AAIP Research Poster Announcement
June 24, 2014
The Association of American Indian Physicians 43rd Annual Meeting
RESEARCH POSTER ANNOUNCEMENT
DEADLINE FRIDAY, JULY 11th, 2014!!!!
July 22-27, 2014, Denver, CO
“Now is Our Time for Optimizing Sustainable Change & Excellence in Health for Indian Country”
The Association of American Indian Physicians is seeking posters that address childhood obesity, strokes, mental health, cerebral vascular disease, kidney disease/renal failure, musculoskeletal disease, osteoarthritis, autoimmune disease/lupus, rheumatology, trauma-suicide, homicide, domestic violence, automobile accidents, poisoning, depression, fetal alcohol syndrome, HIV, Prostate cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, substance abuse and self-inflicted trauma.
WHO: Undergraduate students, graduate students, resident physicians, health care providers, physicians, and other meeting attendees with relevant AI/AN health research.
WHEN: Poster Submissions deadline July 11th, 2014! Poster judging session will be Friday, July 25, 2014 from 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at the Pow Wow.
WHERE: Hyatt Denver Tech Center, Denver, Colorado
Applications must include the following items:
POSTER COMPETITION
There will be three categories:
1) Undergraduate,
2) Graduate/Medical Student and
3) Professional (includes residents, health care providers, and physicians).
- Cover letter with name, contact information, student or professional status and brief biographical sketch
- Abstracts are limited to 250 words, single space, in MS WORD and must adhere to the following format:
Title: One line description
Author(s): Underline the name of the person presenting the poster
Background: State the health issue/problem and its impact
Objectives/Aims: State the objectives/aims of the research
Methods: Describe the type of study, setting for the study, sample characteristics, measures used, how the analysis was conducted, etc.
Results: Key findings from the study (no charts or graphs)
Conclusions: The importance or relevance of results
Presenter Information: List your name, address, e-mail, phone and fax
Awards will be given to the top three overall research posters after a review by a panel of judges.
1st Prize = $300
2nd Prize = $150
3rd Prize = $75
All Abstracts should be e-mailed to John Stafford jstafford@aaip.org. You will be notified by July 18th, 2014 if your poster is approved to compete. Poster dimensions/guidelines will be included in notification.