Talks & Presentations

Invited internationally & nationally, across nephrology, AI, and clinical trials.

Plenaries, invited talks, and international congress presentations across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Invited Talks

Plenary lectures, invited talks, and named symposia.

Jun 2026
Research trends in IgA nephropathyNational IgAN Patient Information Day · Leicester, UK
May 2026
A multi-omic pipeline for investigating the effect of sparsentan in IgA nephropathyNEPTUNE Meeting · Ann Arbor, USA
May 2026
An update on IgA nephropathySouth West Glomerular Disease Day · Cheltenham, UK
Mar 2026
A novel approach for the treatment of IgA vasculitisUK Kidney Association Kidney Week · Harrogate, UK
Jan 2026
Treatment-resistant IgA vasculitisRoyal Society of Medicine — Glomerular Diseases Meeting · London, UK
Sep 2025
IgA Nephropathy — managing a challenging caseGlomCon 2025 · Hawaii, USA
Jun 2025
Chronic Kidney Disease — Bone Mineral DiseaseBDA Renal Nutrition Group Clinical Update Meeting
Jun 2025
Securing an academic clinical lectureship postClinical Academic Training Day · Leicester, UK
Jun 2025
The pathophysiology of IgA nephropathyVifor Symposium · East Midlands, UK
Feb 2025
An update on new treatments and clinical trials in IgA nephropathyIgAN Patient Day · Wales, UK
Jun 2024
New technologies to guide treatments in nephrologyUK Kidney Week · Edinburgh, UK
Jun 2024
Chronic Kidney Disease — Bone Mineral DiseaseBDA Renal Nutrition Group Clinical Update Meeting
Jan 2024
Loin pain in IgA nephropathyRare Renal Disease Group Meeting · London, UK
Nov 2023
Medical technology innovations to improve patient engagement in nephrologyUK Medical Technology Network Meeting · UK
Sep 2023
Patient-driven research in IgA nephropathyInternational IgAN Network Symposium · Tokyo, Japan
Apr 2023
Characterising glomerular single-cell types through digital spatial profilingInternational IgAN Network Symposium · Tokyo, Japan
Apr 2023
Characterising glomerular endothelial cells in IgA nephropathy using DSPNanoString Summit · Cambridge, UK
Mar 2023
Digital Spatial Profiling to study glomerular endothelial cells in IgANEuropean Renal Association Annual Congress · Milan, Italy
Mar 2023
Applying DSP to discover druggable targets in IgANChronic Kidney Disease International Summit · Boston, USA
Jun 2022
Securing a research fellowship — a practical guideNIHR Away Day · Leicester, UK
Jun 2022
Using health technology to respond to patient needs: loin pain in IgANIgA Nephropathy Patient Information Day · UK
Jun 2022
Linking the NIHR Bioresource and the UK Rare Disease RegistryIgA Nephropathy Rare Kidney Disease Registry Event · UK
Jun 2022
Chronic Kidney Disease — Bone Mineral DiseaseBDA Renal Nutrition Group Clinical Update Meeting
International & National Presentations

Selected congress and society presentations.

2026
Exploring the effect of proteinuria on proximal tubular epithelial cells in Minimal Change Disease using Digital Spatial ProfilingEuropean Renal Association · Glasgow, UK  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2026
From histopathology to molecular mechanisms: a spatial transcriptomic map of endocapillary hypercellularityEuropean Society for Spatial Biology · Sitges, Spain  ·  Poster (joint first author)
2026
Investigating patient and tissue heterogeneity in kidney disease across different data modalitiesSingle Cell Biology · London, UK  ·  Poster (contributing author)
2025
Loin pain in adults with IgA nephropathy: insights from qualitative interviews with patients, families and healthcare professionalsEuropean Renal Association · Vienna, Austria  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2025
Toward consensus on Glomerulonephritis Centres of Excellence: results from a Delphi Panel SurveyAmerican Society of Nephrology · Houston, USA  ·  Poster (contributing author)
2025
Transcriptional profiling of podocytes in Minimal Change Disease using Digital Spatial ProfilingDriving Discoveries · Bristol, UK  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2025
Digital spatial profiling to study IgAN and IgA-associated vasculitis across paediatric and adult patientsEuropean Society of Paediatric Nephrology · Athens, Greece  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2025
Recommendations for future research in IgANUK Kidney Week · Bournemouth, UK  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2025
Emotional and mental health gaps and support needs in adult IgAN as a priorityUK Kidney Week · Bournemouth, UK  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2025
Loin pain in rare kidney disease: 3,867 questionnaire responses with linked data from RaDaRWorld Congress of Nephrology · New Delhi, India  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2024
Exploring the impact of loin pain in IgA nephropathy: a UK mixed-methods studyASN Kidney Week · San Diego, USA  ·  Poster (supervising author)
2024
Towards an IgA Nephropathy AtlasWorld Congress of Nephrology · Buenos Aires, Argentina  ·  Poster
2023
DSP reveals early evidence of complement activity in IgANInternational IgAN Network Symposium · Tokyo, Japan  ·  Oral
2023
DSP can be used to study glomerular endothelial cells and infiltrating macrophages in IgANEuropean Renal Association Annual Congress · Milan, Italy  ·  Oral
2023
Digital spatial profiling reveals treatable targets in severe, reversible IgANUK Kidney Week · Wales, UK  ·  Poster
2023
Leveraging modern machine-learning methods to predict outcomes in AKIUK Kidney Week · Wales, UK  ·  Poster
2023
A recurrent neural network capable of predicting RRT requirement in AKIWorld Congress of Nephrology · Bangkok, Thailand  ·  Poster
2023
Characterising glomerular endothelial cells in IgAN using DSPWorld Congress of Nephrology · Bangkok, Thailand  ·  Poster
2023
Can AI predict acute renal replacement therapy need in AKI?Royal College of Physicians Annual Conference · London, UK  ·  Poster
2022
Phenotyping glomerular endothelial cells in IgAN to yield therapeutic insightsEMBL Institute · Virtual  ·  Poster
2022
Using DSP to explore endocapillary hypercellularityNanoString National Summit · Oxford, UK  ·  Poster
2022
A national mismatch between nephrology trainee interests and opportunitiesUK Kidney Week, UKKA · Birmingham, UK  ·  Oral
2021
The value of electronic in-patient referral systems in nephrologyUK Kidney Week, UKKA · Virtual, UK  ·  Oral
2021
A place for remote working in healthcare in a post-lockdown worldUK Kidney Week, UKKA · Virtual, UK  ·  Oral
2018
Macrophage-derived products induce pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic responses in renal collecting ductsIgA Nephropathy Summit · Buenos Aires, Argentina  ·  Poster
2018
An ethnic variation in the acceptance of biologic therapies among rheumatology patientsBritish Rheumatology Society · Liverpool, UK  ·  Poster
2017
Is there an ethnic variation in the acceptance of biologics among axial spondyloarthropathy patients?British Society of Spondyloarthritis Annual Meeting · Birmingham, UK  ·  Poster
2017
Diabetic myonecrosis in end-stage renal diseaseRoyal College of Physicians Conference · Newcastle, UK  ·  Poster
2017
Quality improvement for junior doctorsInternational Quality Improvement Forum · Cambridge, UK  ·  Poster
2015
Developing quality improvement for junior doctorsDoctors Advancing Patient Safety Conference · Nottingham, UK  ·  Oral
2014
Preventing venothromboembolisms in acute surgical admissionsDoctors Advancing Patient Safety Conference · Nottingham, UK  ·  Oral
2012
Acoustic insult reverses maturation of excitatory but not inhibitory synaptic responses in the lateral superior oliveAssociation for Research in Otolaryngology · San Diego, USA  ·  Poster
2011
Differential changes in glutamate receptor expression between auditory brainstem nuclei following noise exposureInternational Congress of Medical Sciences · Groningen, Netherlands  ·  Poster
2011
Reciprocal changes in NMDAR subunit expression in the auditory brainstem following noise exposureBritish Neuroscience Association · Harrogate, UK  ·  Poster
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If you’re working on kidney disease research programmes, clinical trials, biomarker strategy, spatial omics, or clinically deployed ML/AI — I’d be glad to talk.

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