19 December 2025
Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract to this year’s Annual Conference. We were delighted to receive over 530 submissions, our highest number to date.
All abstracts were carefully reviewed by our Heberden Committee, and we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 Abstract Awards.
Nurse and Allied Health Professional Award
Lara Chapman, University of Leeds
‘Consensus on a core domain set for foot and ankle disorders in rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an international OMERACT Delphi consensus study’
Paediatric Award
Flora McErlane, Great North Children’s Hospitals, Newcastle, and Gavin Cleary, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
‘Paediatric rheumatology and the 10-Year Health Plan for England: can the GIRFT and NCEPOD recommendations provide a framework for action?’
Student Award
Margaret Odunlami, University of East Anglia
‘National audit of England shows suboptimal compliance with ophthalmology recommendations for hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screening’
Asimina Karampela, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
‘The role of the IRX1 gene variant rs12653958 in late-onset Raynaud’s phenomenon’
Yi-Qian Lim, King’s College London
‘Emerging trends in fragility fractures and prescribing of osteoporosis treatments in England: a population-level study’
Daksh Mehta, Department of Inflammation Biology, Centre of Rheumatic Disease
‘The impact of physically demanding occupations on employment loss in early inflammatory arthritis: analysis from the National Early Inflammatory Arthritis Audit’
Young Investigators Award
Mark Russell, King’s College Hospital
‘The impact of achieving early remission for individuals with severe rheumatoid arthritis: a population-level cohort study in NEIAA’
Samir Patel, King’s College Hospital
‘The incidence, mortality and complications of systemic lupus erythematosus: a population-level cohort study from 2012 to 2023’
Congratulations to all our well-deserving winners. Their work will be showcased at BSR Annual Conference, taking place from 28–30 April 2026 in Glasgow.