Announcing the Winner of Research Highlight of the Year 2025!
17 December 2025 Research
Winner of Research Highlight of the Year 2025
We’re thrilled to reveal the winner of this year’s Research Highlight of the Year!
Over the past two weeks, we’ve had an incredible response from the public, with more than 1688 votes cast for our shortlisted projects.
And the winner of the Arthritis UK Research Highlight of the Year 2025, with over 527 votes, is:
Exploring the genetics of osteoarthritis
Talking about their fabulous project is Professor Mark Wilkinson, one of the researchers on the project.
A large part of this work was carried out by the arcoGEN consortium, which was funded by Arthritis UK.
A huge thank you to everyone who voted, shared, and supported this competition. We hope to see you again for next year's Research Highlight of the Year.
Thanks to our sponsor, Circle Health Group, the winner will receive a prize to help share their fantastic research, along with a two-page feature in our Inspire magazine.
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