Call for Abstracts


One Health: Antimicrobial Resistance & Emerging Zoonoses Conference (OH: AMR&EZ) is accepting submissions for abstract presentations. We invite trainees, scientists and researchers in the fields of One Health, Antimicrobial Resistance and Emerging Zoonoses to submit an abstract for presentation during the Conference.

Submission Deadline

The online submission site will close at midnight MT on Monday, January 13, 2025.

Notifications

Abstract notifications will be sent the week of January 27, 2025.

About One Health: AMR & EZ Conference

This 2025 conference is an exciting collaboration among the Antimicrobial Resistance – One Health Consortium (AMR – OHC), The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Network (CAN-AMR-Net), and The Canadian One Health Training Program for Emerging Zoonoses (COHTPEZ) creating a dynamic environment for interdisciplinary collaboration in One Health.


Audience

This conference attracts a diverse range of participants from across Canada, including:

  • Researchers from AMR-OHC, CAN-AMR-Net and COHTPEZ and other initiatives.
  • Trainees developing their clinical or research skills in these fields.
  • Industry sponsors looking to support innovative and sustainable health solutions.
  • Government and private sector and community organizations invested in addressing AMR, EZ and other critical health issues.


Eligibility

The call for abstract submissions is open to trainees (undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical fellows), research associates and research/laboratory technicians, not for profit groups, community researchers and all other academics with a research focus on One Health, AMR and/or EZ related work. Non-Canadian residents may submit an abstract for consideration although financial support for international travel will not be provided through the conference organizers.


Format

Submissions will be considered for oral or poster abstract presentation.


Fees

There is no fee to submit an abstract. At least one presenting author is required to register and be fully paid by the presenting author registration deadline – Wednesday, February 12, 2025. Some trainee presenters may be eligible for funding to cover expenses as a member of one of the three trainee platform organizations hosting this event. Please contact your individual training platform coordinators for more information.


Trainee Travel Awards

Thanks to funding from bioMérieux, three travel grants (valued at $1,500 CAD each) will be awarded to trainees presenting exemplary research at the conference to assist with the cost of airfare and hotel accommodation. Eligible applicants include undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows who are named as the presenting author of an accepted abstract. Abstracts will be reviewed by peers, and selection will be based on research quality, with consideration given to geographical diversity. One awardee per region: Eastern, Central and Western Canada.  Award recipients will be notified the week of January 27, 2025. 

If you wish to apply for a travel award, please select "Yes" on the online abstract submission form.


Submission Themes

  1. Disease and Pathogen Biology
  2. Interventions and Controls
  3. Surveillance and Data Systems
  4. Leadership Thought and Policy Development


Selection Criteria

Scoring is based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to one of the four themes (noted above)
  • Cross-disciplinary approach
  • Scientific rigor
  • Quality of data and results
  • Originality and innovation
  • Significance and impact
  • Presentation and writing quality


Guidelines

1. Abstracts must include the following elements:

  • Background / Introduction
  • Objective / Purpose
  • Procedure / Methods
  • Results / Conclusion

2. The abstract title is limited to 30 words. Please use Title Case. Each abstract is limited to 500 words not including the title, authors, or affiliations. No graphic elements (e.g. charts, tables) are permitted.

3. Do not include any identifying information (names, city, institution) within the body of the abstract.

4. Abstracts must be submitted in English or French.

5. There is no limit to the number of abstracts that an author or department may submit. However, each author may present a maximum of two accepted abstracts, regardless of whether they are oral or poster presentations.

6. It is recommended you prepare your abstract in a word processing software such as MS Word ahead of time so you can copy and paste the text into the abstract system. Do not use presentation software such as PowerPoint.

7. Abstracts cannot be edited or revised after the submission deadline.


Common reasons abstracts are not accepted for presentation

  • Subject matter is not appropriate
  • Subject matter does not align with a conference theme
  • Information is not novel (new enough)
  • Abstract is duplicative of other submissions
  • Format does not follow guidelines
  • Submission is poorly written and difficult to understand
  • Background does not summarize the hypothesis
  • Methodology is inadequate or insufficient to support conclusions
  • Evaluation is inadequate or absent
  • Summary of essential results is inadequate or absent
  • Proposals with no clear findings
  • The work has been published as a full paper in a peer-reviewed journal prior to the submission deadline


Abstract Submitter versus Presenting Author

The abstract submitter is the individual who is submitting the abstract for consideration and acts as the main contact for said submission. The abstract submitter is responsible for disseminating all communications received from conference organizers regarding the abstract submission. The abstract submitter must be a member of the research team. The abstract submitter does not have to be the presenting author. Presenting author must be identified within the online submission form.