Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference 2023

Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference (CATAC) is a unique cross-speciality event designed to bring together clinical academics from a range of backgrounds, to present their research and to network with each other and with senior researchers. It is the only UK-wide cross-speciality conference open to all aspiring clinical academics currently working in the UK.

In 2023, CATAC was held at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on Wednesday 7 June 2023.

Who attended: This conference was for early career clinical academics in medicine or health, with clinical backgrounds in medicine, nursing, midwifery, dentistry, veterinary sciences, physiotherapy, radiography, or any other clinical profession. Mid-career and senior researchers as well as those working in the health and life sciences sectors also joined. 

CATAC 2023 was an in-person event in Cambridge, with live-streamed talks available online. It was hosted by Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald OBE FMedSci and Professor Charlotte Summers, with Professor Mary Dixon-Woods FMedSci delivering our keynote. The conference included post-doctoral and pre-doctoral oral competitions, as well as poster competitions. 

If you have any queries regarding our CATAC 2023 event, please email us at: [email protected]. 

This event was generously supported by the Wellcome Trust.