sella Provan, Ingvild Kjeken, Maarten de Wit
  Europe-wide study finding: Feedback to Patient Research Partners allows for a shared understanding of Impact
  
  
  
  
• LaKrista Morton, Cara Ghiglieri, R Stuart Anderson, Elaine Wainwright, Diane Lacaille, Gary J Macfarlane, Rosemary Hollick
  Co-adapting interventions with patient partners ensures relevance, acceptability, and usability in new cultural and clinical contexts
  
  

European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) People with Arthritis and Rheumatism in Europe (PARE)
(Brussels, Belgium: 28 - 30 November 2024)

Martin Stevens made the following presentation at this event:

• Martin Stevens, The iPRePaRe study - introduction and application of outcome

American College of Rheumatology: Convergence 2024
(Washington DC, USA: 14 - 19 November 2024)

Group members made the following presentations at this event:

• Kate Timmins, Tim Hales and Gary Macfarlane. Childhood maltreatment increases risk of chronic widespread pain: counterfactual analysis of UK Biobank
  
  
  
  
• Lili Xu, Gareth Jones, Ovidiu Rotariu, Rosemary Hollick, and Gary Macfarlane. Predictors of Work Impairment and Absence Amongst People with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) - Evidence from the British Society for Rheumatology PsA Register (BSR-PsA) [poster presentation]
  
  
  
  
• Warren James, Corri Black, Neil Basu, Mark Little and Rosemary Hollick on behalf of the VOICES investigators. Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Clinic Non-attendance and Unscheduled Emergency Care Episodes in ANCA-associated Vasculitis [poster presentation]