Our next Annual Meeting will take place on  Friday 14^th June 2024 at the Royal College of Pathologists in London.

 

To give you some idea of the event, please see our exciting 2023 programme from last June  as a pdf  on this link  Abstract submissions are also invited to this meeting.

 

 The registration deadline is  generally one week before the event. In 2023 fees were:

• BTA members £120
• Non-members £200
• Nurses, trainees and retired BTA members £50 

 

A few travel grants are also made available.

 

If you are not a member of the BTA and wish to become one this costs just £40 per year. To submit a form requesting membership please visit this webpage

 

 

The next BTA trainees’ educational meeting will be held virtually on the Friday 8^th March 2024 from 14.00 to 17.00

Although the meeting is primarily for trainees in endocrinology, all grades of healthcare professionals treating patients with thyroid disorders are welcome.

Sessions will include bite-sized masterclass talks on the management of common thyroid disorders and case presentations from trainees.

 

Abstract submission for case presentation is now open!

Trainees are invited to present and discuss interesting cases which will be presented as oral communication. The abstract must be a maximum of 300 words and should include a short summary of the case with learning points/points for discussion

The deadline for this is Wednesday 31^st January2024 and abstracts should be emailed to [email protected]

 

 The 2024 Programme

The current draft of the Programme for 2024 can be found here

 

Registration

Registration fee: Free (we welcome a voluntary donation of £5 to the British Thyroid Foundation)

Deadline registration: Friday 1^st March 2024

The link for registration can be found here

 

 

Details of the 2023 Trainees Meeting 

This year's BTA Trainees' educational meeting was held virtually on Friday 10th March 2023 

Recordings of selected lectures are available below for a limited time via the Vimeo links below - so please make time to view!

 

https://vimeo.com/818342897 - The Patient with Hypothyroidism and persistently high TSH levels (Professor Onyebuchi Okosieme, University of Cardiff, Cardiff)

 

https://vimeo.com/818345077 - Thyroid Eye Disease (Dr Catherine Napier, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Type) 

 

https://vimeo.com/818344695 Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma (Mr. Joel Smith, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter)

 

 

Thyroid related events in 2024 will be added here as information becomes available 

 

The 21st Annual ENETS Conference

The next annual ENETS conference will take place as a hybrid event in Vienna, Austria, on 13-15 March 2024. This means people may attend in person or online. Details can be found here  

 

European Congress of Endocrinology

ECE 2024 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 11-14 May 2024.. Attendees can join in person in Sweden or remotely with ECE@Home. Details can be found here 

 

Endocrine Society

ENDO 2024 will take place in Boston MA from June 1^st to 4^th 2024. Details can be found here

 

European Thyroid Association

The 46th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association will be held in Athens from September 7^th to 10^th 2024 Details can be found here 

 

The American Thyroid Association

The 93^rd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) will take place in Chicago from 30^th October to 3^rd November 2024. Details can be found here

 

 

Events in 2025

The World Congress on Thyroid Cancer took place at the  Hilton Metropole London  on June 15^th to 17^th 2023  with more than 1,000 people from 86 countries. The next event will take place in 2025.  

 

 

Recordings from thyroid related events which took place in 2023

ENDO 2023 took place on  June 15-18, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. Session recording are available to purchase until December 2025 via this link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The GP Training Webinar jointly organised by the BTA and BTF took place on September 20th from 19.00 to 20.00.  Registration was free

 

Chaired by Dr Bijay Vaidya,  this was on the subject of the diagnosis and treatment of hypothyroidism with speakers Professor Simon Pearce and Dr Nicola Zammit.  There was also an opportunity to answer questions during the Q & A Section following the presentation. 

 

Full details are here  

Since 1997 the British Thyroid Foundation (BTF) has offered an annual award to support a research project into thyroid function or thyroid disorders. This is currently £35,000 for a three year project.

 

Details of previous winners can be found here

 

The closing date for  applications each year is normally at the beginning of July 

 

The link to access the application form for this Award will be added when available 

 

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.