Recent Conference Presentations

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
  
  

American College of Rheumatology: Convergence 2024

Washington DC, USA

• Childhood maltreatment increases risk of chronic widespread pain: counterfactual analysis of UK Biobank
  Kate Timmins, Tim Hales 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)Lili Xu, Gareth Jones, Ovidiu Rotariu, Rosemary Hollick, and Gary Macfarlane
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• Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Clinic Non-attendance and Unscheduled Emergency Care Episodes in ANCA-associated VasculitisWarren James, Corri Black, Neil Basu, Mark Little and Rosemary Hollick on behalf of the VOICES investigators
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Health Services Research UK Conference 2024

Oxford, UK

Dr Rosemary Hollick and Lynn Laidlaw delivered a presentation this event, incorporating results from the VOICES study, with recommendations for how we can improve care delivery for people with rare conditions such as systemic vasculitis.

You can watch a full video of the presentation below:

Occupational Health 2024

Belfast, UK

• Making it Work™ - Scotland: Adapting a Canadian programme to support people working with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in the UK
  Cara Ghiglieri, R Stuart Anderson, Elaine Wainwright, Rosemary Hollick, Diane Lacaille, Gary Macfarlane and LaKrista Morton
  
  

British Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

Nottingham, UK

• Population-Level Association between Physical Activity and High Impact Chronic Pain 10 Years Later
  Marcus Beasley, Elaine Wainwright and Gary Macfarlane on behalf of the CHIPP Investigators and Patient Research Partners
  
  

International Congress on Occupational Health (ICOH) 2024

Marrakesh, Morocco

• QUantifying the Impact of Chronic pain on worK (QUICK)
  LaKrista Morton, Martin J Stevens, Elaine Wainwright, R Stuart Anderson, Ira Madan, Nicola Fear, Suzanne Verstappen, Paul McNamee, Anne Stagg, Nicola Goodson, Karen Walker-Bone, Rosemary J Hollick, Gary J Macfarlane
  
  

British Society for Rheumatology (BSR) Annual Conference 2024

Liverpool, UK

• Geographical variations in delivery of intravenous treatment for ANCA-associated vasculitis
  Warren James, Avril Nicoll, Louise Locock, Lorrain Harper, Mark A Little, Neil Basu, Rosemary Hollick
  
  
  
  In this poster presentation from the British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2024, Dr Rosemary Hollick discusses access to intravenous (IV) immunosuppressant therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) across the UK and Ireland.
  
  
• Measuring social engagement in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
  Alison MacIver, Gary Macfarlane, Rosemary Hollick
  
  
  
  In this poster presentation from the British Society for Rheumatology Annual Meeting 2023, Alison MacIver evauates the existing measures of social engagement used in rheumatic and musculoskeletal disease (RMD) populations.