Project description:Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow, Sunday 4 - Tuesday 6 November 2018 Attendees of the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference will be able to contact corresponding authors through the Conference App and e-poster platform at the Conference.W: https://conference.ncri.org.uk : E: conference@ncri.org.ukOrganised by the National Cancer Research Institute, which is a partnership of 19 cancer research funders, the NCRI Cancer Conference provides a platform for researchers, clinicians, people affected by cancer and industry representatives to come together to discuss, present and showcase high-quality research. Sponsorship Statement: Publication of this supplement was sponsored by Roche. All content was reviewed and approved by the NCRI Scientific Committee, which held full responsibility for the abstract selection.
Project description:The 2019 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference was held from October 16 to 18, 2019 in Park City, Utah. The conference was hosted by the Program for Addiction, Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy within the Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. AHSR is an annual conference to share discoveries, network with colleagues, and learn the most up-to-date research regarding how to identify, assess, and treat persons with addictions. This commentary contains 2019 AHSR specific goals and descriptions of content shared at this year's conference. Descriptions include information regarding pre-conference activities and conference plenaries, mentorship opportunities, and investigator awardees. Commentary also includes acknowledgments of those who assisted in making the 2019 AHSR Conference possible. Additionally, abstracts of the scientific research presented at the conference are included.
Project description:From January 31 through February 3, 2019 the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) held its 45th annual Conference on Medical Student Education in Jacksonville, Florida. STFM is a collaborative organization composed of members who are dedicated to teaching the discipline to learners of any level. The conference brings together members including physicians, administrators, behavioral scientists, researchers, residents, and students to learn from one another and improve the quality of family medicine education in the United States and Canada. Abstracts for all conference submissions can be found on the STFM website.1 Plenary speakers addressed topics related to health equity (Joanne Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD); discrimination and bias in the medical workplace (Roberto E. Montenegro, MD, PhD); and mentoring in family medicine (Beat Steiner, MD, MPH, STFM President). The STFM Committee on Medical Student Education reviewed the 14 completed educational research projects and selected six exemplary abstracts as the best of the conference. Criteria for inclusion included relevance to medical student education with a focus on family medicine education, study quality, and meaningful conclusions.Five of the abstracts appear in this collection. One has been published in the intervening time.2