Second Joint Conference of BHIVA with BASHH - the following awards were presented:

• The Margaret Johnson Best Oral Research Presentation
• Best Poster Presentation
• The Maggie Godley Memorial Prize
• Best SpR Case Presentations
• Commended Oral Presentations
• Commended Poster Presentations
• Mediscript Awards in collaboration with BHIVA
• Abbott Travelling Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA and St Stephen’s AIDS Trust
• MSD Limited Travel Bursary Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA

The Margaret Johnson Best Oral Research Presentation

-  Oral O46 Recall of men who have sex with men diagnosed with bacterial sexually transmitted infections for retesting: a feasible and effective strategy?  Dr Derval Harte, Mortimer Market Centre, London.

Best Poster Presentation

-  Poster P144 Pregnancy outcomes in women growing up with HIV acquired perinatally or in early childhood, Dr Bhanu Williams, Imperial College London
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The Maggie Godley Memorial Prize

-  Poster P61 Influence of different version of the Roche TaqmanTM assay on the rates of HIV viral load >50 copies/ml in patients on ART, Gary Brook, Central Middlesex Hospital, London
-  Poster P185 The effect of electronic patient records (EPR) on the time taken to treat patients with genital Chlamydia infection, Gary Brook, Central Middlesex Hospital, London

Best SpR Case Presentations

-  ‘Chronic hepatitis in HIV’, Dr Rachael Neale, Cardiff Royal Infirmary
-  ‘Cirrhosis: a revealer of truths’, Dr Vanessa Apea, Barts and the London NHS Trust

Commended Oral Presentations

5 highly commended presentations:

No.	Title	Name	Affiliation
O1	Achieving an undetectable viral load in pregnancy...Are we starting HAART early enough?  Watch Video   Download PDF	Dr Phillip J Read	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
O7	A Phase IV, double-blind, multi-centre, randomised, placebo-controlled, pilot study to assess the feasibility of switching individuals receiving efavirenz (EFV) with continuing central nervous system (CNS) adverse events (AE) to once-daily etravirine (ETR)  Watch Video   Download PDF	Dr Laura Waters	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
O15	Altered plasma levels of nevirapine after commencing rifampicin-containing TB regimens in Malawi  Watch Video   Download PDF	Dr Mas Chaponda	Royal Free Hospital, London
O19	HIV testing in acute general medical admissions must be universally offered to reduce undiagnosed HIV  Download PDF	Ms Nicky Perry	Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
O26	Baseline renal function is an independent predictor of death and progression to severe chronic kidney disease  Watch Video   Download PDF	Dr Lisa Hamzah	King's College Hospital, London

Commended Poster Presentations

No.	Title	Name	Affiliation
P 45	No Association of Vitamin D Levels with Individual Antiretroviral Agents, Duration of HIV-Infection, Alkaline Phosphatase Levels nor Bone Mineral Density Findings	Miss Taslima Rashid	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
P 47	Spectrum of neurological disease in patients with discordant HIV-1 RNA levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid	Dr Andrew Scourfield	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
P 61	Influence of different versions of the Roche Taqman ™ assay on the rates of HIV viral load >50 copies/ml in patients on ART	Dr M Gary Brook	North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
P 63	Lymphopenia on routine full blood count as an indicator of undiagnosed HIV infection	Ms Sarah Hogan	Barts and the London, Queen Mary School of Medicine
P 80	How accurately do patients report symptoms?	Dr Alvin Ding	Derriford Hospital
P 86	Early alcohol use and sexual activity in young people: A secondary analysis of the Ripple and Share school survey data.	Dr Sue Mann	University College London
P 96	Sexual behaviour and risk of STI transmission in patients attending GUM clinics: evidence from the MSTIC (‘Maximising STI Control in local populations’) study	Ms Catherine Aicken	University College London
P 98	Routine monitoring of bloods for toxicity when using modern post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimes may be unnecessary  Watch Video	Dr Catherine Kober	Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
P 111	Estimated HIV-Related Mortality Preventable by Early Diagnosis	Miss Meaghan Kall	HPA Centre for Infections, London
P 125	Timing of antiretrovirals in opportunistic infections- how are we doing?	Dr John Thornhill	Barts and The London NHS Trust
P 136	Voltage-gated potassium channel antibody-related limbic encephalitis in a HIV positive female with dialysis dependent renal failure  Watch Video	Dr Vanessa Apea	Barts and the London NHS Trust
P 156	Are we forgetting the children? Testing the children of HIV positive parents  Watch Video	Dr Claire Whitfield	Manchester Royal Infirmary
P 166	Sexual health of HIV-infected pregnant women in the United Kingdom	Miss Rebecca Smith	Leeds University School of Medicine
P 172	Three weeks of doxycycline is an effective treatment for rectal lymphogranuloma venereum	Dr S Pallawela	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust, London
P 184	Prevalence, serovar distribution and treatment of pharyngeal Chlamydia trachomatis infection in London MSM	Dr A Elgalib	Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
P 185	The effect of electronic patient records (EPR) on the time taken to treat patients with genital Chlamydia infection	Dr M Gary Brook	Central Middlesex Hospital
P 203	Case report: Asymptomatic LGV detected from the pharynx of a London MSM	Dr Olamide Dosekun	Guy's and St.Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
P 207	Imiquimod 5% use in adolescents-unlicensed but effective	Miss A Greensill	Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
P 220	Screening for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea in abortion services – an opportunity not to be missed.	Dr Melanie Rosenvinge	St George's Hospital NHS Trust, London
P 223	The STIPP study: patient-centred preferences for STI testing services - a qualitative perspective	Mr Alex Pollard	Brighton & Sussex Medical School
P 234	Emergency contraception prescribing in a genitourinary medicine (GUM) clinic - missed opportunities for improving sexual and reproductive health	Dr Lisa Goodall	Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
P 235	What older women want from Genito-urinary services-an analysis of KC60 diagnoses trends during 1998-2008 in two clinics	Dr R Monica Lascar	Archway Sexual Health Clinic, London
P 255	Specialty induction for junior doctors in GUM/HIV medicine using an e-learning tool  Watch Video	Dr Sara Day	Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
P 278	Rising Population Cost for Treating HIV Patients in the NHS 1997-2006  Watch Video	Ms Sundhiya Mandalia	NPMS-HHC Steering Group
P 281	A year on from UK national guidelines: an audit of HIV testing in patients diagnosed with a clinical indicator disease	Dr Matthew Phillips	Whitegate Health Centre

Mediscript Awards in collaboration with BHIVA

-  Community Award: Poster P261 Using illustrations to develop treatment literacy, Roger Pebody, NAM
-  Social Science Award: Poster P79 Growing older and living longer with HIV-1 – a qualitative study, Nicky Perry, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

Abbott Travelling Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA and St Stephen’s AIDS Trust

-  Dr Samuel Elias Kalluva, Tanzania
-  Dr Anne M Musuva, Kenya
-  Dr Yonghong Zhang, China

MSD Limited Travel Bursary Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA