Call for Posters
The NC Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit seeks to highlight the work of undergraduate and graduate students through poster presentations at this year’s summit. Focused around the theme, Engage, Educate, Energize, the summit will feature a wide range of exciting discussions and networking opportunities with experts, researchers, and up-and-coming leaders working to address opioid misuse, addiction, and overdose. This is an opportunity for students to share their work with others who are promoting innovative policies, strategies and prevention practices in North Carolina. We welcome abstracts from students in disciplines related to substance use prevention and/or treatment, e.g., health/medical, social work, psychology/counseling. The summit will be held on June 11-12, 2019 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC. Learn more and submit your abstract HERE.
Abstract Submission Process Timeline:
- Call for abstracts: Open now through March 29, 2019
- Abstract review: April 4 – April 12, 2019
- Final decision: April 17, 2019
- Notification to students: April 19 – April 22, 2019
Guidelines for Abstract Submission:
Proposals for student poster presentations at the 2019 NC Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention Summit should be completed using the online abstract submission process. The Summit Planning Committee will review abstracts based on designated criteria including relevance, timeliness, clarity and potential impact. All abstracts must be submitted by Friday, March 29, 2019 by 11:59pm EST via the online system. Submissions identified as incomplete, late or submitted with an incorrect format will not be reviewed or considered.
Submission Information:
- Abstracts will only be reviewed for students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, actively pursuing a degree in a field related to substance use prevention and/or treatment, e.g., health/medical, social work, psychology/counseling.
- Abstracts must represent the original work of the author listed and referenced appropriately.
- Abstracts must be no longer than 300 words in length, excluding the title.
- Prior to submission, all abstracts should be thoroughly reviewed by the author.
- Changes may not be made to the submitted abstract. Once submitted, duplicates will not be considered and abstracts may be reviewed at any time during the submission time period.
- By submitting the abstract, you or an alternative author agree to attend the summit if your abstract is accepted.
- This summit is only accepting abstracts for poster presentations. Any other format will not be considered.
- If the abstract is selected, 1 registration for the summit will be included.
Poster Presentation Formatting Requirements:
- This visual illustration summarizes the author’s work by limited text, images, and graphs.
- Accepted abstracts will only allow one author to present the poster board.
- Authors will be responsible for printing their own presentation.
- Required poster components:
- Background
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusions
Poster Presentation Additional Details:
- Accepted posters will be displayed throughout the entire summit, starting June 11 at 8am and ending on June 12 at 4pm.
- Presenters will be required to be at their poster on June 11 from 2:30 to 3:30pm to interact with and answer questions from conference attendees.
- There will be up to 10 presentations in the poster session.