The British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) update

Anthony Herbert, BORS Honorary Secretary

The British Orthopaedic Research Society (BORS) was funded in 1961 and proudly boasts a multidisciplinary membership of surgeons, scientists, engineers and other allied health care professionals, united in the pursuit of collaboration in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal research.

Following last year’s meeting at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, the 2024 BORS Annual Meeting was held with great success at the University of Sheffield on the 9th and 10th September, with over 100 delegates attending. The Presidential Lecture was delivered by Professor Deborah Mason (Cardiff University), while keynote talks were given by Dr Andrew Phillips (Imperial College London), Professor David Pierce (University of Connecticut), Dr Sybille Grad (AO Institute), Professor Ele Zeggini (Helmholtz, Munich), and Professor Martyn Snow (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital). The invited presentations were supported by a Pain

Workshop and free paper sessions on the diverse themes of Clinical Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, Clinical Studies, Biomechanical Modelling, Disease Pathobiology and Therapeutics, in addition to a New Investigator Award session and Rapid Poster presentations.

Pursuant to the Society’s goal of advancing education in orthopaedic research, the next round of BORS/BJR Travelling Fellowship awardees were presented to the membership and we look forward to hearing about their experiences at the Society’s next annual meeting. This will be held at the University of Birmingham, 8th – 9th September 2025.

In other events, Karina Wright (Hon Treasurer) led the BORS revalidation session at the 2024 BOA Annual Congress on the topic of Injectables and Cell Therapies for Cartilage Repair/Osteoarthritis, and Ines Reichert (President Elect) will lead a BORS contingent workshop at the next ICORS meeting in Adelaide, Australia in October 2025.

Readers interested in joining the British Orthopaedic Research Society can apply on the website at www.borsoc.org.uk.