18th Annual Conference of BHIVA - Scholarships and Awards

18th Annual Conference of the British HIV Association - the following awards were presented:

The Margaret Johnson Best Oral Research Presentation

Oral O4: The impact of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy on the predicted risk of Down's syndrome
Mr Thomas Charlton, Imperial College London
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The Ian Williams Best Poster Presentation

Poster P64: Treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and prevention of anal carcinoma
Dr John Thornhill, Homerton University Hospital, London
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Best SpR Case Presentations

Clinico-pathological SpR case presentations: Non-Hodgkins lymphoma responding to antiretroviral therapy alone
Dr Emily Cheserem, King's College Hospital, London

Commended Oral Presentations

3 highly commended presentations:

No. Title Name Affiliation
O3 HIV positive pregnant women who receive less than two weeks of antiretroviral therapy before delivery: why does it occur?
View presentation		 Dr Carlotta Modestini University College London
O12 Factors associated with cerebrospinal fluid HIV RNA in HIV infected subjects undergoing lumbar puncture examination in a clinical setting
View presentation		 Mr Timothy Rawson Imperial College, London
O30 The emergence of drug resistant HIV variants at virological failure of HAART combinations containing tenofovir and lamivudine or emtricitabine within the UK CHIC cohort
View presentation		 Dr Naomi Bulteel Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London

Commended Poster Presentations

No. Title Name Affiliation
P6 Lost for good? - an audit of local guidelines to return HIV patients back to care Dr Jessica Doctor St Mary's Hospital, London
P27 Prescribing of non-HIV related medications – a move back to primary care Dr Cara Mullooly University Hospitals of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust
P56 Discordant reconstitution of HIV-1- and CMV-specific responses in cART-treated HIV-1+ patients – what can we learn from co-infection? Miss Nathali Grageda Imperial College, London
P64 Treatment of anal intraepithelial neoplasia and prevention of anal carcinoma Dr John Thornhill Homerton University Hospital
P73 The association between ethnicity and late presentation to antenatal care among pregnant women living with HIV in the UK and Ireland Dr Shema Tariq City University, London
P80 The economic hardship faced by families and children affected by HIV in the UK Miss Paulina Bravo Children With AIDS Charity
P91 Screening for latent TB infection in HIV positive patients: can this be done? Dr Subathira Dakshina St George's Hospital, London
P112 The Prevalence of a positive screen for anxiety and/or depressive symptoms in HIV-1 infected patients in the UK - The CRANIum Study Dr Ranjababu Kulasegaram Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
P128 A novel replacement and maintenance regimen for vitamin D deficient HIV positive patients Ms Jordana Freemantle Birmingham Heartlands Hospital
P130 Factors associated with increased risk of tenofovir-related renal toxicity: case-control study Dr Ian Williams Mortimer Market Centre, CNWL NHS Trust, London
P174 Monitoring HIV testing outside traditional settings Ms Sarah Collins Health Protection Agency, London
P200 An analysis of the reasons for switching combination antiretroviral (cART) regimens and associated drug wastage Mr David Ogden St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London
P201 Does shared prescribing between HIV physicians and GPs lead to more unforeseen drug interactions? Dr Nadi Gupta Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
P225 Process and psychological findings of implementing a behavioural change program for adherence in young people with perinatally acquired HIV infection (PaHIV) using financial incentives and Motivational Interviewing Miss Susan McDonald Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
P231 The TRxCare™ adherence support system: a pilot study of its acceptability to patients on virologically successful HAART Dr John Walsh Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Mediscript Awards in collaboration with BHIVA

O21: 4th generation (Ag/Ab) HIV testing: 47% of clinics contradict current guidelines
Miss Emma Rezel, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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P80: The economic hardship faced by families and children affected by HIV in the UK
Paulino Bravo, Children With AIDS Charity
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Abbott Young Physicians' Travelling Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA and St Stephen's AIDS Trust

  • Dr Lilian Mbau, Kenya
  • Dr Gibril Ndow, Senegal
  • Dr Annie Chauma, Malawi

MSD Limited Travel Bursary Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA

Summary:
- 8 MSD Travel Bursary Scholarship awards on offer for CROI 2012
- 12 MSD Travel Bursary Scholarship awards on offer for IAS 2012

CROI 2012 - 17 applications

  • 5 Consultants
  • 9 Non-consultant (medic)
  • 0 Nurses
  • 3 Pharmacists

Winners:

  • Dr Thulshan de Silva, SpR in ID & Microbiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
  • Dr Julie Fox, Consultant HIV Physician, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London
  • Dr Natasha Sara Kay, Core Medical Trainee, Year 2 (SHO), Northwick Park Hospital, London
  • Dr Fabiola Martin, Senior Clinical Lecturer in HIV, University of York
  • Dr Graeme Moyle, Associate Specialist in HIV, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
  • Dr Simon George Shaw, Specialty Registrar, Brighton and Sussex University Hospital
  • Dr Charlotte Eve-Short, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow ST4, St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London
  • Miss Esther Gathogo, Senior Rotational Pharmacist (Non-medic), Royal Free Hospital London (½ Scholarship)
  • Miss Rosy Weston, Senior Lead Pharmacist HIV (Non-medic), St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College London (½ Scholarship)

IAS 2012 - 19 applications

  • 3 Consultants
  • 10 Non-consultant (medic)
  • 3 Nurses
  • 1 Pharmacists
  • 2 Community advocates
  • (of the above the 2 community advocates (not healthcare professionals) and 1 non-consultant (medic) (previous winner of MSD IAS bursary award) were ineligible)

Winners:

  • Dr Tristan Barber, Research Fellow, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
  • Dr Katherine Clay, ST4, University Hospital of North Staffordshire
  • Dr Katie Conway, ST5, Registrar in GU / HIV Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University NHS Trust
  • Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, ST6 in Genito-urinary medicine, Barts and the London NHS Trust
  • Dr Matthew Hamill, PhD student, MRC Human Nutrition Research, London (Replacement winner for Desai)
  • Dr Indrajith Karunaratne, Consultant, Gloucestershire PCT
  • Ms Fiona Makia, Snr. Research Nurse, St. Thomas' Hospital, London
  • Dr Olufunso Olarinde, Consultant Physician, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield
  • Miss Helen Reynolds, Research nurse, Specialist nurse, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen Univeristy Hospital NHS Trust
  • Dr Margaret Rhoads, Academic Clinical Fellow, Imperial College London
  • Dr Clare van Halsema, Specialist Registrar Infectious Diseases, North Manchester General Hospital
  • Dr Samantha Westrop, Research Associate, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
  • Dr Monica Desai, SpR GUM, Mortimer Market Centre (Withdrawn)