The event, chaired by Professor Claire Brockett, was attended by over 100 delegates who gathered to hear about research being carried out by BORS members across the themes of: Clinical Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, Clinical studies, Biomechanical modelling, Disease pathobiology, and Therapeutics.
Professor Ashley Blom, Vice-President and Head of the Faculty of Health welcomed delegates to the event and highlighted the importance of the society in bringing together researchers across science, engineering and clinical disciplines to deliver collaborative and translational research in orthopaedics.
Professor Claire Brockett introduced the first keynote speaker, BORS President Dr Andrew Phillips, who gave a talk on 'Structural modelling of bone: a story that ends by starting at the middle'.
The exciting line up of guest speakers also included:
- Dr Sibylle Grad, AO Institute
- Professor Eleftheria Zeggini, Helmholtz, Munich
- Professor David Pierce, University of Connecticut
- Mr Martyn Snow, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
Congratulations to the BORS 2024 award winners:
- Best podium award - Christine Le Maitre
- Best poster award - Saira Farage-O-Reilly
- Andrew Sprowson Award - David Williams
- New Investigator Award - Lauren Swain
For the first time this year, BORS included a New Investigator Award session and the quality of research from the early career researchers wass very high.
The British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) is unique amongst the specialist societies of the British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) in bringing together engineers, scientists, clinicians, and allied health professionals, with the mission of facilitating collaboration in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research.
Find out more about BORS here: https://borsoc.org.uk/
