Celebrating Partnership Symposium Programme

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

Location: Enlighten (One and Two), Usher Building


Welcome from Professor Lorna Marson, Professor of Transplant Surgery and Dean of Clinical Medicine.


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)


Coffee break in foyer


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)


Lunch served in foyer


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)


Coffee break in foyer


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)


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