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NIHR BioResource Scientific Conference

June 17 @ 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Agenda

9:30am-9:35am – Welcome to the BioResource – general housekeeping and agenda run through

9:35am 9:45am – Dr. Nick Watkins – Keynote address 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 Hannah Stark, BioResource Operations Lead

11:10am 11:30am – Comfort break – a chance to stretch your legs and grab a drink before the next session starts

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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