Call for Abstracts

What is Veterinary Research Day, and why should YOU participate?

• An opportunity to get to know your colleagues in the College of Veterinary Medicine
• A chance to discover common research interests
• A place to learn about research careers and who is doing what in the College

Who should submit an abstract?

• Anyone who is doing clinical or basic research and wants to share preliminary or definitive findings with their colleagues
• Anyone who has an interesting case report to share or discuss
• Any student who wants practice in preparing a poster and presenting their data
• Anyone who wants to present their own scholarly activity to the College of Veterinary Medicine community
• Participants include, but are not limited to:
  • Faculty
  • Graduate students
  • Residents and Interns
  • Veterinary students
  • Undergraduate students

What type of material is appropriate for presentation?

• Current research that has not been presented previously at a past COLLEGE research day:
  • Basic research
  • Clinical research
  • Case reports
  • Retrospective and prospective studies
  • Clinical or field trials
  • Inventions, descriptive research, or any scholarly activity
• Presentation of preliminary findings is encouraged, especially by students- this is your opportunity to practice your presentation skills!
• Studies reported at other meetings may be presented

Awards and prizes

• Separate categories for graduate student/resident/intern presentations and veterinary students

Financial support for poster preparation

• Financial support will be available for student posters
• Lack of funding should not deter students from submitting their work

Poster size

• Posters should be no larger than 3’ high by 5’ wide

Poster limit

• One poster per person