09.00, Thursday 08 May 2025
Leeds City Museum Leeds
Millennium Square
Our next Clinical Academics in Training Annual Conference (CATAC) 2024 will take place at Leeds City Museum on Thursday 8 May 2025.
The event has now reached maximum capacity. To be added to the waiting list, click ‘Add your name to our wait list’ at the top of our registration page.
CATAC is a free cross-specialty event designed to bring together clinical academics from a range of backgrounds. The event provides clinical researchers an opportunity to present their work to peers and senior academics, and to build their professional network.
The conference is open to early-career, mid-career and senior researchers, medical students with a clinical background (such as medicine, nursing, midwifery, dentistry, veterinary sciences, physiotherapy and radiography) and anyone working in the health or life sciences sectors.
This year, CATAC will be hosted by Professor Reecha Sofat FMedSci and Professor Sheena Radford OBE FRS FMedSci. The keynote will be delivered by Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci and Professor Dame Nicky Cullum DBE FMedSci.
What to expect
- A chance for researchers to share their work and raise their profile during oral and poster competitions.
- Networking opportunities with your peers and senior academics.
- An interactive session on Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) in research: During this session, you will hear from experts on how they have involved the public in their work, specifically focusing on underrepresented communities. There will also be time for questions and the opportunity to reflect on how you can involve the public in the work you do.
Agenda:
Time |
Event Segment |
Location |
| 09.00 | Registration and poster set up | Brodrick Hall |
| 09.25 | Welcome Professor Reecha Sofat FMedSci, & Professor Andrew Morris CBE FRSE PMedSci |
Brodrick Hall |
| 09.35 | Post-doctoral plenary competition | Brodrick Hall |
| 10.35 | Refreshments & networking | Herbarium Cafe |
| 11.05 | Pre-doctoral plenary competition | Brodrick Hall |
| 11.45 |
Lunch Lunch stations in the Herbarium Café, where attendees will collect their lunch to be enjoyed back in the Brodrick Hall
|
Brodrick Hall |
| 12.45 | Poster competition | Brodrick Hall |
| 13.45 | PPl session | Brodrick Hall |
| 15.15 | Refreshments & networking | Herbarium Cafe |
| 15.45 | Prize giving | Brodrick Hall |
| 16.00 | Keynote Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE FMedSci |
Brodrick Hall |
| 16.45 | Closing remarks Professor Sheena Radford OBE FRS FMedSci |
Brodrick Hall |
| 16.50 | Networking reception | Herbarium Cafe |
| 18.00 | Event ends |
For any queries regarding our CATAC 2025 event, please email us at: [email protected]
We will aim to meet any accessibility and dietary requirements, so please do let us know about these in the registration form or through email. The conference venue is accessible with ramps and lifts for anyone with a mobility impairment, and parking is available near the venue.
We want to make CATAC a safe environment for discussion, and we encourage you to let us know if you need any additional support on the day. We have a safeguarding policy in place. If you have any concerns on the day, please flag this to a member of Academy staff.
This event is generously supported by Wellcome and The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation.