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P067 A joint venture: advancing health equity for underserved communities through integrated dermatology–rheumatology clinics (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Canteenwala, Z., Jain, D., Amarasena, R., Thevathasan, J., Baho, H., & Amin, K. (2025, July). P067 A joint venture: advancing health equity for underserved communities through integrated dermatology–rheumatology clinics. Presented at 105th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists, Glasgow, Scotland

Autoimmune conditions with overlapping dermatological and rheumatological manifestations present significant management challenges in rural healthcare settings. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a newly established combined dermatology–rh... Read More about P067 A joint venture: advancing health equity for underserved communities through integrated dermatology–rheumatology clinics.

P049 Improving care for patients with acne vulgaris: an audit of oral lymecycline therapy against the NICE guidelines (NG198) (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shareef, S. (2025, July). P049 Improving care for patients with acne vulgaris: an audit of oral lymecycline therapy against the NICE guidelines (NG198). Presented at 105th Annual Meeting of the British Association of Dermatologists, Glasgow, Scotland

Acne vulgaris, a multifactorial and persistent condition, affects an estimated 9% of the population worldwide, with significant prevalence among adolescents and adults. Managing acne poses challenges in ensuring adherence to established guidelines wh... Read More about P049 Improving care for patients with acne vulgaris: an audit of oral lymecycline therapy against the NICE guidelines (NG198).

392 Sterile Water Injections for Acute Pain Relief in Renal Colic: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Perros, I., Swift, C., Mallen, C., Sokhal, B. S., & Kitchen, M. (2025, March). 392 Sterile Water Injections for Acute Pain Relief in Renal Colic: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Poster presented at ASiT Surgical Conference, Belfast, UK

Aim
Effective renal colic management relies on optimal pain relief. Each medication has its distinct side effects and contraindications. Sterile water injections (SWIs) have emerged as a potential alternative to standard treatment. This systematic r... Read More about 392 Sterile Water Injections for Acute Pain Relief in Renal Colic: A Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

805 Breathlessness: A "silent" Mass in the Chest (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wong, N. Z. J., & Ghosh, S. (2025, June). 805 Breathlessness: A "silent" Mass in the Chest. Poster presented at Volume 112, Issue Supplement_10, June 2025, ASiT Surgical Conference Belfast, UK 7th-9th March, Conference Abstracts

Introduction Mediastinal tumours are rare, with different types of tumours found more commonly in each respective mediastinal compartment (anterior, middle, posterior), thymomas are among the commonest causes of an anterior mediastinal mass. Case Pre... Read More about 805 Breathlessness: A "silent" Mass in the Chest.

451 Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Women in Surgery Initiatives at UK Medical Schools: A Qualitative Study (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tagalpallewar, S., Melloul, L., Bogucka, O., Bowden, L., Arul Jothi, A. N., Makhijani, I., Rebaz, R., & Zabelina, P. (2025, March). 451 Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Women in Surgery Initiatives at UK Medical Schools: A Qualitative Study. Poster presented at ASiT Surgical Conference Belfast, Belfast, UK

Aim Despite women comprising over half of UK medical school graduates, they represent only 18% of consultant surgeons. This imbalance limits female students' access to mentorship and career opportunities. Specialised Women in Surgery (WinS) programs... Read More about 451 Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Women in Surgery Initiatives at UK Medical Schools: A Qualitative Study.

POS0194-PARE USE OF E-LEARNING IMPROVES KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE TO MANAGE PAIN AND FLARES IN RA (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bosworth, A., & Scott, I. (2025, June). POS0194-PARE USE OF E-LEARNING IMPROVES KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE TO MANAGE PAIN AND FLARES IN RA. Poster presented at EULAR 2025: European Congress of Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain

Background:
An often insufficient aspect of care in people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) is empowering patients to acquire a good understanding of their disease and building their ability to deal with the pract... Read More about POS0194-PARE USE OF E-LEARNING IMPROVES KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE TO MANAGE PAIN AND FLARES IN RA.

POS1156 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TIME TO DIAGNOSIS OF AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS IN A UK POPULATION. A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Prior, J., Daud, N., Bajpai, R., Partlett, C., Prior, Y., Stevenson, K., Battista, S., Jones, G., Macfarlane, G., & Packham, J. (2025, June). POS1156 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TIME TO DIAGNOSIS OF AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS IN A UK POPULATION. A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Poster presented at EULAR 2025: European Congress of Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain

Background:
Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) diagnosis is frequently delayed, with a median time from symptom onset to diagnosis of 2-5 years. Although many studies report prolonged time in receiving a diagnosis of... Read More about POS1156 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TIME TO DIAGNOSIS OF AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS IN A UK POPULATION. A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.

OP0005 CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES OF TREAT-TO-TARGET VERSUS FIRE-AND-FORGET URATE-LOWERING TREATMENT IN GOUT: EMULATED TARGET TRIAL STUDIES USING LINKED ENGLISH AND SWEDISH PRIMARY CARE, HOSPITALISATION AND MORTALITY DATA (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cipolletta, E., Zverkova Sandstrom, T., Rozza, D., Leyrat, C., Nakafero, G., Drivelegka, P., Avery, A., Mamas, M., Tata, L., Dehlin, M., & Abhishek, A. (2025, June). OP0005 CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES OF TREAT-TO-TARGET VERSUS FIRE-AND-FORGET URATE-LOWERING TREATMENT IN GOUT: EMULATED TARGET TRIAL STUDIES USING LINKED ENGLISH AND SWEDISH PRIMARY CARE, HOSPITALISATION AND MORTALITY DATA. Presented at EULAR 2025: European Congress of Rheumatology, Barcelona, Spain

Background:
Gout flares are temporally associated with cardiovascular events. Treating gout to target (T2T) serum urate (SU) level prevents gout flares. Whether such treatment can prevent cardiovascular events is... Read More about OP0005 CARDIOVASCULAR OUTCOMES OF TREAT-TO-TARGET VERSUS FIRE-AND-FORGET URATE-LOWERING TREATMENT IN GOUT: EMULATED TARGET TRIAL STUDIES USING LINKED ENGLISH AND SWEDISH PRIMARY CARE, HOSPITALISATION AND MORTALITY DATA.

Case Study of Improving Educational Chatbots with Customized Information Retrieval (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Becker, L. M. A., Ali, N., Spelten, T., & Severengiz, S. (2025, June). Case Study of Improving Educational Chatbots with Customized Information Retrieval. Presented at 11th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’25), Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Generic chatbots can function as virtual tutors, assessing responses and providing feedback. However, trained on generalized data limits them to act as subject-specialist tutors, resulting in weak or inaccurate responses and feedback, particularly fo... Read More about Case Study of Improving Educational Chatbots with Customized Information Retrieval.

MicroMaps: Ontology-driven Semantic Geospatial Data Fusion Approach for IoT Integration and Decision Making in Smart Cities (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rayis, A., Ortolani, M., David, R.-M., Hirschi, R., & Misirli, G. (2025, August). MicroMaps: Ontology-driven Semantic Geospatial Data Fusion Approach for IoT Integration and Decision Making in Smart Cities. Presented at 2025 the 9th International Conference on Cloud, Big Data and Communication Systems (ICCBDCS 2025), Manchester

Smart cities generate large amounts of Internet of
Things data from diverse sources, often presented in varying
formats and with inconsistent quality, complicating effective data
management and interoperability. Despite recent advancements
relate... Read More about MicroMaps: Ontology-driven Semantic Geospatial Data Fusion Approach for IoT Integration and Decision Making in Smart Cities.

Deep Learning Based Smart Bin for Efficient Sorting of Recyclable, Non-Recyclable, and Compostable Materials (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ahmed, M., Ahamed, M. F., Islam, S. M., Dipa, P. R., Debnath, R., & Shariar Sarker, M. N. (2024, December). Deep Learning Based Smart Bin for Efficient Sorting of Recyclable, Non-Recyclable, and Compostable Materials. Presented at 2024 27th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT), Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

A significant amount of waste is produced every day from urban settings such as homes, offices, residential areas, and basically from our daily activities. Much of such waste remains unutilized due to inefficient sorting practices, which eventually r... Read More about Deep Learning Based Smart Bin for Efficient Sorting of Recyclable, Non-Recyclable, and Compostable Materials.

Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Balakrishnan, N. (2025, June). Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes. Presented at International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) are the key to improving electrochemical devices' energy density and safety. In recent years, natural polymers have received tremendous attention due to the latest advances in green technology for a sustainable futur... Read More about Symmetric double-layer capacitor with natural rubber and sodium salt-based solid polymer electrolyte and reduced graphene oxide electrodes.

847 AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION RESULTS IN SUPERIOR 10-YEAR OUTCOMES IN A RANDOMISED TRIAL VERSUS EXISTING TREATMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH A FAILED PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR CHONDRAL OR OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS IN THE KNEE (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Snow, M., Middleton, L., Mehta, S., Roberts, A., & Kuiper, J. H. (2025, April). 847 AUTOLOGOUS CHONDROCYTE IMPLANTATION RESULTS IN SUPERIOR 10-YEAR OUTCOMES IN A RANDOMISED TRIAL VERSUS EXISTING TREATMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH A FAILED PRIMARY TREATMENT FOR CHONDRAL OR OSTEOCHONDRAL DEFECTS IN THE KNEE. Poster presented at 2025 World Congress on Osteoarthritis, Incheon/Seoul, South Korea

Navigating discharge from Early Intervention in Psychosis Services; a qualitative study of the experiences of service users and carers (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rickett, M., Kingstone, T., Shiers, D., Williams, R., & Chew-Graham, C. (2025, March). Navigating discharge from Early Intervention in Psychosis Services; a qualitative study of the experiences of service users and carers. Presented at BJGP Research and Publishing conference, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England

Background Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) services offer up to 3 years’ treatment to people with a first episode of psychosis. Service users (SUs) are then discharged to primary care or community mental health teams. There is limited research... Read More about Navigating discharge from Early Intervention in Psychosis Services; a qualitative study of the experiences of service users and carers.

How can we improve care for perinatal anxiety (PNA) in primary care? Insights from a community engagement and involvement event (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Silverwood, V., Proctor, J., Fisher, T., Kingstone, T., Turner, K., & Chew-Graham, C. (2025, March). How can we improve care for perinatal anxiety (PNA) in primary care? Insights from a community engagement and involvement event. Presented at BJGP Research and Publishing conference, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England

Background Perinatal anxiety (PNA) is anxiety that occurs during pregnancy or in the twelve months postpartum. Experienced by approximately 21% of women worldwide, PNA can have a negative impact on mothers, children and their families.

Aim A commu... Read More about How can we improve care for perinatal anxiety (PNA) in primary care? Insights from a community engagement and involvement event.

The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Faux-Nightingale, A., Saunders, B., Burton, C., Chew-Graham, C. A., Somayajula, G., Twohig, H., & Welsh, V. (2025, March). The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals. Presented at BJGP Research and Publishing conference, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England

Background Long COVID describes symptoms persisting after an acute COVID-19 infection.

Aim This study explores the meaning and importance of a Long COVID diagnosis from the perspectives of children and young people (CYP) with Long COVID, their par... Read More about The importance of diagnosis from the perspectives of young people with Long COVID, their parents, and healthcare professionals.

How, why, for whom and when do help-seeking interventions for anxiety and depression work among older adults? A realist review (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fisher, T., Chew-Graham, C., Corp, N., Hider, S., Southam, J., Wong, G., & Kingstone, T. (2025, March). How, why, for whom and when do help-seeking interventions for anxiety and depression work among older adults? A realist review. Presented at BJGP Research and Publishing conference, The Lowry Hotel, Manchester, England

Background A quarter of older adults (aged ≥60 years) in the UK experience a mental health problem each year. Older adults may not seek help due to limited awareness of symptoms of mental ill-health; fear of losing independence; limited access to ser... Read More about How, why, for whom and when do help-seeking interventions for anxiety and depression work among older adults? A realist review.

Navigating the New Landscape: The Impact of Hybrid Working on Newly Qualified Social Workers (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Powell, E., Holmstrom, C., Campbell, P., & Tajuria, G. (2025, May). Navigating the New Landscape: The Impact of Hybrid Working on Newly Qualified Social Workers. Presented at NIHR School for Social Care Research Annual Conference 2025, York

Background

Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, Social Work is a profession was predominately office-based with colleagues most often co-located together. Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSWs) joining a team therefore had direct access to more experie... Read More about Navigating the New Landscape: The Impact of Hybrid Working on Newly Qualified Social Workers.

Research engagement and activity within social work and social care: a research culture building programme (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Campbell, P., Holmstrom, C., Nixon, K., Tajuria, G., Powell, E., Tavernor, J., Statham, D., Redmond, S., Bonner, P., Hornby, S., Spolander, G., & Lambley-Burke, R. (2025, May). Research engagement and activity within social work and social care: a research culture building programme. Poster presented at NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2025, York

Background

Practice-based research activity and engagement has demonstrated improvements to service delivery and service user outcomes (evidenced based and informed practice). The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) supports suc... Read More about Research engagement and activity within social work and social care: a research culture building programme.