20th Anniversary Conference Call for Abstracts

The conference will feature a poster session that allows participants to present a poster on their research that addresses the conference goals. Presenters will be asked to be available at their posters at a designated time during the conference to answer questions. Posters may include photographs, statistical tables, figures, charts or other graphic material relevant to the project. The abstract should address: purpose of the study, methods or approach, findings and discussion.

Abstracts should fall into one of the following categories:

• Research using administrative databases focusing on population health, the determinants of health or health policy.
• Data linkage projects relevant to population health, epidemiology and  health services research.
• Knowledge translation activities relevant to health and the determinants of health.

• All abstracts will be peer-reviewed.
• Deadline for abstract submission is October 23, 2009. Authors will be notified by November 15 as to the status of their submission.
• All abstracts must be submitted electronically by completing the online submission form below.
• Once completed, you will receive an e-mail confirming that your submission was successfully received. 
• Keep a copy of your online abstract submission for your records. 
• If you are unable to submit your abstract online or if you did not receive an e-mail confirmation of your submission, contact the Conference Coordinator (Carole_Ouelette@cpe.umanitoba.ca).
• Abstracts must be submitted in English
• Use short, specific titles and standard abbreviations.
• Submission must not exceed 250 words.
• The abstract document MUST NOT contain its title or the names of any of the authors.
• The abstract document MUST BE in MSWORD.DOC format.

• Each individual may submit one abstract as Presenting Author. As a supplementary author, a person can be included on a maximum of two (2) additional submissions.
• Submission of an abstract implies the submitter’s agreement to register for the conference, pay the appropriate conference registration fee, and make this presentation as scheduled.

For more information please contact the Conference Coordinator, Carole Ouelette.

Carole Ouelette
Conference Coordinator
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Phone: 204-975-7734
E-mail: Carole_Ouelette@cpe.umanitoba.ca