For the public
If you have arrived on this website as a member of the public we regret to advise that we are unable to respond to any individual medical questions. If you have any specific questions we suggest contacting your doctor or visiting the British Thyroid Foundation website.
Please be careful when searching the internet for information about thyroid disease as there are unfortunately many innaccurate and unhelpful sources. For this reason we have created a page of links for you to browse or click on the Association logos below.
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British Thyroid Association Conference 2023
The 2023 dates are still to be announced.
If you are not a member of the BTA and wish to become a member this costs just £30 per year. To submit a form requesting membership please go to: https://www.btf-thyroid.org/forms/british-thyroid-associationform
2022 Dates
The last BTA trainees’ meeting was held on Friday May 13th 2022 Please click here to see the final programme
The last BTA Annual Meeting – took place on Friday May 20th 2022 Click here to see our final programme
Other events
Here is a list of forthcoming events as well as those that have been recorded and are still accessible
Recorded in 2021 and still available to view
The 8th European Young Endocrinologists & Scientists (EYES) Meeting took place as a fully virtual meeting on September 4th to 6th 2021. Meeting highlights can be accessed here.
Recorded in 2022 and available to view
The European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) held their 19th annual conference as a hybrid event on March 10th and 11th. Registration is still possible and you can still earn CME points by watching the webcasts. Details are here
ECE 2022 was in Milan from May 21st to 24th. Content is available on ESE On Demand for all registered delegates. Just log in using the same link as you did during the live Congress days and catch up on sessions you missed or would like to revisit.
ENDO 2022 took place in Atlanta, Georgia on June 11-14. You can still access any recorded content Details are here.
Forthcoming events in 2022
The 9th Annual ESE Young Endocrinologists and Scientists (EYES) Meeting will take place in Zagreb, Croatia from 2-4 September 2022 Registration details are here
The 20th Congress of the European Neuroendocrine Association will take place in Lyon, France on September 7-10 Details are here
The European Thyroid Association Annual Meeting will take place in Brussels from September 10th to 13th. There are 5 travel grants (£300 each) available for trainee BTA members with accepted abstracts presenting at the European Thyroid Association Meeting (Brussels, 10-13 September 2022). Apply for a travel grant by emailing: [email protected] The deadline for such applications is the 10th August 2022.
The 60th annual ESPE meeting will take place in Rome, Italy from September 15th to 17th. It is already possible to register your interest here
The World Congress on Thyroid Cancer -which was traditionally held in June now takes place virtually on 2 days in April and October. The next one is on October 1st. Registration is here
The 91st Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association will take place in Montreal from October 19th to 23rd . Details are here
Forthcoming events in 2023
The 20th Annual ENETS Conference will take place from 22 to 24 March 2023 in Vienna, Austria. Registration will open in September 2022.
British Thyroid Foundation Award
Since 1997 the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) has offered an annual award of £20,000 to support a two-year research project into thyroid function or thyroid disorders.
The closing date for your 2022 application has now passed.
The usual format for applying is the completion of an application form accompanied by a short CV and photograph. We will update any relevant information regarding this for 2023
The award can be used to supplement existing projects or to help get research ideas started. The funds are available for consumables, running costs and equipment but not personal computers. Any equipment purchased will belong to your institution after the project is completed. Support for staff costs/salaries will only be considered if they can be justified.
The BTF is a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) non-commercial Partner. This means the studies that we fund may be eligible to access the NIHR Study Support Service which is provided by the NIHR Clinical Research Network.
Who can apply?
Researchers working on projects in the UK. The project must be based in the UK (i.e. the majority of the work must be carried out in the UK), supervised in the UK and publications arising from the research must be in an English language journal from a UK centre. The BTF must be acknowledged in any publication. The applicant must ensure that appropriate ethical approval is in place wherever research is carried out.
