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Call for Abstracts for Posters! The Howard University and Center for Sickle Cell Disease are accepting posters for the 40 th anniversary of the Founding of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease and 4 th Roland B. Scott Memorial Symposium. The theme of the symposium is “Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Battling Stigma and Gaps in Knowledge”. Scholars, community members, government leaders and other stakeholders will gather for this unique daylong event on May 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C to have a continuing conversation about Sickle Cell Disease. The goals of the event are to explain what Sickle Cell Disease is, describe the cause and its manifestations, discuss how it affects the quality of life of patients and ways to mitigate those problems. High quality posters will reflect these goals and provide professional or community-based evidence. Please review the following guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact the Scientific and Evaluation Committee Chair, Meseret Deressa at [email protected] or 202-865-3388. Abstract Guidelines The abstract submission deadline is April 10, 2011. Design the abstract in such a way that both professionals and general public could understand it. All persons whose papers are accepted by the Peer Review Committee for presentation should be registrants and be present at the symposium. In the event a substitute will present the original poster, the organizing committee must be notified 1 week prior to the symposium. Each author is limited to the submission of THREE ABSTRACTS as the primary author. No revisions can be made after the abstract submission deadline. Abstracts should be written in clear and concise English and it is assumed that the presenting author will have adequate command of English to present and to respond to questions. Abstract Format Abstract should be prepared in word format and be limited to 250 words. The title should be short and concise (less than 200 characters). Authors and their affiliations should be clear. The contact address for presenting author should be indicated too. The body of the abstract should follow logically from the title. Abstracts should contain five sections: Background Objective: Why did you perform it? Methods: How did you conduct the study? Results: What were the results of evaluation?
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Call for Abstracts for Posters!
The Howard University and Center for Sickle Cell Disease are accepting posters for the 40th anniversary of the Founding of the Center for Sickle Cell Disease and 4th Roland B. Scott Memorial Symposium. The theme of the symposium is “Pain in Sickle Cell Disease: Battling Stigma and Gaps in Knowledge”. Scholars, community members, government leaders and other stakeholders will gather for this unique daylong event on May 10, 2011 in Washington, D.C to have a continuing conversation about Sickle Cell Disease.
The goals of the event are to explain what Sickle Cell Disease is, describe the cause and its manifestations, discuss how it affects the quality of life of patients and ways to mitigate those problems. High quality posters will reflect these goals and provide professional or community-based evidence.
Please review the following guidelines. If you have any questions, please contact the Scientific and Evaluation Committee Chair, Meseret Deressa at [email protected] or 202-865-3388.
Abstract Guidelines The abstract submission deadline is April 10, 2011. Design the abstract in such a way that both professionals and general public could understand it. All persons whose papers are accepted by the Peer Review Committee for presentation should
be registrants and be present at the symposium. In the event a substitute will present the original poster, the organizing committee must be notified 1 week prior to the symposium.
Each author is limited to the submission of THREE ABSTRACTS as the primary author. No revisions can be made after the abstract submission deadline. Abstracts should be written in clear and concise English and it is assumed that the presenting
author will have adequate command of English to present and to respond to questions.
Abstract Format
Abstract should be prepared in word format and be limited to 250 words. The title should be short and concise (less than 200 characters). Authors and their affiliations should be clear. The contact address for presenting author should be indicated too. The body of the abstract should follow logically from the title. Abstracts should contain five sections:
Background Objective: Why did you perform it? Methods: How did you conduct the study? Results: What were the results of evaluation? Conclusions: What does it mean (implications)?
Abstract Review and Selection Process After reviewed by the relevant experts, presenting author will be notified of acceptance or
rejection. Abstracts will be evaluated on their scientific merit and value to the audience. Incomplete abstracts will not be reviewed. All abstracts submitted will be considered eligible for one presentation: oral or poster session. Poster Sessions allow the view of a poster illustration of the abstract. Authors are expected to
post posters at designated time/place and to be at their posters to answer questions during the time designated for poster presentations.
The best top three posters will be chosen for recognition through certificate of merit and nominal monetary gifts.
