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BioResource scientific conference
June 17 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
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 Departmnt 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.
