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The Program Planning Committee invites abstracts in the areas of Basic Science, Clinical Science, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Social Sciences. Abstracts may be submitted and presented in either English or French. There is a limit of two abstract submissions per presenting author.
Scholarships and New Investigator Awards will be presented to selected candidates. For application details, visit the Academic Scholarship or New Investigator Awards pages.
Abstract Guidelines
Submission of an abstract acknowledges your consent to the following:
- If accepted, your abstract may be published in a medical publication.
- Agree to prepare a "one-page media profile sheet" on your abstract for distribution to media if requested by CAHR 2012.
- Agree to allow Rapporteurs to use all or part of your presentation or poster in the Rapporteur presentation at CAHR 2012. The Rapporteur presentation will not be made available for public presentation or downloading.
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length, not including the title. Please note that abstracts will be truncated at 300 words in the Journal if they run longer.
Prepare your abstract in Word processing software such as MS Word, WordPerfect, or a text editor such as MS Write. Do not use presentation software such as PowerPoint. If you incorporate a data table in your abstract, the table counts as 50 words against your 300 word total.
Your abstract should be in English or French, and will be published in the language of submission.
The abstract submission deadline is
Monday, January 16, 2012. The results of the peer review are expected to be available in the week of February 20, 2012. The submitting author will be notified by email. Subsequent correspondence will be with the presenting author(s).
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Policy on Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
If, within the past five years, an author or immediate family member has had a substantial personal financial relationship relating to the support of the abstract, this relationship must be described. Such relationships include salaries, ownerships, equity positions, stock options, royalties, consulting fees and honoraria for speaking, material support and other financial arrangements. During the abstract submission process you will be asked to disclose any potential conflicts of interest.
For more information on the full CAHR Policy on Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest, please click here.
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CAHR Policies on Abstract Submission and Acceptance
These policies on abstract submission and acceptance are intended to provide guidance for oral sessions and posters for the annual Canadian conferences on HIV/AIDS research.
Policy Statement: Scientific abstracts submitted for CAHR conference program should demonstrate a clear Canadian connection.
“Canadian connection” would include, but not be limited to, the following criteria as general guidelines. To demonstrate a Canadian connection, an abstract would need to meet at least one or more of these criteria.
- one or more investigators are based in Canada, are Canadian residents or trained in Canada
- one or more funders are based in Canada, i.e. a Canadian funder, or other national or international funder (organization or individual) that is based in or operating in Canada
- one or more Canadian scientific research or other organizations based in Canada is involved or partnered in the research project
- at least some of the research population is resident in Canada
- at least some of the research activity is conducted in Canada
- the research builds extensively on existing Canadian research
- the evidence from the research is relevant, wholly or partially, to current issues and challenges specific to the HIV/AIDS response in Canada
- other connection such as the research was initiated, proposed or promoted by Canadian researcher(s) or institution(s).
Policy Statement: This policy is tended to support the broadest number of researchers to participate in the Conference program. Any researcher, who is submitting an abstract or presenting an oral session or an abstract poster, must be a member of the research or investigation team. Researchers are limited to presenting two abstracts per researcher during the Conference program (including oral sessions and abstract posters). If the author wishes to submit more than two (2) abstracts, they can and should be submitted by another researcher as part of the investigation team (that is, other than the principal investigator or presenting researcher). There is no limit to the number of times that a researcher’s name may appear as a member of a team of investigators on abstracts submitted to the conference. In cases where a researcher is involved in more than two abstracts or studies submitted for the Conference program, that researcher may be listed as the presenter only twice (oral session or abstract poster).
Exceptions to this policy may be considered on a case-by-case basis where in the opinion of the Track Chair and/or Conference Organizing Committee, such an exception may enhance the Conference program and/or advance HIV research and/or knowledge exchange. All decisions of the Conference Organizing Committee are final.
Presenting and "Publish Only" Author Registration Information
Presenting and "Publish Only" Authors must register to attend the CAHR 2012 Conference. If you are not registered by the Presenting Author registration deadline your abstract may not be included in the final program.
Take advantage of early bird conference rates by visiting the Registration section of the CAHR 2012 Website. The Presenting Author registration deadline is
Wednesday, March 7, 2012.
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Abstract Subjects for CAHR 2012
Basic Sciences
- HIV Structure, Function and Genetics
- Pathogenesis and Cell Biology of HIV Infection and Co-infection
- Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to HIV Infection and Co-Infection
- Molecular Epidemiology of HIV and the Influence of Host Factors on Drug Resistance, Immune Evasion and Viral Evolution
- Anti-retroviral Drugs, Microbicides, and Vaccines (Preclinical)
Clinical Sciences
- ARV clinical trials and other ARV studies
- Issues in women and children
- Prevention, Natural History, and Monitoring
- Other complications of HAART
- CVD and other issues in the aging population
- Resistance
- Adherence
- HIV Prevention
- HIV Therapies
- Co-infections (including HCV, HBV, HPV, syphilis, TB)
- Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
- Issues in the developing world and vulnerable populations
- Mental health topics
Epidemiology and Public Health
- Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among at risk populations (IDU, MSM, CSW, etc.)
- Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS, Co-infections & Blood borne infections (HCV,
HBV, HSV, TB, HPV, and other STI, etc.)
- Global Health epidemiology ( implementation research, issues in
conduct)
- Social Epidemiology (evaluations, methods)
- Methodological issues and Meta-analyses (new models, applications,
improvements)
- Biomedical and Behavioral Interventions (evaluation, interventional,
service delivery models)
- Other-Unclassified-Miscellaneous
Social Sciences
- Risks and Prevention, Observations, Interventions, Management, Support
- Sociostructural and Systemic Elements and Issues around HIV and HIV affected persons.
- Sexual and Transmission Networks, their realities, practices, cultures, affected sub-populations and groups.
- New Outlooks on HIV: critical approaches, new approaches and thinking on HIV, its persons, its communities, its invisibilities, its diversity.
- HIV Positive Realities: living with HIV, stigmas, differences, treatments and care relative to HIV and other health conditions
- Human Rights, Criminalisation and Social, Political and Legal Aspects and Principles of HIV
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Questions?
Please email your questions on abstract submission to cahr@scolars.com.
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