Wales Rare Diseases Research Network in-person meeting

Mae'r cynnwys hwn ar gael o ffynhonnell externol yn unig yn Saesneg.

The Wales Rare Diseases Research Network (RDRN), supported by Health and Care Research Wales, is delighted to announce its first in-person meeting.

This all-day meeting will include people with lived experience and advocate organisations, clinicians, researchers, and industry representatives. The event aims to build a community of interest that will support greater access to rare disease research in Wales, combining collaboration, networking and discussion to promote enhanced support to organisations and communities and to deliver on all-Wales grant applications.

The event will open with welcome from Jamie Duckers, Health and Care Research Wales Specialty Lead for Respiratory. You will also hear from Sophie Pearce, Research Delivery Lead for Rare Diseases, Health and Care Research Wales and Alan Thomas, Founder of Ataxia and Me and rare disease advocate.

See the full agenda.

Abstract submissions

Oral and poster presentation submissions are being gathered via Oxford Abstracts.

Submitted abstracts should adhere to the following structured format:

Structure: Abstracts should be structured with sections for background, material and methods, results and conclusion.

Word limit: The abstract text is generally limited to 250 words, excluding the title and authors.

No graphics: Tables are allowed (with word count deductions), but graphics are not permitted.

Presentation format: Accepted abstracts will be presented as poster presentations with the top abstracts being selected for short oral presentations. If you do not wish to be considered for an oral presentation, please select your preference of ‘poster presentation only’ during abstract submission.

Abstracts will be evaluated by the scientific committee on the basis of relevance to the field, originality and adherence to the above guidelines.

Light lunch will be provided and there will be opportunities for networking.

This event is organised by the Wales Rare Diseases Research Network. Contact the team with any queries.