Students, residents and fellows in training are invited to submit abstracts of rural health projects/research for podium or poster presentation at the 2022 West Virginia Rural Health Conference to be held in-person at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, WV and with the ability to access sessions virtually October 19-21.
Faculty, health professionals and community members are invited to submit abstracts of rural health projects/research for poster presentation only.
Submitted projects/research should be applicable to the health of rural West Virginians. Abstracts will be accepted for projects in-progress and completed projects as well as those that have been presented elsewhere.
The review committee will use this rubric for evaluating abstracts.
Authors accepted for a podium presentation will be expected to present in person at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, WV.
Authors accepted for poster presentation will be provided a PowerPoint template to be completed and returned to the committee chair by a date specified in the acceptance email. Poster presentations will be done in person on Wednesday, October 19th from 5:00-6:30. Poster presenters will be asked to follow the travel policy of their institution. There is also an opportunity to present your poster via a PDF that will be available virtually. Please let us know on the form if you are interested in presenting in-person.
Please use the form below to submit your abstract.
The deadline for submission is September 6th, 2022 at 3:00pm.
All applicants will be notified by September 23rd, 2022.
In addition to submitting your abstract, you are also asked to submit documentation addressing ethical considerations from your Institutional Review Board (IRB), Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, or acknowledgement letter from your IRB that the project is non-human subjects’ research.
If this is a community project, you may submit a letter that briefly explains that the process or project does not include data about persons.
Applicants that do not address ethical considerations will not be considered.
If you have any questions, please contact Amber Vance at [email protected] or 304-691-1184.
If you are interested in attending conference sessions in addition to the poster presentations (to be available in-person and online), you will need to register for the conference. Scholarships are available.
