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.
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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!
02
Poster presentation UCL CYP Mental Health event 13th May 2025
Sharing IMPACT work at a University Mental Health in Children and Young People Day!
03
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.
04
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'
Our award for working with our expert patient group! - March 2025
05
Thank you SO very much Rare Disease Alliance for our fabulous award, presented here to Kaya, Nate and Klaudia in Manchester, March 2025.
06
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!
07
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.
08
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??
09
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'.
10
Cameron's speech
Our fab Steering Group member Cameron, accompanied Klaudia and I to an international meeting in Sept 24, where he spoke eloquently about his experiences and what being in the IMPACT study means to him.
Thanks so very much Cameron!
11 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!
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Twitter news
Please read some our fabulous updates from followers on Twitter/X @theIMPACT_Study and please follow us too!
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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!​
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Sharing our work far and wide....
We shared our work at an invited session in Sweden at the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Meeting (PReS) - hope all your ears were burning - we wouldn't be hear without you all!
Thanks Klaudia for a great talk - Sept 24
15
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).