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.

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
Sep 2023
Patient-driven research for IgANInternational 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)
2025
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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