Join us for the fourth edition of the NIHR BioResource Scientific Conference on Wednesday 17th June.

This fully online conference celebrates the cutting-edge research that has been made possible by NIHR BioResource data, samples and participant recall.

Join us from 9:30- 12:30 to hear from leading scientific voices and to have your opportunity to ask our experts about how the BioResource could support your research.

Agenda

9:30am-9:35am - Welcome to the BioResource

9:35am-9:45am - KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Nick Watkins from the Department of Health and Social Care on the vision for the future of health research in the UK

9:45am-10:05am - Dr. Michael Colwill - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in transgender and gender non-conforming people

10:05am-10:25am - Prof. Cath Williamson - The role of genomics in maternal health

10:25am-11:10am - Fireside chat on research inclusion, featuring - Dr. Esther Mukuka, NIHR Director of Research Inclusion with Prof. Cath Williamson and Vicky Hills, Research Recruitment Manager, NIHR BioResource

11:10am-11:30am - Comfort break

11:30am-11:50am - Alicia Rowland and Lucy Clossick Thomson - PS-002-101, the first gene therapy in kidney disease: how and why we’ve leveraged BioResource to help support recruitment in a NICE patient group

11:50am-12:10pm - Prof. Rachel Upthegrove - The Mental Health Mission and the SMILE BioResource

12:10pm 12:30pm - Prof. Nathalie Kingston, Director, NIHR BioResource - Closing remarks.

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