We are delighted to announce the call for abstracts for Public Health Science 2019: A National Conference Dedicated to New Research in UK Public Health, to be held at Mary Ward House in London, UK, on Nov 29, 2019.
The conference encompasses all areas of public health, with a focus on methodological innovation and transdisciplinary insights. It is a forum for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss new research, methods, and perspectives on improving the health of the public.
Submissions are now open for oral and poster presentations, from a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches. Abstracts can be submitted under any of the three core themes: creativity in public health science; new methodological approaches to public health science; or impact and implementation of public health science in policy and practice.
To recognise the efforts of those who work in public health science, prizes will be awarded at the conference to early career researchers for the best oral and poster presentations. These awards are sponsored by the National Institute for Health Research School for Public Health Research and The Lancet. If you wish to be entered into this competition, please tell us at the point of abstract submission if you are a pre-PhD researcher (eg, MSc student, foundation year trainee, research assistant, public health trainee, or academic clinical fellow), PhD student, or postdoctoral trainee (clinical lecturers, clinician scientist fellows, or equivalent posts).
Accepted abstracts will be published by The Lancet online and in print after peer review. Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words, be written in English, and contain no references, tables, or figures. Submissions should include the following sections: background (including context and aim); methods; findings; and interpretation. Please also include a non-declamatory title (including a study descriptor—eg, retrospective cohort study); names, titles, highest degrees, and affiliations of authors; postal and email addresses for the corresponding author; any funding received (if none, please state this); and a brief summary of the contributions of each author and any competing interests. Abstract guidelines are available on The Lancet’s website; abstracts not meeting the guidelines may be returned for revision. Reports of randomised trials should follow the CONSORT extension for abstracts guidance. Abstracts should not have previously been published elsewhere and must include some results, although results of ongoing analyses are acceptable.
Submit your abstract as a Microsoft Word document through The Lancet’s online submission system and state in your covering letter that the submission is for the Public Health Science conference. The abstract submission deadline is June 17, 2019. After The Lancet’s peer-review process, successful participants will be informed of acceptance of abstracts for oral or poster presentation. This information and further details are available on the Public Health Science conference website.
For Lancet conference abstract guidelines see https://www.thelancet.com/pb/assets/raw/Lancet/pdfs/Abstract_Guidelines_2013.pdf
For CONSORT extension for abstracts see http://www.consort-statement.org/extensions?ContentWidgetId=562
To submit your abstract go to http://ees.elsevier.com/thelancet