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9^TH ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL CANCER RESEARCH @

THE 2021 CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES FOR GLOBAL HEALTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Theme: TBD

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

OPENS: October 21, 2020 09:00AM U.S. Eastern Daylight Time

CLOSES: December 16, 2020 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time

Notifications will be sent January 2021

To submit an abstract proposal, click here

For event information, please visit the Symposium Website

For all questions regarding abstracts, please contact Linsey Eldridge; linsey.eldridge@nih.gov

The 9^th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research will be held virtually between March 1 and 11, 2021, as a satellite meeting to the 12^th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) Global Health Conference (March 12^th to March 14^th, 2021). The Symposium is organized through a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute Center for Global Health, CUGH, Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University, University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). The objectives of this virtual Symposium are to: (1) provide a venue for the global oncology research community to exchange information to identify potential areas for collaboration; (2) develop a set of strategic priorities for advancing the field of global oncology in both low and high resource settings - with a focus on topics such as research priorities to address the full spectrum of cancer disparities, training needs, mentorship and capacity building, institutional leadership, and access to resources (infrastructure, human, financial); and (3) share initiatives that are reducing the burden of cancer in low resource settings.

Abstracts: Presentations on research and programs that address the global burden of cancer are at the heart of the Symposium. We encourage abstracts that support the Symposium theme: TBD. The organizers invite all persons wishing to report original research, projects, or programs related to global cancer research and control to submit abstracts. Submissions that offer unique insights into global cancer control strategies are encouraged.

Evaluation Criteria: Abstracts will be reviewed based on the following criteria:

• Public health significance: addresses relevant public health question

• Methodology: methods chosen are appropriate for research, project, or program

• Overall impact: enhances understanding of global cancer burden/aims to improve global cancer control

• Clarity of ideas

Abstracts must include the following sections with the headlines:

• Purpose

• Methods

• Results

• Conclusion

Guidelines:

• All abstracts must be submitted in English.

• Only one abstract per person as presenting or first author may be submitted. (Note: There is a maximum of three abstracts total per author).

• Abstract maximum word count is 300.

• Abstract titles must be 250 characters or less and should not be submitted in all caps.

• Abstracts should not contain figures or tables.

• Abstracts must be submitted online by December 16, 2020 at 11:59pm EST.

Only abstracts that comply with all the above guidelines will be considered for presentation and publication. Authors will receive decisions and more information about the virtual platform and presentations via email January 2021. Accepted abstracts will be selected for posters or oral presentations and will be published in the AACR’s Journal _____.

Important Dates:

October 21, 2020, 09:00AM U.S. Eastern Daylight Time – Online abstract submission opens.

December 16, 2020, 11:59PM U.S. Eastern Standard Time – Online abstract submission deadline.

January 2021– Notification of abstract acceptance/rejection.

February X, 2020 - Deadline to confirm abstract presentation.

February X, 2020 - Deadline to register for Symposium and submit poster.