Call for Abstracts

 

Start date: July 1st, 2022

End date: July 31st, 2022 at 23:59 (Paris Time)

Open to: Students (Postgraduate) from the IDOH Community and others from health/biological sciences.

 

Topics:

• One Health

• Infectious Diseases

  • Zoonotic diseases

  • Vector-borne diseases

  • AMR

  • Food-borne diseases

• Emergency Preparedness

• Disease Modelling, Big Data & AI

• Epidemiology

 

Guidelines for Abstract Preparations

 

Please read all instructions carefully as incomplete applications will not be considered. 
 

The abstract should include:

• Title, authors, affiliations and contact email;

• An abstract of no more than 300 words, which must include:

  • Relevant background information and relevance of the study.

  • Brief description of the methodology used.

  • Main findings and scope of the study.

  • Conclusions.

• The abstract should be written in English;

• Use italics for scientific names, subindex for scientific formulas and superindex for mathematical equations and affiliations;

• Do not include graphs or figures.

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Submission mission Process:

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• Save your abstract as a Microsoft Word (.docx) file using the following naming convention: “IDOH DAY 2022 - LAST NAME, FIRST NAME”

• Send your abstract via email to idoh.day.committee@gmail.com using as subject line: “IDOH DAY 2022 - LAST NAME, FIRST NAME”

• Please note the end of abstract submission is on July 31st, 2022 at 23:59 (CET Time). No submission after this date and time will be considered.

• You will receive a confirmation that your abstract was received and the selected posters will be announced by August 15, 2022.

• If you have any questions about the application process, please send an email to: idoh.day.committee@gmail.com

 

Guidelines for Poster Preparations

 Posters should include:

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• Title (with names of authors and affiliations)

• Introduction and objectives

• Methods

• Results

• Conclusion

• References

• Acknowledgements

• Contact information

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Layout of poster (Physical)

Please make sure the poster fulfills the following criteria:

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• Poster size is A0 (841×1189 mm).

• Printed in portrait  (vertical format).

• The poster has to be in English (including images).

• The title should be as brief as possible. Capitalize the first letter of each word (except conjunctions).

• Print of title, authors, and affiliations.

• Use fonts that are easily readable, like sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Helvetica).

• The poster should be readable from 1 m away.

• No smaller than 16 pt. font

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The posters will be presented by the authors briefly during times allocated to the posters that will last around 30 minutes in which questions and comments will be addressed. 

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As our event will be held in hybrid mode (in-person and virtual) we will ask authors to provide  the .pdf version of the posters to allow our virtual attendees to download them.

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Content and layout of poster (Digital Format)

Please make sure the poster fulfills the following criteria:

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• Posters will be displayed in portrait.

• The poster has to be in English (including figures)

• The title should be as brief as possible. Capitalize the first letter of each word (except conjunctions)

• File format: .pdf

• Poster size in pixel: 1920 width x 1080 height

• Poster size in cm: 33,867 width x 19,05 height

• Use fonts that are easily readable like sans serif fonts (Arial, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Helvetica).

• The poster should be readable from 1 m away.

• No smaller than 16 pt. font

• Contact information should be included in the poster.