Celebrate and congratulate the HEART UK 2024 annual conference prize and award winners for 2024
Thank you to the judging panels and to our excellent conference organising committee for helping to deliver another sell-out conference this year.
Congratulations to the winner of the RIANNA WINGETT AWARD : Beyond the Call of Duty for FH
- Kate Haralambos.
Kate was initially funded to support English FH Services, which ended in 2017, but she has continued offering support to all PASS using services on a volunteer basis. Kate has been there for advice and an expert source of knowledge regarding all things FH, genetic counselling and PASS (as a volunteer). She never complains, and does it for the sake of patients/colleagues. She is incredible to put in so much time, off her own back supporting everyone and we can’t thank her enough
Bill Richmond Best Medical & Scientific Oral presentation - Gavin Mercer-Smith (Newcastle)
John Betteridge Award for the Best Health Care Oral Presentation - Edward Cox (York)
Free Communications Moderated Poster Prize - Laila Tata (Nottingham)
Free Communications Moderated Poster Runner up - Samir Elgerray (Nottingham)
People’s Choice Poster Prize - Anoushka Kamath (Manchester)
HEART UK 2023 annual conference prize and award winners
Rianna Wingett award – Beyond the Call of Duty for FH
Prof Ian McDowell (Cardiff)
(Award presented by Dr Alan Rees, Medical Director of HEART UK to Dr McDowell at HEART UK’s 36th Annual Medical & Scientific conference held in Coventry)
Patient nomination: “…Ian has successfully brought our cholesterol numbers to a healthy level. Ian has made us feel in control of our condition by explaining things clearly, involving us and finding the right treatment to achieve our results….” “…Ian was the driving force behind implementing the world-renowned cascade screening service for FH in Wales, without which, many FH patients would still be undiagnosed...”
Dr Alan Rees (Medical Director HEART UK) and Prof Ian McDowell (Cardiff)
Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Scott Vafai (Verve Therapeutics, Boston, USA)
Bill Richmond award for the Best Medical & Scientific Oral Presentation
Rationale, preclinical data, and study design of the heart-1 clinical trial – a first-in-human Phase 1b study of an in vivo base editing therapy targeting the PCSK9 gene in the liver
Dr Scott Vafai (Boston, USA)
John Betteridge award for the Best Health Care Oral Presentation
Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Compared to Multifactorial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (MCS) – Lessons learnt from United Kingdom FCS Registry
Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)
Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)
Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)
People’s Choice Poster prize
Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Score Validation in United Kingdom FCS Registry: Can Additional Variables Improve the FCS Score Performance?
Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)
Moderated Poster prize winner
Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Score Validation in United Kingdom FCS Registry: Can Additional Variables Improve the FCS Score Performance?
Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)
Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)
Moderated Poster prize runner up
A cross-sector, multidisciplinary approach to lipid optimisation
Dr Marcus Jones (Gloucestershire Hospitals)