The UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership is delighted to announce the next edition of our Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held on 13th March 2026 at the University of Edinburgh.
More information can be found on our meetings page.
We were delighted to host the Annual UK CARDIO-IMID Educational Conference on 10th October 2025 in London, bringing together over 100 leading experts and resident doctors to explore complex, real-world cases at the intersection of cardiology and rheumatology.
Through resident doctor-led presentations, expert panel discussions, and interactive Q&A sessions, our delegates shared valuable clinical insights and identified key areas for future collaboration and research.
A huge thank you to our excellent case presenters Elnuman Mohamed, Salma Kabashi, Ayaan Farah, Chamaya De Silva, Bhavika Sethi, Cristiana Sieiro Santos, Jack Arnold and James Belcher for bringing thought-provoking cases to present at the conference, and our esteemed expert panel members Taryn Youngstein, Sven Plein, Jason Tarkin and Pedro Machado for leading insightful and stimulating discussions throughout the day to advance education and foster innovation across both specialties.
We would also like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make this event a success.
The UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership is pleased to announce the opening of our Travel Fellowship Scheme. Applications for the 2025 cohort will be open until 11th July 2025 for placements taking place between 31st July – 31st December 2025.
This programme supports the Workstream 1 - Education and Network arm of the Partnership and represents an exciting opportunity for Early Career Researchers from primary CV and IMID backgrounds to nurture interaction and skills transfer. The Travel Fellowship Scheme will provide financial support to cover travel and accommodation expenses for placements of up-to 3 months at other Partnership centres across the UK to learn new methods and develop collaborative work. If you are interested in participating, please see the ECR Network page where you can find more information and download the application form and supporting documents.
We look forward to reviewing your applications.
The UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership had strong representation at this year's British Society for Rheumatology Conference (BSR) on April 28-30th in Manchester, with many investigators, academics and early-career researchers in attendance. A highlight of the conference was our Cardio-Rheumatology: Emerging sub-speciality interest session on 30th April, presented by our executive steering committee members Professor Maya H. Buch, Professor Sven Plein and Dr Taryn Youngstein. The session stressed that all autoimmune diseases are associated with excess CV risk, which in turn is associated with high mortality rates, and highlighted the responsibility of rheumatologists to step up and take responsibility for the cardiovascular health of their patients. The session was well attended by delegates from across the UK, and sparked insightful discussions around how to progress the intersectional cardio-rheumatology field in both clinical and research settings. A detailed write-up of the session has been published by the limbus UK, and can be found here: https://thelimbus.co.uk/rheumatology/cardio-rheumatology-a-hot-emerging-subspecialty/
We were delighted to welcome investigators from across the Partnership to our Investigator Meeting on 29th April. The meeting was well-attended by academic, clinical and early-career researcher representatives from across our centres who connected with the Partnership team to discuss progress over the last year, and plans for implementing our Workstream 2 Registry Study.
In this review article published in Rheumatology, Dr Marta Peverelli and Dr Jason Tarkin from the UK CARDIO-IMID PET-CT team in Cambridge explore several of the most promising emerging PET radionucleotide tracers for imaging vascular inflammation. The full article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae635
In this case-study, published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the aims and objectives of the UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership are outlined, and context provided regarding how the Partnership sits within the established infrastructure of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centres and British Heart Foundation Centres of Research Excellence. The full article can be found here: https://www.nihr.ac.uk/story/nihr-partnership-creates-uk-wide-network-improve-cardiovascular-outcomes-patients
In this letter published in Rheumatology, authored by our chief investigator Professor Maya H. Buch and UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership members from Manchester, we present the results of a UK-wide survey of 85 rheumatology clinicians seeking to understand how cardiovascular risk assessment in patients with IMIDs is approached in the hospital setting, and perspectives on cardiovascular imaging. The findings emphasise a need and demand for improved education and training in rheumatology concerning cardiovascular risk assessment and imaging, as well as the development of integrated cardio-rheumatology services. The full article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae567
We are pleased to announce release of the first publication from the UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership. In this Nature Reviews Rheumatology article, authored by our core investigators, we summarise current concepts on the potentially targetable inflammatory mechanisms of cardiovascular pathology in rheumatic IMIDs and discuss how these concepts can be considered for the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular involvement across rheumatic IMIDs, with an emphasis on the potential of cardiovascular imaging for risk stratification, early detection and prognostication. The full article can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-024-01149-x
