The Celebrating Partnership: NHS Lothian and the University of Edinburgh Symposium will take place on 7 December 2026 at the Usher Building. Monday 7 December 09:30 - 09:50 - Registration Location: Enlighten (One and Two), Usher Building 09:50 - 10:00 - Welcome talk Welcome from Professor Lorna Marson, Professor of Transplant Surgery and Dean of Clinical Medicine. 10:00 - 11:15 - Session 1: Transforming healthcare in Lothian and beyond 10:00 - ADePT: an AAV-1 mediated Dual Payload gene Therapy for high grade glioma (Faye Robertson)10:20 - How research can transform cancer care and its delivery (Charlie Gourley)10:40 - Myocardial infarction redefined (Nick Mills)11:00 - Strength in partnership (Caroline Hiscox and David Argyle) 11:15 - 11:30 - Break Coffee break in foyer 11:30 - 12:50 - Session 2: Excellence in clinical research and innovation 11:30 - Data science (Anne Marie Docherty)11:50 - Diagnosing (and treating) endometriosis – an 8-year journey (Lucy Whittaker)12:10 - Immediate Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Syncope (Matt Reed)12:30 - CAR T-cell therapy (Vic Campbell) 12:50 - 13:30 - Lunch Lunch served in foyer 13:30 - 14:45 - Session 3: Delivering excellence in research governance and delivery 13:30 - ACCORD at 20: Supporting Research Through Partnership (Heather Charles)13:45 - ECTU (Amanda Farrin)14:00 - From Discovery to Delivery: The Clinical Research Facility at the NHS–University Interface (Neeraj Dhaun)14:15 - Edinburgh Imaging (Scott Semple)14:30 - DataLoch: enabling healthcare value from routine data (Kathy Harrison) 14:45 - 15:00 - Break Coffee break in foyer 15:00 - 16:00 - Session 4: Opportunities for the future 15:00 - The future of Scottish translational medicine (Julie Jacko)15:20 - Innovation in SE Scotland (Nazir Lone)15:40 - Scotland-wide collaborations: CRUK and BHF CLANS (Charlie Gourley and Dave Newby)16:00 - Close (Lorna Marson) Register Register for the symposium on Eventbrite This article was published on Friday 7 August 2026