Events

Here you will find a programme of recent and upcoming SPARN monthly education sessions and other events.

April 2026 TBCImmunologyDr Elizabeth Furrie,
Consultant Clinical Scientist
Wednesday 25th March 2026 (2pm – 4pm)Case presentation
BAR-JDM trial information
Dr Neil Martin, Paediatric Rheumatologist
Wednesday 11th February 2026
(2pm to 4pm)
Reflections on a Career as a Paediatric RheumatologistDr Jo Walsh, Paediatric Rheumatologist
Thursday 22nd January 2026 (2pm to 4pm)Paediatric NutritionHelen Mcleod, South CAMHS Dietitian
Wednesday 10th December 2025 (2pm to 4pm)Vascular EDS + Case PresentationGlenda Sobey, National EDS Centre + Dr Kirsty McLellan, Paediatric Rheumatology Consultant
Wednesday 26th November 2025 (2pm to 4pm)Feedback from PReS + Projects on Flu Vaccination & Biologics in JIADrew Fell, CNS, Rheumatology & Lucy Paterson-Brown, Paediatric Rheumatology Registrar
Wednesday 22nd October 2025 (2pm to 4pm)Chronic Pain (role of OT)Anne Marie van Es, Occupational Therapist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
Monday 22nd September 2025 (3pm to 4:30pm)Antiphospholipid Syndrome

+ Case Presentation
Dr Sarah Clarke, Haematologist

Dr Elizabeth Twynam-Perkins ST6
Monday 18th August 2025 (9am to 4pm)Juvenile Localised SclerodermaIn-person event at RHCYP, Edinburgh
Clare Pain, Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Trust