Previous Annual Conferences

2017: 31st Annual Medical & Scientific Conference
Wednesday 5 - Friday 7 July 2017
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry
CHOLESTEROL - A PROBLEM SOLVED?
​Myant lecturer - Cholesterol and cardiovascular disease – is diet really relevant?
Professor Tom Sanders, London

2016: 30th Annual Conference
Wednesday 6 - Friday 8 July 2016
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
CHOLESTEROL - THE EVOLVING STORY. A CELEBRATION OF 30 YEARS OF LIPIDOLOGY
​Myant lecturer - UNDERSTANDING THE CARDINAL ROLE OF LDL IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS - A DECADES LONG JOURNEY FOR THE LIPIDOLOGY COMMUNITY
Professor Chris Packard, Glasgow
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2015: 29th Annual Conference
Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 September 
de Havilland campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
LIPIDS IN THE COMMUNITY
Myant lecturer -  MOLECULAR GENETICS OF FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA : WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Professor Steve Humphries, London
 

2014: 28th Annual Conference
Wednesday 2 – Friday 4 July
Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry
HOT TOPICS IN HYPERLIPIDAEMIA – THE IMPACT OF PERSONALISED MEDICINE   
Myant lecturer -  HDL : WHERE ARE WE NOW
Professor Arnold von Eckardstein, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
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2013 : 27th Annual Conference
Wednesday 3 – Friday 5 July
University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol
FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA – RECOGNISED AT LAST?    
Myant lecturer - FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA & LIPID METABOLISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY 
Professor A David Marais, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

2012 : 26th Annual Conference
Wednesday 27 – Friday 29 June
The Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne
METABOLIC SYNDROME, OBESITY AND PRE-DIABETES   
Myant lecturer - ADIPOSE TISSUE ACCUMULATION AND INSULIN RESISTANCE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE
Professor Keith N Frayn - Oxford

2011 : 25th Annual Conference
Wednesday 6 – Friday 8 July
University of Warwick, Coventry
PARTNERS IN PREVENTION – LIPIDS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND BEYOND
Myant lecturer - CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Professor Ernie Schaefer – Boston, USA

2010 : 24th Annual Conference
Wednesday 7 – Friday 9 July
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
HDL – CAN GOOD CHOLESTEROL DO BETTER?
Myant lecturer - HDL:  STILL ELUSIVE, PERHAPS ILLUSIVE
Professor Paul Durrington - Manchester
 

2009 : 23rd Annual Conference
Wednesday 24 – Friday 26 June
Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
THE LIPID HYPOTHESIS ON TRIAL!
Myant lecturer - THE LIPID HYPOTHESIS – PROVEN BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT?
Professor Jim Shepherd, Glasgow, UK
 

2008 : 22nd Annual Conference
Wednesday 25 – Friday 27 June
De Havilland Campus, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
BEYOND RISK ASSESSMENT: NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Myant lecturer - REVERSAL OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS - SCIENCE FACT OR SCIENCE FICTION?
Professor Cesare Sirtori - Milan, ITALY

2007 : 21st Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Wednesday 27 - Friday 29 June
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
BACK TO THE FUTURE: HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA REVISITED
Myant lecturer - FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA: NEW INSIGHTS
Professor John Kastelein, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

2006: 20th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Wednesday 28 – Friday 30 June
University of Kent, Canterbury
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE BRITAIN:  OBESITY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Myant lecturer - NATURE, NURTURE and THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
Professor Robert A Hegele, Ontario, CANADA

2005 : 19th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Wednesday 30 June – Friday 1 July
University of Glamorgan, Ponytpridd, Wales
THE METABOLIC SYNDROME: AN IMMINENT CHALLENGE
Myant lecturer - PATHOGENESIS AND CLINICAL DETECTION OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME
Professor Steve Haffner – San Antonio, USA

2004 : 18th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Thursday 1 – Friday 2 July
University of Bath
LIPIDS AND DIABETES: CURRENT CONCEPTS
Myant lecturer - HDL, ITS FUNCTIONS AND MODIFICATION AND ITS ROLE IN DIABETES
Professor Phil Barter – Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

2003 : 17th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Thursday 3 – Friday 4 July
Hulme Hall, University of Manchester
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: CURRENT CONCEPTS
Myant lecturer - INFLAMMATION, BIOACTIVE LIPIDS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: POTENTIAL ROLES OF LIPOPROTEIN ASSOCIATED PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 / PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR ACETYL HYDROLASE (PLA2/PAFAH)
Professor John Chapman, Paris, FRANCE
 

2002: BHA 16th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Aston University
MEASUREMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: OLD IDEAS AND NEW METHODS
Myant lecturer - STATINS AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Professor Frank M Sacks, Boston, USA
 

2001: BHA 15th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Edinburgh University
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE BOSOM: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND WOMEN & LIPIDS
Myant lecturer - THERAPY FOR HYPERLIPIDAEMIA IN THE POST-STATIN ERA: A LOOK AT THE FUTURE
Professor Lawrence Chan, Houston, Texas, USA
 

2000: BHA 14th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
University of Nottingham
MEASURING COMMON GENOTYPES: ANY USE FOR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT?
Myant lecturer – NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF HDL IN REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Professor Bryan Brewer Jnr, Maryland, USA
 

1999: BHA 13th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Homerton College, Cambridge
HDL: NEW INSIGHTS INTO HDL CATABOLISM, REVERSE CHOLESTEROL, TRANSPORT, AND ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Myant lecturer - GENETIC ASPECTS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS
Dr Jan Breslow, New York, USA
 

1998: BHA 12th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
DISEASES, DESPARATE GROWN, BY DESPERATE APPLIANCE ARE RELIEV'D
Myant lecturer - DISEASES, DESPARATE GROWN, BY DESPERATE APPLIANCE ARE RELIEV'D
Professor Gil Thompson, London, UK

1997: BHA 11th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol
SYMPOSIUM ON DIABETES AND MACROVASCULAR DISEASE
Myant lecturer - BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS OF REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT
Prof Gerd Assmann, Munster, GERMANY
 

1996: BHA 10th Annual Medical & Scientific Meeting
Hulme Hall, Manchester
SECONDARY PREVENTION OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE - THE ROLE OF LIPID LOWERING THERAPY
Myant lecturer - FUNCTION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LIPOPROTEIN LP(a)
Dr Richard Lawn, Stanford, California, USA