Early Career Researcher Competition - Call for abstracts to present your research at CPH & PHI Showcase

Calling all early career researchers! We are excited to announce an opportunity to display your research at this year’s Cambridge Public Health and Precision Health Initiative Showcase.

The in-person event will take place on Thursday the 21st of November on the topic of ‘How can we make public health more precise?’

We invite all students and Early Career Researchers from all disciplines to submit an abstract for a poster presentation relating to the topic of the showcase or public health more generally.

Successful abstracts will be displayed at the showcase event and be featured on the Cambridge Public Health and Precision Health Initiative websites and social media pages. The winner of the competition will have a unique opportunity to present their research at the event, as well as win £100 in book tokens. The best poster will receive £50 in book tokens.

Abstracts must be submitted through this form by 5pm on Friday the 27th of September. 

Competition Guidelines

• The competition is available to University of Cambridge Early Career Researchers from any discipline but should relate to research on public health or precision health. 
• We define Early Career Researchers as students, postdoctoral researchers and staff who are no more than five years post award of their PhD.
• Submit your abstract using this Google form here by Friday the 27th of September.
• The competition will be judged by a panel of CPH and PHI members according to the following criteria: quality, originality, relevance to the showcase topic, potential impact, and interdisciplinary nature of the research.
• The competition winner will be announced on Friday the 18th of October. The winner will be invited to prepare a 3-minute lightning talk for the Showcase and should include PowerPoint slides. They will also be rewarded a prize of £100 book tokens at the event.
• Abstracts that are selected for the poster exhibition will be announced on Friday the 18th of October with further instructions for presenting the poster provided then.
• The winning poster will be announced during the showcase on Thursday the 21st of November and receive a prize of £50 in book tokens.
• Poster presentations will also be shared on the CPH and PHI websites after the event, with a selection highlighted on our Twitter accounts.
   

Guidelines for writing an abstract

• The word limit for the abstract is 250 words.
• The abstract should be structured, for example using the sub-headings: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion
• Guidelines for writing a good abstract are available here: Writing Academic Abstracts Made Simple (By Maria Tsapali, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge); and, Recording of the How to write an Abstract presentation (Laura Jeffrey, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)

We look forward to receiving your abstract!

If you have any queries, please email Helen Watts hw523@cam.ac.uk