Researchers awarded with lifetime achievement prizes 

Published by Arthritis Research UK | 29 September 2016

A big congratulations is in order!

Professors Bruce Caterson (Cardiff University), Hamish Simpson (University of Edinburgh) & Allen Goodship (University College London) have all been awarded with prestigious lifetime achievement awards.

The awards will be presented at the 2016 International Combined Orthopaedic Research Societies (ICORS) meeting, which was held this year in Xi’an, China. As well as receiving the lifetime achievement awards they will be made ICORS Fellows at the event. 

So, who won the awards?

Professor Caterson is Professor of Biochemistry in the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University. He is also director of the Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre in Cardiff. With expertise across a number of scientific disciplines, the centre’s research team work to understand biomechanical mechanisms underlying joint and back pain diseases, to allow them to find new approaches to treatment for osteoarthritis.

Professor Hamish Simpson is Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma, and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Edinburgh. He sat on our Research and Academic Capacity committee which advised the charity on career support. He is also the lead researcher on an Arthritis Research UK funded clinical study TRIO which looks at the effect of prescribing specific physiotherapy for patients who are functioning poorly following knee replacement surgery. The researchers plan to find out whether this early treatment improves the pain, satisfaction and functional outcome at 1 year compared to a group receiving routine care.

Professor Allen Goodship is Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics, Department of Materials & Tissue at University College London. He is a long-time supporter of the charity as a co-applicant on an Arthritis Research UK funded grant and has also been involved with our fellowship implementation committee. 

If you would like to know more about this news or any of the research mentioned, please contact researchliaison@arthritisresearchuk.org

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