Date: May 19-May 22, 2025
- Abstracts from new innovative research and those from work previously submitted to an international, national, regional, or local conference/meeting within the past 12 months from the abstract submission deadline (i.e., submitted after February 21, 2024) can be submitted.
- Case reports/case series/clinical vignettes are welcome but must clearly report on a new disease entity or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease. This MUST be clearly stated in the abstract.
- All submitted abstracts will undergo peer-review and ranking. Authors are advised to involve co-authors and to review their work before submission to maximize the chances of acceptance.
- It is the responsibility of the submitter to ensure that work submitted does not infringe on any copyright. By submitting the abstract, you indicate that there is no copyright infringement.
- Abstracts are due by 11:00pm, Friday, February 21, 2025.
- All abstracts must be submitted online: https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76638/submitter
- Abstract text should be divided into the following sections: Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusion. If you are submitting a case report, text should be divided into the following sections: Introduction, Case Presentation, Discussion.
- Abstracts are limited to 250 words.
- Only ONE table or ONE figure will be accepted.
- Tables/Figures must be uploaded in JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, or WEBP format.
- Tables/Figures must be uploaded JPG, PNG, GIF format.
- Including multiple tables and/or multiple figures in one image is not permitted.
- If you submit more than ONE table or ONE figure, only the first one will be reviewed.
- If your abstract is accepted, you must prepare a poster for presentation. The poster session will be held in-person at Ochsner Medical Center-Jefferson Highway on Thursday, May 22, 2025, from 4:30-6:30 PM.
- Posters are due by May 1, 2025. Posters submitted by May 1, 2025 will be printed for the author and hung in the presentation space and will also be included on the Research Week website.
- Download a poster template:
- Submit your
poster
- Posters should be submitted as PDF files.
- Poster files should be titled as follows: AbstractReferenceNumber+LastName.pdf
Your abstract control number can be found in your submission confirmation email from no-reply@oxfordabstracts.com.
- Posters submitted after May 1, 2025, will not be printed by Ochsner or included in the Research Week website. Authors may choose to print accepted posters after this deadline at their own expense.
- Podium sessions will be held in-person at Ochsner Medical Center- Jefferson Highway on Monday and Tuesday, May 19 and 20, 2025, in the following categories (4 presentations per category): Nursing, Pharmacy, Resident/Fellow, Medical Student, Research Fellow, Clinical/Translational Research, and Health Disparities Research.
- Authors selected for a 10-minute podium presentation will not be required to submit or present a poster. Authors will be informed if they have been selected for a podium presentation in their acceptance email.
- Powerpoint presentations for the podium session will be due on Friday, May 16, 2025, to Courtney.parke@ochsner.org.
