Update in medicine - Birmingham 2026
We look forward to welcoming delegates to this one-day Update in medicine conference taking place on Thursday 26 February 2026.
This is a full-day conference. Refreshments and lunch are provided. Please note we require a minimum of 48 hours' notice to cater for specific dietary requirements.
Topics will include:
• Dementia and alzheimers
• Tobacco dependency
• Keynote session: social justice and health equity
• Update on diabetes
• Navigating the challenges of premature ovarian insufficiency
• Digital/ AI technologies in medicine
As well as hearing from leading physicians across the medical specialties, you can participate in Q&A sessions and enjoy the opportunity to network with senior RCP officers and with your peers.
Please note, this is a face-to-face event. We do not provide online access for this series of events.
Download the programmeWe are aware that Ramadan will take place at the time of the conference, and we’d like to send our warmest wishes in advance to all those who will be observing. Please let us know when booking your place if you are fasting during Ramadan and we can arrange a takeaway food option at the end of the conference for you. Please be assured that an on-site prayer room will also be available.
If you have any further questions, please email us at the contact details below.
RCP Update in medicine conferences are held across the UK and are delivered by the RCP regional team. These events are designed to provide high-quality education and allow attendees to stay abreast of clinical advancements in medicine, develop professional skills and network with colleagues.
Please note, this is a face-to-face event. We do not provide online access for this series of events.
Physicians and allied health professionals at all levels and across all medical specialties are welcome and encouraged to attend.
You do not have to be an RCP subscribing member to attend this event, but you may wish to consider becoming a member and benefiting from discounted registration fees. Become a member today and join our community of over 40,000 physicians around the world.
Discounts are available for those working less than full time or on maternity/paternity/adoption leave. Please contact the regional services team for more information and to apply: regionalservicesteam@rcp.ac.uk
Doctors in non-resident doctor posts (equivalent to FY, IMT or STR) who are RCP subscribing members can benefit from the resident doctor rate for this event, however this discount may not automatically apply during your booking. Please contact us for support.
Please visit the following for a location map and directions to the venue: Birmingham Conference and Events Centre.
The venue is a short walk from Birmingham New Street station. Parking can be found at the Britania Grand Central car park (B5 4DQ). A discount code will be provided to delegates for preferential rates.
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Professor Iracema Leroi
Professor Iracema Leroi is director of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College Dublin, where she leads a global mission to protect and promote brain health and reduce the impact of dementia worldwide. In this role, she is committed to advancing equitable access to brain health care and ensuring that the voices of people living with dementia are central to research, policy and service design. Iracema is also a professor of geriatric psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and a consultant geriatric psychiatrist at St James’ Hospital, Dublin. She trained in Canada and the United States, including at Johns Hopkins University, and previously held senior academic leadership roles in the UK. Her research focuses on the mental health aspects of dementia, particularly Lewy body diseases, and she has led major national and international collaborative programmes, including the national infrastructure programme HRB-CTN Dementia Trials Ireland. As GBHI director, she brings global leadership, clinical expertise and a strong commitment to social justice in brain health.
Professor Sanjay Agrawal FRCP
Professor Sanjay Agrawal is a consultant in respiratory and intensive care medicine in Leicester and specialty advisor for tobacco at NHS England and the RCP. Over the past 10 years, through the RCP, Sanjay has led several evidence-based reports, a quality improvement programme and lobbied extensively to improve the treatment of tobacco dependency to reduce health inequalities and improve health.
Dr Jun Yu Chen
Dr Jun Yu Chen (pronounced ‘June’) is an internal medicine doctor and National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) academic clinical fellow in cardiology, based in Birmingham. She graduated from the University of Glasgow, where she completed an intercalated degree in cardiovascular sciences. It was then that Jun realised she wanted to pursue cardiology. She enjoys the physiology of cardiology and its highly evidence-based medical practice. After medical school, Jun completed the Specialised Foundation Programme at Imperial College London, where she looked at the role of hormones in heart failure. During her academic clinical fellowship, her research has investigated the role of secondary prevention clinics in reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease following an acute coronary syndrome. Jun recently presented this research at the European and British Cardiovascular Society conferences – she hopes it will help reduce long-term outcomes for cardiovascular patients.
Professor Sir Michael Marmot FRCP
Sir Michael Marmot has been professor of epidemiology at UCL since 1985 and is director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity. Michael is the author of The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015), and Status syndrome (Bloomsbury: 2004). He has led research groups on health inequalities for nearly 50 years. He chaired the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health, several WHO regional commissions, and reviews on tackling health inequality for governments in the UK. He served as president of the British Medical Association (BMA) in 2010–11, and as president of the World Medical Association in 2015. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution for 6 years. In 2000, he was knighted for his services to epidemiology and the understanding of health inequalities. He was appointed a Companion of Honour for services to public health in the King’s 2023 New Year Honours.
Professor Iskandar Idris
Professor Iskandar Idris is principal investigator at the Centre of Metabolism Ageing and Physiology (COMAP) at the University of Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre and has led various research grants from UK research councils (MRC, BRC), charities (Diabetes UK, UK Research Foundation, National Eye Research) and industries (Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Abbott). Since 2012, he has been principal supervisor to 18 PhD students. Iskandar’s research combines clinical, physiological, gut-brain MRI and basic science studies to investigate mechanism by which pharmacological agents, nutrition, lifestyle strategies and bariatric surgery can regulate glucose and muscle metabolism, appetite and vascular risks in patients with obesity and/or type 2 diabetes. Iskandar is a lead physician at the East Midlands Bariatric and Metabolic Institute in Derby, a member of the UK obesity management collaborative and chair of the Academic Subcommittee of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologist (ABCD).
Miss Lynne Robinson
Lynne Robinson currently works as a consultant gynaecologist at Birmingham Women’s Hospital (BWH) and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham. Lynne is sub-specialty trained in reproductive medicine and is clinical lead of Birmingham Women’s Fertility Centre and the menopause service. She is co-ordinator of the European Fellowship in Reproductive Medicine Examination Committee and has a particular interest in polycystic ovarian syndrome. She is also a menopause specialist and chair of the West Midlands Menopause Society and past council member of the British Menopause Society Medical Advisory Committee.
Professor Hector Chinoy FRCP
Hector Chinoy is a professor of rheumatology and neuromuscular disease at The University of Manchester, UK, where he leads a programme of epidemiological and translational research in the field of inflammatory myopathies. He runs the Salford Royal Neuromuscular Clinic, which offers an active trial programme for myositis patients. Hector is joint senior author of the British Society for Rheumatology myositis guideline and chair of the international MYONET Registry.
Date
26 February 2026
CPD credits
6 credits
Location
Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Hill Street, Birmingham B5 4EW
26 February 2026
RCP subscribing members – FY doctors / med students : £57
RCP subscribing members – resident doctors IMT/STR : £70
RCP subscribing members and fellows (consultant / SAS) : £115
RCP subscribing retired members and fellows : £70
Standard non-member rate (consultant / SAS) : £265
Standard non-member rate resident doctors (incl Med students, FY, IMT, STR) : £165
Refugee doctor : £57
Standard non-member rate (allied health professionals) : £265
Birmingham Conference and Events Centre