The Global Health Conference Midwest is taking place the weekend of February 1, 2025. The conference is an opportunity for professionals, faculty, and students to connect, collaborate, and engage virtually in pertinent and emerging topics in global health! 

 For clarification, these Research Symposiums will be separate symposiums, but will both be held on the afternoon of February 1, 2025. 

If your research falls under: Community initiatives, Advocacy and Health Policy, Education, Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research, Global System studies, and Health Immersion, please apply to the GHCM research symposium. 

If your research falls under: traditional healing, holistic medicine, disparities in mental health and substance abuse resources, and advocacy/health policy related to Native American health, please apply to the Great Plains Native American Health Symposium (GPNAHS).

 ABSTRACT INSTRUCTIONS: 

1. A title must be included along with the names of all authors and their affiliations (department and institution).

2. Provide the significance of your work in a concise, descriptive manner (i.e.. Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion).

3. Abstracts are to be written in English and are not to exceed 300 words. 

4.  For reviewing and scheduling purposes, abstracts will be classified into thematic areas which will be announced later. We are encouraging submissions in the following areas:  

• GHCM

  1. Community initiatives

  2. Advocacy and Health Policy

  3. Education, Basic

  4. Translational, Basic, and Clinical Research

  5. Global System studies

  6. Health Immersion. 

• GPNAHS

  1. Traditional Healing

  2. Holistic Medicine

  3. Disparities in Mental Health/Substance Abuse Resources

  4. Native American Health Advocacy & Policy

 AWARDS:

At the conference, presentations will be reviewed by a judging committee and evaluated according to relevance and potential impact on global health, educational value, originality and clarity of presentation. Results of the selection process will be announced during the awards ceremony later that day.

 THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS JANUARY 13, 2025 

2024 Poster Winners

GHCM

Advocacy/Health Policy

Distinguished Poster Award: Taylor Billion – “Demographic and regional trends in substance use disorder-related deaths from 1999-2021”

Community Initiatives

Distinguished Poster Award: Dr. Huascar Rodriguez & Dr. Armanda De La Cruz – “Effect on BMI Percentile of Children Ages 2-6 Years in Batey Dos, Dominican Republic, by Nutrition Program Implementation

Global Health

Distinguished Poster Award: Caleb Yeh & Crystal Huang – “Childhood Blindness and Vision Impairment in West Africa: Public Health Measures and Implications for Systemic Health”

Basic science/Clinical Science

Distinguished Poster Award: Marco DiBlasi – “Pseudomonas aeruginosa fusion protein vaccines containing the th17-stimulating antigen POPB improve mucosal IgA responses and protective efficacy in mice after intranasal immunization”

Education

Distinguished Poster Award: Andee James – “Utilizing Registered Dieticians to Improve Nutrition Education for Medical Students”

GPNAHS

Native American Advocacy & Policy

Distinguished Poster Award: Paul Wilkinson – “Survival Trends of Native American Astrocytoma Patients by Age: A National Analysis”

Disparities in Mental Health/Substance Abuse Resources

Distinguished Poster Award: Mohammad Al Kurnas – “Disparities in Native American Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An NCDB Analysis”