The Margaret Johnson Best Oral Research Presentation
Oral O16: Loss to follow-up after pregnancy among women living with HIV in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the role of African ethnicity
Dr Shema Tariq, City University, London
The Ian Williams Best Poster Presentation
Poster P178: The emergence of new viral strains following treatment failure in an HIV-Positive cohort infected with acute HCV
Dr Tamer Abdelrahman, University of Glasgow
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Best SpR Case Presentations
Clinico-pathological SpR case presentations: A multi-system syndrome: is it the drug or is it a bug?
Dr John Thornhill, King's College Hospital, London
Commended Oral Presentations
5 highly commended presentations:
| No. | Title | Name | Affiliation |
| O2 | Increasing opportunities for HIV diagnosis in primary care: a borough-wide evaluation of HIV testing and pre-diagnosis care in general practice | Dr Alice Whittle | City and Hackney Public Health Department, London |
| O16 | Loss to follow-up after pregnancy among women living with HIV in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: the role of African ethnicity | Dr Shema Tariq | City University, London |
| O17 | Gender differences in outcomes to first-line treatment in the era of modern antiretroviral therapy (ART) | Dr Peter Saunders | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| O23 | Impairment of renal function associated with tenofovir therapy in HIV-infected patients | Miss Kirsty McKelvey | University of Edinburgh |
| O25 | Therapeutic immunisation in conjunction with IL-2, GM-CSF and rhGH improves CD4 T-cell counts and reduces immune activation in cART-treated HIV-1+ patients: a Phase I clinical study | Dr Anna Herasimtschuk | Imperial College London |
Commended Poster Presentations
15 Commended Poster Presentations:
| No. | Title | Name | Affiliation |
| P2 | Are Health and Wellbeing Boards in higher HIV prevalence areas prioritising HIV prevention? | Miss Babs Evans | MBARC (HPE) |
| P16 | HIV and psychological support: a psychological needs assessment of adults living with HIV | Dr Siew Yan Teo | Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust |
| P45 | Anti-retroviral therapy restores HIV-1-induced abnormal expression of immunoregulatory molecules by plasmacytoid DC | Dr Anna Herasimtschuk | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London |
| P51 | The spectrum of Non-AIDS defining malignancy: 431 cases | Dr Alessia Dalla Pria | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London |
| P70 | Audit of MMR vaccine response in HIV infected children in a region with a recent measles outbreak | Dr Anton Tan | North Manchester General Hospital |
| P79 | Modelling the neuropathological consequences of HIV vaccines that confer partial protection | Dr Debbie Ferguson | National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) |
| P92 | Role of IL18 in HIV lipodystrophy | Mr Rana Majid | University of Liverpool |
| P107 | HIV testing in clinical indicator diseases in outpatient settings: offer and uptake rates and impact of educational and active interventions | Dr Olamide Dosekun | Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| P108 | HIV-1 co-receptor tropism prediction that uses clinical alongside clonal data can predict the unmasking of X4-tropic virus in patients treated with the CCR5 antagonist maraviroc | Mr Malcolm Macartney | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| P141 | Switching to rilpivirine in clinical practice: experience of two London HIV units | Miss Lucy Hedley | University College London |
| P144 | HLA B*5701 positivity, disease status and response to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (CHIC) Study | Dr David Chadwick | James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough |
| P164 | What are the barriers to antiretroviral adherence in people from UK black African and black Caribbean communities?: a qualitative study | Miss Elizabeth Poliquin | University College London |
| P165 | Should we stop testing CD4 counts in HIV-infected individuals with viral suppression and CD4≥350? | Dr Nadia Ahmed | Mortimer Market Centre, London |
| P178 | The emergence of new viral strains following treatment failure in an HIV-positive cohort infected with acute HCV | Dr Tamer Abdelrahman | MRC- Centre for Virus Research, University of Glasgow |
| P205 | Retrospective study of the effect of enhanced systematic STI screening, facilitated by the use of electronic patient records (EPR), in a HIV cohort | Dr John McSorley | North West London Hospitals NHS Trust |
Mediscript Awards in collaboration with BHIVA
P2: Are Health and Wellbeing Boards in higher HIV prevalence areas prioritising HIV prevention?
Miss Babs Evans, MBARC
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O1: 'Is primary care prescribing for people with HIV safe? A review of practice in an inner London setting'
Dr Rosie Wellesley (Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry)
BHIVA / AbbVie / SSAT (BASS) Exchange Scholarships 2013
- Dr Elizabeth Gatley, South Africa
- Dr Charlotte Hall, Castle Hill Hospital, Hull
- Dr Sally Jewsbury, North Manchester General Hospital
- Dr Kiplangat Sigei, Kenya
MSD Ltd Travel Bursary Scholarships in collaboration with BHIVA
11 MSD Travel Bursary Scholarship awards for CROI 2013
Winners:
- Dr Ade Apoola, Consultant in GUM, Royal Derby Hospital
- Dr Paul Collini, SpR, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University of Sheffield
- Dr Tomas Doyle, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellow, Royal Free Hospital, London
- Dr Anna Garcia-Diaz, Clinical Scientist, Virology, Royal Free Hospital, London
- Dr Julia Greig, Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
- Dr Ravi Gupta, Honorary Consultant Physician, University College London
- Dr Rebecca O’Connell, Consultant Infection and Immunity, Royal London Hospital
- Dr Matthew Phillips, SpR GUM, Manchester Royal Infirmary
- Dr Karen Rogstad, Consultant Physician Sexual Health and HIV & Undergraduate Dean, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
- Miss Kay Seden, Research Pharmacist, University of Liverpool
- Dr John Thornhill, SpR GUM, Bart’s and The London NHS Trust