PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE
Thursday 20 April 2023 – ECR Workshop
09:00 – 09:10 Introduction & Welcome
09:10 – 09:40 Top Tips for Publishing
The Lancet – Dr Jonathan Pimm
09:40 – 10:25 Research Ethics:
Research equity: Supporting clinical trials in primary care through pharmacy
Professor Mahendra G Patel, Pharmacy, and Inclusion and Diversity Lead PRINCIPLE and PANORAMIC trials, University of Oxford
Ethical issues associated with genomics research
Professor Serena Nik-Zainal, Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics and an NIHR Research Professor at the University of Cambridge
10:25 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:25 Collaboration abroad and at home
Equitable global partnerships
Professor Catriona Waitt, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Global Health at the University of Liverpool
The role of clinical academics in the NHS
Professor Charlotte Summers, NIHR CRN National Specialty Lead for Critical Care
11:25 – 11:45 How the MRC supports clinical academic training and careers
Professor Rosalind L Smyth CBE FMedSci, Director of the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
11:45 – 12:10 ECRs Session – have your say
Thursday 20 April 2023 – MAIN MEETING PROGRAMME
13:00 – 15:10 Symposium 1
Open Themes in partnership with The American Society for Clinical Investigation
Joint Chairs:
Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed
Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Liverpool Professor Hossein Ardehali
Cardiologist, Northwestern MSTP Director, Past president of ASCI, Deputy Editor of Journal of Clinical Investigation
13:00 -13:05 Welcome – 116th Annual Meeting
AoP Honorary Secretary: Professor Julian Knight
Professor of Genomic Medicine at the University of Oxford
AoP President: Professor Sir Munir Pirmohamed
Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Liverpool
13:05 -13:30 The George Griffin Lecture
Learning from SARS-CoV-2 sequencing: What next?
Professor Sharon Peacock CBE FMedSci MRCP Professor of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Cambridge
13:30 -14:20 Oral Presentations x 5
14:20-14:30 Plenary – Collaboration between ASCI and AoPBGI
Professor Hossein Ardehali
Cardiologist, Northwestern MSTP Director, Past president of ASCI, Deputy Editor of Journal of Clinical Investigation
14:30 -14:45 Q&A Discussion
14:45 -15:10 Flash Posters
15:10 – 15:30 Tea and Coffee
15:30 – 17:40 Symposium 2
Genomics in Partnership with the British Pharmacological Society
Joint Chairs:
Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald
Professor of Cancer Prevention at the University of Cambridge and Director, Early Cancer Institute
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield
Vice Principal for Health, Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre, Queen Mary University of London
President-Elect, the British Pharmacological Society
15:30 – 15:35 Welcome from the British Pharmacological Society
Professor Sir Mark Caulfield
Vice Principal for Health, Director of the NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre, Queen Mary University of London
President-Elect, the British Pharmacological Society
15:35 – 16:00 Plenary
Utilising the power of cancer whole genome sequencing for clinical purposes
Professor Serena Nik-Zainal Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics and an NIHR Research Professor at the University of Cambridge
16:00 – 16:40 Oral Presentations x 4
16:40 – 17:05 Plenary
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at GSK
Dr Kim Branson Senior Vice President and Global Head of AI/ML at GSK
17:05 – 17:20 Q&A Discussion
17:20 – 17:40 Flash Posters
17:40 – 18:00 Meet our partners, poster viewing
The Spine
18:00 – 19:30 Networking Evening
The Spine
19:30 – 23:00 Dinner
Liverpool Football Club
Friday 21 April 2023 – MAIN MEETING PROGRAMME
09:00 -10:40 Symposium 3
Infectious Diseases in Partnership with Science Translational Medicine
Joint Chairs:
Professor Saye Khoo
Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Liverpool Dr Orla Smith
Managing Editor, Science Translational Medicine
09:00 – 09:05 Welcome from Science Translational Medicine
Dr Orla Smith
Managing Editor, Science Translational Medicine
09:05 – 09:30 Plenary
The global outbreaks of human mpox virus infection: where are we now a year on?
Professor Chloe Orkin
Clinical Professor of HIV Medicine at Queen Mary University of London
09:30 – 10:00 Oral Presentations x 3
10:00 – 10:25 Plenary
Tackling emerging infections from Blackpool to Bangkok and back again
Professor Tom Solomon CBE FRCP FMedSci,
Director of The Pandemic Institute, Vice President (International) of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, and Chair of Neurological Science at the University of Liverpool and the Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
10:25 – 10:40 Q&A Discussion
10:40 – 11:00 Tea and Coffee
11:00 – 13:10 Symposium 4
Data Science Symposium
Joint Chairs:
Professor Julian Knight
Professor of Genomic Medicine at the University of Oxford
Dr Lauren Walker
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Internal Medicine
11:00 – 11:05 Welcome
Professor Julian Knight
Dr Lauren Walker
11:05 – 11:30 Plenary
From bench to bedside in record time: a fresh approach to data access for research and development
Dr Tim Ferris
National Director of Transformation at NHS England and NHS Improvement
11:30 – 12:30 Oral Presentations x 6
12:30 – 12:55 The Osler Lecture:
Translating medical science into benefit: some observations from academia, industry and government
Sir Patrick Vallance KCB FRS FMedSci FRCP
UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser and National Technology Adviser
12:55 – 13:10 Q&A Discussion
13:10 – 14:00 Lunch and Poster Viewing
14:00 – 15:55 Symposium 5
Neurological Diseases in Partnership with the Lancet
Joint Chairs:
Professor Charlotte Summers
NIHR CRN National Specialty Lead for Critical Care
Dr Jonathan Pimm
Senior medical editor, The Lancet
14:00 – 14:05 Welcome from the Lancet
Dr Jonathan Pimm
Senior medical editor, The Lancet
14:05 – 14:30 Plenary
Motor neuron disease: a neurodegenerative disorder poised for successful therapeutic translation
Professor Dame Pamela Shaw DBE FMedSci
Professor of Neurology at the University of Sheffield and Director of: the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN); the NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience; the Sheffield Care and Research Centre for Motor Neuron Disorders and the cross-faculty Sheffield Neuroscience Institute
14:30 – 15:00 Oral Presentations x 3
15:00 – 15:25 Plenary
Title: Novel therapies for Parkinson’s Professor Tom Foltynie
Professor of Neurology in the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
