03 February 2022
First and foremost, thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for this year’s Annual Conference. After careful review, we're pleased to announce the winners of the following abstract awards:
Young Investigator Award
Dr Nicholas Fuggle, University of Southampton, for their abstract ‘Machine learning and computer vision of bone microarchitecture can improve the fracture risk prediction provided by DXA and clinical risk factors'
Antonio Frantzesko, University of Manchester, for their abstract ‘Identification of casual genes and mechanisms by which genetic variation mediates Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis susceptibility using functional genomics and CRISPR-CAS9’
Nurse and Allied Health Professional Award
Prof Michael Hurley, St George's University of London, for their clinical work for the abstract ‘Increasing access to rehabilitation for knee and hip osteoarthritis – ESCAPE-pain in leisure/community centres’
Paul Bacon Vasculitis Award
Dr Sara Muller, Keele University, for their abstract 'Long-term use of glucocorticoids for polymyalgia rheumatica. follow-up of the PMR cohort study'
Student Award in association with Versus Arthritis
Naiduwa Silva, University of Oxford, for their abstract ‘Investigating the neural differences in individuals with chronic widespread pain, or fibromyalgia and the effect of sleep: a cross-sectional study using data From UK Biobank’
Jamie Hulley-Mills, University of the west of England, for their abstract ‘The effectiveness of interventions to reduce psychological distress in patients with autoimmune rheumatic conditions: a systematic review of effectiveness’
Emer Chang, University of Oxford, for their abstract ‘Disrupting the cartilage mechanostat: the role of the ciliary protein IFT88 in the adolescent growth plate’
Nahrin Raza, University of Manchester, for their abstract ‘A longitudinal study of psychological predictors of response to adalimumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis’
Paediatric and adolescent Award
Ruth Costello, University of Manchester, for their abstract 'Continuing specialist care beyond age 16 in young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A descriptive study using electronic health records in England'
Onsite awards
Chris Moran poster Award
Zoe Clark, National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society, for their abstract 'Bridging the gap: co-producing a virtual self-management programme for individuals living with axial spondyloarthritis'
Best case report Award
Ryan Hum, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, for their abstract 'Septic arthritis caused by mycoplasma hominis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus'