School of Medicine Research Conference: Research for Inclusive Healthcare

What is the Research Conference?

You are invited to the ‘Anglia Ruskin School of Medicine Research Conference and Lord Ribeiro Lecture: Research for Inclusive Healthcare’, a brilliant opportunity for staff, students and members of our wider research community to come together, to share and learn about the innovative research taking place. In addition to the Lord Ribeiro lecture and our guest speakers, we will have presentations from our broad research community, providing an opportunity to find out about active research projects at the School of Medicine.

There will also be plenty of opportunity to network and consider how we can foster new approaches to inclusive healthcare and strengthen our research outputs going forward.

Speakers and Talks

We are pleased to announce that for our 2026 conference we are partnering with the Lord Ribeiro lecture, which will be given by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. Sir Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity.

We are pleased to welcome a guest speaker during the morning of the conference; Professor Margaret Greenfields is Professor of Social Policy at Anglia Ruskin University. Margaret’s key focus is on leveraging the potential for policy analysis, design and implementation to enhance equity of outcomes for minoritised communities and individuals at risk of discrimination and marginalisation, including in healthcare contexts.

Please Note: Registration Details

Due to high demand for this event, we kindly ask all attendees to specify whether you will be joining us for the full event or only part of the day when completing your registration.

This information will help us provide a suitable venue to ensure the event runs smoothly.

Further Details

Poster and Oral Presentation Abstract Submissions

You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster and/or an oral presentation. We welcome abstracts from undergraduate medicine students, physician associate students, School of Medicine and ARU staff, clinical academic trainees and resident doctors, post-graduate students and colleagues from our wider community e.g. local trusts.

There will be an opportunity for all students (Medicine/PA), resident doctors and post-graduate learners to compete for an academic prize, in categories related to the oral and poster presentations. All oral and poster presenters will receive a certificate of participation.

Posters will be on display throughout the conference and attendees will have an opportunity to view the posters during lunch and breaktimes. Poster judging will take place during lunchtime. Oral presenters will be placed in a parallel workshop stream. Presentation slots will be around 10 minutes in length. Full poster and presentation guidelines will be shared with successful applicants. Please click here to submit your abstract: SoM Research Conference 2026 - Abstract Submissions – Fill in form.

The closing date for abstracts is 5pm Friday 12th June.

Conference Support

We are looking for anyone who is interested in volunteering to be part of the conference committee and sub-committees, to undertake key roles in organising and supporting the School of Medicine Research Conference.

We welcome anyone interested to apply for this great opportunity to gain experience in conference-related roles; we look forward to applications from those experienced in these roles and less experienced - support will be given to those who are new to their role.

Please click here to read more about the roles on offer and make your application: School of Medicine Research Conference Committee and Sub-Committee Roles – Fill in form.

The closing date for committee/sub-committee applications is 5pm Friday 10th April.

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