Abstract Submissions

 

The Scientific Research Committee of the 2024 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health will be soliciting submissions for research abstracts starting June 5, 2023, which will be presented at the Cleveland Hilton Downtown and Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, April 11-13, 2024.

 

The theme of the International Congress is“Champions of Whole Health: Using Evidence to Drive Transformation" and should be considered when crafting your submission. There is an increasing amount of research related to integrative medicine, leading to a growing body of evidence to support the use of integrative and whole health strategies to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs.  Our goal is to convene champions of whole health to discuss how they are using evidence-based information to drive integrative, whole-person health care and ensure its quality and accessibility to all.

 

Important Dates

REGULAR SUBMISSIONS

• Submission site opens Monday, June 5, 2023
• Submission site closes Friday, September 15, 2023
• Disposition notices will be sent Friday, November 17, 2023

 

LATE BREAKER SUBMISSIONS (for new and novel data not available during the regular submission window.)

• Late Breaker submission site opens Monday, January 8, 2024
• Late Breaker submission site closes Friday, January 19, 2024
• Late Breaker disposition notices will be sent Friday, February 16, 2024

 

 

• Basic Science
• Clinical: Acupuncture 
• Clinical: Herbs 
• Clinical: Manual Therapies
• Clinical: Mind-Body
• Clinical: Other
• Education Research
• Health Equity and Health Disparities
• Health Services Research
• Research Methodology

 

A very limited number of abstracts will be selected for oral presentations.

 

Travel Awards

The travel award application takes place during submission. Please select your need for travel award/scholarship to attend and present at the International Congress. You'll be asked to also share your SupervisorPI's name, organization, and email to be considered. Travel awardees will be notified of their award status in their acceptance notification. 

 

Abstract Submission Procedure

Please follow the steps below to submit an abstract for the 2024 International Congress. If you have questions or require assistance with your abstract submission, please contact the Congress Secretariat at Congress@ConferenceSolutionsInc.com

Each submitter may submit up to two abstracts at no charge. Additional abstracts will be billed at $50 each. 

 

Once logged in, select “Click Here to Start”. Then follow the instructions on the submission site to complete your abstract submission.

STEP 1:

• Indicate your abstract topic.
• Indicate if you would like to be considered for an oral presentation or poster presentation only. 
• Enter your abstract title in title case. (This Is a Sample of Title Case). Titles are limited to 150 characters.
• Enter your purpose, method(s), results, and conclusions into the spaces provided.
• Review your abstract. Confirm all special characters are showing correctly and that the abstract did not exceed the 2,000-character limit. 
• Choose up to five keywords that are related to your abstract submission.
• Enter whether the work has been presented somewhere else or is original work.
• Specify if the abstract is based on research that tested a specific commercial product or accepted support for the project. (All accepted presenting authors will be required to submit a CME disclosure form prior to presenting at the International Congress).
• Fill in your Submitter Information.
• Select the integrative medicine and health modality that most directly applies.
• Enter presenting/submitting author information.
• Select if you would like to be considered for a travel scholarship/award.
• Agree to the Abstract Terms and Conditions.
• Click the “Submit Abstract” button to submit your proposal.

 

STEP 2:

• Enter all co-authors’ information. They may be in the system already, so please search and if they are not listed click "I have looked for my Author and they do not exist".
• Authors’ names will appear in the order they were entered on the submission site. The presenting author’s name will be underlined and their email address published in congress materials.  
• Please do not enter information, such as author’s names, contact information or abstract titles in all CAPITAL LETTERS. Capitalize letters only where necessary.
• You may not save a draft proposal, but you can return and edit your abstract or add co-authors at any time prior to the deadline.
• For safekeeping, you may save your abstract proposal by navigating to your submitted abstract(s) and clicking "Download."

 

Acceptance of Abstracts

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to decide whether a submission will be accepted, and the right to determine the presentation form.  Submitters for the first round of submissions will be notified of their acceptance status and form of presentation by Friday, November 17, 2023. Submitters for late-breaker submissions will be notified of acceptance status and form of presentation by Friday, February 16, 2024.

 

CME

All accepted presenters will be required to submit a CME disclosure form prior to presenting at the International Congress. Failure to submit the disclosure form within the specified timeline may result in the cancellation of the session. More details will be provided upon proposal acceptance.