Abstract Submission deadline has passed

The Texas Center for Health Disparities (TCHD) requests your participation in the Forth Annual Texas Conference on Health Disparity Research Poster Presentation. The TCHD conference is an opportunity to present your research/program through a poster presentation and expand your scientific and professional knowledge through collegial interactions fostering networking opportunities. We encourage the participation of all students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, government agencies and community organizations to submit abstracts. Basic, clinical and community-based research and education programs including: Cancer, Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, Cardiovascular, Immunology, Diabetes, Cellular & Molecular Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Education, Community Health, Nutrition, Epidemiology, Public Health Policy and more will be highlighted in this session. Student abstracts will be judged on-site and eligible for awards. We will consider only abstracts submitted in accordance with the guidelines.

 

The Poster Presentation will be held in the Attrium area in the EAD building on May 28, 2009 from 10 - 12 PM. You may set up your poster between 8 - 10 AM.

Poster panels have a display area of 57"w by 36"h. Only Velcro may be used to secure posters to the display panels. Velcro will be available at the information table inside the entrance to the poster session. The following guidelines have been prepared to help improve the effectiveness of poster presentation. Please follow these instructions and your poster will be a success.

Awards

Only student poster presentation will be judged. A panel of judges will select the top 3 poster presentations. Winners will be awarded at the award ceremony during the conference. Student posters will be judged according to the following criteria.

1) Relevance/Significance

• Contribution to Science and/or Practice
• Fit with Conference Theme
• Timeliness
• Innovation

2) Approach/Methodology

• Scientific Quality/Rigor
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Assessment
• Appropriateness of Approach

3) Lessons Learned/Conclusions

• Impact
• Implications/Next Steps
• Relevance to the Broad Community

 

For additional information, contact:

Harlan Jones, Ph.D.

University of North Texas Health Science Center

Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology

3500 Camp Bowie, Boulevard

Fort Worth, Texas 76107

Phone: (817) 735-2448

Fax: (817) 735-2133

E-mail: hajones@hsc.unt.edu