The meeting is a joint NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Newcastle and Leeds BRC (Biomedical Research Centre) Training Event, bringing together researchers in Rheumatology.
This event is free to delegates from the Northern and Yorkshire Deaneries and their related universities, but registration is essential.
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This annual meeting serves as the only combined regional meeting across the Northern and Yorkshire regions and is very well supported by all.
It is always a popular occasion including educational content from the latest clinical and translational research, as well as quality improvement projects. In addition to supporting healthcare professionals from our region to achieve their learning objectives it provides a welcome opportunity for discussion and networking
We welcome rheumatology trainees, consultants, research staff, students and Allied Health Professionals working within Rheumatology across both regions.
There will be prizes awarded to the ‘Jewels in the Crown’ for the best Translational Science, Clinical or Clinical Case abstracts.
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The main meeting agenda and the Allied Health Professionals and Nurses Agenda will be published in the coming months.
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We are delighted to welcome Professor Ben Fisher, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, University of Birmingham as this year’s keynote speaker.
We are pleased to announce Dr Faye Cooles and Dr Kulveer Mankeer who will speak at the ‘Celebrating Local Expertise’ sessions on the day.
The abstract submission process is now open!
We are now accepting abstracts to present at the Northern and Yorkshire Rheumatology Meeting (NYRM). Oral presentations should be a maximum of 10 minutes and can summarise basic, translational and clinical science in the rheumatology field, as well as clinical cases and audit findings.
You are welcome to submit abstracts that you may have already submitted to or presented at other national/ international meetings.
We particularly encourage submissions from Allied Health Professionals, students and Fellows. Rheumatology trainees from around the region are invited to submit abstracts of notable clinical cases for presentation and discussion.
Please email your abstracts as a Word document to NIHR Newcastle BRC Theme Administrator, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday 27 July 2026, 12:00.
Abstracts must be contained within 1 A4 page of text. You may include one table or figure on a separate page of the same document. Submissions not following this format may be rejected or asked to re-submit.
Presenters of accepted oral abstracts will also be offered the opportunity to present their work as a poster during the lunch but this is optional.
Delegates whose abstracts cannot be accommodated as an oral presentation will be offered the opportunity to present their work as a poster too.
It is recommended posters should be A1 in size, in portrait format, and no smaller than A2 in size. Some elements to consider:
Information on accessibility for posters is available online e.g. Yale
The Northern and Yorkshire Rheumatology Meeting (NYRM) could not run as a free event without the generous sponsorship from a number of pharmaceutical companies.
Sponsors do not have any input towards or contribute to the educational content of the meeting.
The Organising Committee is responsible for key decisions of the Northern and Yorkshire Rheumatology Meeting (NYRM). The consortium includes colleagues from both the Northern and Yorkshire Deaneries:
Dr Mike Green
Dr Jonathan Heaney
Professor Heidi Siddle
Dr Arthur Pratt
Professor Ed Vital
Dr Laura Hunt
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Certificates of Attendance available following the meeting upon request.