Annual conference prize and award winners 2023

Celebrate and congratulate the HEART UK 2023 annual conference prize and award winners for 2023

Thank you to the judging panels and to our excellent conference organising committee for helping to deliver a sell out conference this year.

Rianna Wingett award – Beyond the Call of Duty for FH

Prof Ian McDowell (Cardiff)

Dr Alan Rees (Medical Director HEART UK) and Prof Ian McDowell (Cardiff)

Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Scott Vafai (Verve Therapeutics, Boston, USA)

Bill Richmond award for the Best Medical & Scientific Oral Presentation

Rationale, preclinical data, and study design of the heart-1 clinical trial – a first-in-human Phase 1b study of an in vivo base editing therapy targeting the PCSK9 gene in the liver

Dr Scott Vafai (Boston, USA)

John Betteridge award for the Best Health Care Oral Presentation

Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Compared to Multifactorial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (MCS) – Lessons learnt from United Kingdom FCS Registry

Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)

Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)

Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)

People’s Choice Poster prize

Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Score Validation in United Kingdom FCS Registry: Can Additional Variables Improve the FCS Score Performance?

Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)

Moderated Poster prize winner

Familial Chylomicronaemia Syndrome (FCS) Score Validation in United Kingdom FCS Registry: Can Additional Variables Improve the FCS Score Performance?

Dr Bilal Bashir (Manchester)

Dr Pete Green (Chair, HEART UK) and Dr Bilal Bashir (University of Manchester)

Moderated Poster prize runner up

A cross-sector, multidisciplinary approach to lipid optimisation

Dr Marcus Jones (Gloucestershire Hospitals)