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

SPaRC NHS Research Scotland 15th Annual Scientific Meeting
(Dundee, UK: 5 December 2025)

A number of our team will be presenting their work at this event, including:

• Lessons in Implementation and Evaluation from a Systematic Review of Chronic Pain Policies in the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
  Nabeeha Attique, Gary Macfarlane, Rosemary Hollick
  
  
• Shifting the distribution of risk for high-impact chronic pain: targets for population-level interventions
  Marcus Beasley, Gary Macfarlane, on behalf of the CHIPP team and the CHIPP patient panel
  
  
• Adverse childhood experiences and chronic pain in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children: a Structured Life Course Modelling Approach
  Ross Macdonald, Kate Timmins, Gary Macfarlane
  
  
• Optimising fibromyalgia criteria: evidence from the UK Biobank
  Jungwoo Kang, Kate Timmins, Marcus Beasley
  
  
• Outcome Measures and Implementation Strategies for Complex Interventions in Acute Pain Management Trials, A Scoping ReviewShouq Alghamdi, Patrice Forget

Recent events

British Society for Antimocrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) Infection 2025
(Birmingham, UK: 27-28 October 2025)

The UKAR team delivered a poster presentation at this event:

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

American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Convergence 2025
(Chicago, USA: 24-29 October 2025)

Our 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
(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:
  
  
  

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 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:

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

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

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:

• 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
  
  
• Co-adapting interventions with patient partners ensures relevance, acceptability, and usability in new cultural and clinical contexts
  LaKrista Morton, Cara Ghiglieri, R Stuart Anderson, Elaine Wainwright, Diane Lacaille, Gary J Macfarlane, Rosemary Hollick
  
  

You can find a copy of these presentations on our Conference Presentations page.