Call for Abstracts: Latinos and Alzheimer's Disease Symposium

Submission Deadline: October 6th, 11:59 PM US Eastern Daylight Time. All abstracts must be submitted by this time to be considered. No late submissions are accepted, without exception.

General Guidelines for Abstracts:

• Abstracts must be written in English
• Abstracts may come from any area of Alzheimer's disease research
• Research that represents a collaborative effort and/or work that has been presented at other meetings is welcome
• All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Scientific Program Committee and authors will be notified via e-mail of abstract decisions by November 10, 2017
• Please note that presenters are required to register for the meeting and pay the appropriate meeting registration fees _discounts for student registration
• Please contact Alejandra Restrepo at mundos@mgh.harvard.edu if you have any questions about the submission process

Submission Instructions

• Please submit abstracts by e-mail to mundos@mgh.harvard.edu. Abstracts may be sent in the text of the e-mail or in an attached word document
• Indicate whether the abstract is for a poster or oral presentation
• Indicate if the presenting author is a student/postdoctoral fellow
• Approximate word count should be less than 300 words
• Please provide all of the following in your submission:
  • Author(s)
  • Affiliation(s)
  • Corresponding email address
  • Title of Poster/Paper
  • A theme or topic for the abstract (please see list below)
  • Abstract
  • Background
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Conclusions
• Abstracts for oral presentations must be sent along with presenter's CV

Oral Presentation:

• Each abstract will be allotted 12-15 minutes for oral presentation and audience discussion. A moderator will adhere to these time limits to allow time for discussion among the presenters and the audience
• Oral sessions are comprised f six presentations per oral session and are grouped by the Program Committee Chair
• Accepted oral presentations will be scheduled for either day of the Symposium
• Submitted oral presentation abstracts that are not selected may be considered for a poster presentation

Poster sessions:

• Accepted posters will be scheduled on February 23, 2017
• Poster presenters will stay with their poster for the duration of the poster session (approximately 60-90 minutes)

Themes/Topics:

1. Latinos and Alzheimer's disease: assessment, diagnosis and prognosis
2. Latinos and biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease
3. Public health and psychosocial interventions for Latinos with Alzheimer's disease

For more information visit the symposium's website.