IMPACT
sharing of our work
Please look below to see some of the ongoing work coming out of the IMPACT study.
Thank you as always for all of your support.
01. Pharmaceutical Marketing Excellence Awards (PMEAs)
We are very excited to announce that the IMPACT Study and Rheumbot won the 'Award for Patient-Centricity' at the PMEA award at Park Lane in London, 19th Nov 2025!
02. RNS meeting, Texas
The only prizes given out at the Rheumatology Nurses Society (RNS) meeting held in San Antonio, Texas,6th-8th Nov 2025 were to the IMPACT study!
03. Eire's amazing speech
Eire from our Steering Group came with us to the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) meeting in Helsinki to share her experiences of working with us on the IMPACT study on 19th Sept 2025. Her moving speech was the highlight of the conference!​​
04. PReS meeting in Helsinki
Klaudia did the IMPACT study proud, presenting at both the YIM and the main meeting in Helsinki (17-20th Sept 25). She did such a great job and there was so much interest in our work. We also had a poster accepted for a poster presentation. ​​​
05. PMI awards in London
'Rheumbot' gets voted as a finalist at the Pharmaceutical Marketing Innovation (PMI) taking away Bronze award.
Here is Polly and Klaudia with our Earthware Primeglobal tech experts Brian and Chris.
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11th Sept 2025
06. Rheumbot goes to Chicago!
Polly and Klaudia took Rheumbot to the fabulous CureJM Family Conference 2025. Here we gave a shared session with the esteemed Professor Feldman to an amazing group of grandparents and shared a mental health session with Dr Knight and Dr Ardalan. We were very lucky to be able to show Rheumbot to families in the US and gain their feedback - I think the take home message was, "Yes please, when can we get access!"
27-29th June 25
07. IMPACT holds a Family Event at SickKids in Toronto, Canada on Saturday 21st June 25
We held a FABULOUS event at SickKids in Toronto, Canada on Saturday 21st June. Families were invited from Rheumatology clinics and joined us for a fun packed Saturday morning. We split into children and parents and each discussed current challenges. We invited everyone to share with us how an intervention like Rheumbot might be able to help them. We cannot thank the families and the staff who supported the event enough, it was a really great morning and gave us lots to think about!
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Klaudia's IMPACT poster presentation at EULAR in Barcelona 13th June 25
08. Klaudia presenting at EULAR 13th June 25
Klaudia presented our findings from our young adult focus groups in Barcelona to a HUGE crowd. Our findings support the fact that more attention needs to be directed to social, emotional and occupational aspects to allow young adults to live successful lives and feel empowered to achieve their future goals. This work was showcased in a EULAR Press release!
09. Best talk presentation at III Annual Symposium 22nd May 2025
Polly presented on the IMPACT study and the huge achievements and amazing outcomes from the work and support of our fabulous Steering Group. The talk showcased the work of our Expert children, young people and parents, and showcased the video we have had made!
10. Poster presentation UCL CYP Mental Health event 13th May 2025
Sharing IMPACT work at a University Mental Health in Children and Young People Day!
11. Invite to speak at the UCLH Adolescent Centre Celebrations - 8th May 2025
Sharing IMPACT work at the University College London Hospital Centre for Adolescent Rheumatology celebration day.
12. Invite to speak at the British Society of Rheumatology Conference - 29th- 30th March 2025
Polly was asked to present on 'Top tips to support families with their mental health in paediatric rheumatology'
13. Our award for working with our expert patient group! - March 2025
Thank you SO very much Rare Disease Alliance for our fabulous award, presented here to Kaya, Nate and Klaudia in Manchester, March 2025.
14. Rheumbot showcases at GOSH's 'Rare Disease Day' event
28th February 2025
We were really pleased to have the opportunity to share Rheumbot with other families in Great Ormond Street Hospital as part of raising awareness of Rare Diseases. We invited families with children with other chronic health conditions (not just our fab Rheumatology friends) to try it out and see if they liked the concept. It was a big hit!
15. The IMPACT study goes cross Atlantic!
We are really excited to announce that the IMPACT study team won a competitive grant application with the University of Toronto and University College London. We were one of 5 successful applications out of 26 submissions, awarded in Feb 2025. This means that we can work with the world famous Dr Knight and her team to take IMPACT to Canada!
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Welcome Canadian families, please sign up to talk to us too.
16. Christmas Card 2024
Did you get our Christmas Card last year?? We sent it to all of our fabulous supporters, so hopefully you did.
What will our 2025 design be??
17. Innovation in Paediatric Healthcare - Great Ormond Street Hospital Conference 2024
We won the people's choice award at the GOSH Annual Conference in November 2024 for our poster entitled 'Working in partnership – Improving research outcomes through PPIE'.
18. Cameron's speech
Our fab Steering Group member Cameron, accompanied Klaudia and I to an international meeting in Gothenburg, Sept 24, where he spoke eloquently about his experiences and what being in the IMPACT study means to him.
Thanks so very much Cameron!
19. Klaudia was the best oral HP Prize Winner!
Klaudia was awarded the best oral presentation prize for health professionals when she presented our work on the IMPACT study in Gothenburg Sept 2024! Her prize is to attend PReS in 2025 in Helsinki at no cost!
20. Twitter news
Please read some our fabulous updates from followers on Twitter/X @theIMPACT_Study and please follow us too!
21. News from the IMPACT Team
Our very own Chief Investigator (CI) Polly, was guest speaker in SickKids in Toronto, Canada, where she was invited to give a Grand Round talk to commemorate World Mental Health Day, in Oct 2024!​
22. Sharing our work far and wide....
We shared our work at an invited session in Gothenburg, Sweden at the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Meeting (PReS) - hope all your ears were burning - we wouldn't be here without you all!
Thanks Klaudia for a great talk - Sept 24
23. Poster at Annual NIHR conference
We won the 'People's Choice' Award at this annual conference of researchers for the best poster!
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This was before the hard work really started and demonstrates some of our PPIE involvement (Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement work).