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ISCMR
NEWSFLASH
Next year ISCMR's Annual Meeting will be held
in conjunction with the North American Research Conference on
Complementary & Integrative Medicine. Please note that the deadline
for abstracts is September 30, 2005.
North American
Research Conference on Complementary & Integrative Medicine
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 24 - 27, 2006
Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (www.imconsortium.org)
would like to announce the first North American Research Conference on
Complementary and Integrative Medicine, hosted by the University of
Alberta. The Consortium, founded in 2003, is a not-for-profit
membership organization comprised of 27 major medical schools in the
U.S. and Canada that have existing research, education and clinical
programs focused on Integrative Medicine.
For additional details regarding the conference please see
www.imconsortium-conference2006.com
Call for Abstracts: DUE September 30,
2005
The Program Committee welcomes abstracts on original research relating
to complementary, alternative or integrative medicine in the six
categories listed further below. Please note that all presenters must
register for the meeting.
Call for Interactive Scientific
Sessions: DUE September 15, 2005
The Program Committee also invites proposals for the following types
of scientific sessions: symposia, featured discussions and workshops.
Sessions can include from one to six speakers and will be 1.5 or 3.0
hours in length. Please review the website
www.imconsortium-conference2006.com/interactive_scientific_sessions.html
for the purpose and criteria for each session type. If you have any
questions for session-related inquiries please contact Sunita Vohra,
MD
care@med.ualberta.ca
(780-407-3105 fax). Please note that all presenters must register for
the meeting and travel funds will not be provided if session is
accepted.
Categories of Research
Investigators are invited to submit abstracts on original research in
the six categories listed below. These studies could have been
conducted in any of a variety of settings from in vitro systems to
animal models, and in human subjects ranging from pediatric to
geriatric populations. The list of examples of subject areas provided
within each category is not meant to be exhaustive. If you have any
question as to what category your abstract should be submitted under,
please contact David Eisenberg, MD
osher_institute@hms.harvard.edu
(617-384-8555 fax). Please note that all presenters must
register for the meeting.
1. Clinical Research (Examples: adult or pediatric
clinical studies, case series, research on disease prevention,
qualitative approaches)
2. Preclinical/Basic Science (Examples: mechanistic
studies, animal experiments)
3. Health Service Research (Examples: surveys,
meta-analyses, cost effectiveness studies)
4. Research Methodology (Examples: novel designs,
non-specific effects (e.g., role of placebo))
5. Education Research* (Examples: evaluative studies
of curricula, training and competency)
6. Other* (Examples: policy development, ethical and
legal issues, quality assurance)
*Note: abstracts submitted in these categories also require data
collected as an answer to a hypothesis.
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