Abstracts and Informative Case Reports
SUBMISSION PORTAL - CLICK HERE
Submit an abstract or informative case report for presentation at the 2025 Meeting. This is a unique opportunity to showcase your research, clinical findings, and best practices to a diverse audience of peers and professionals specializing in wide range of topics. Stay tuned for more details including the meeting agenda and how to register. Join us in making the 2025 Midwest Research Meeting a memorable and enriching experience!
WHO SHOULD SUBMIT
Abstract and Informative Case Report submission is open to physician-scientists, research scientists, clinicians and medical education professionals. This is a multi-disciplinary meeting; abstract submission is highly recommended for young investigators, fellows, junior scientists and trainees, who will benefit from close interaction with senior colleagues regarding his/her work.
ONLINE SUBMISSION
Abstracts and Informative Case Reports must be submitted online via the CSCTR / MWAFMR abstract submission site. To ensure your data is entered correctly, follow all instructions carefully. Complete instructions for submission available online. When you completed the abstract submission process, print a copy of your submitted abstract for your files.
Abstract Example Case Report Example
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
| Submissions Open | October 15, 2024 |
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Submission Deadline |
January 22, 2025 11:59 pm Central Time |
| Author Result Notifications (all submitters will receive notification regardless of the result) |
February 12-19, 2025 |
| Author Accept / Decline Deadline | by February 27, 2025 |
NOTE: If your abstract is accepted and you are unable to attend the meeting, please decline the invitation to present. You must attend and present your abstract(s) as assigned to be published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
REVIEW
All abstracts submitted will be graded by CSCTR / MWAFMR Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting program committee members. The review process typically takes 2-3 weeks.
RESEARCH CATEGORIES
For each research abstract and informative case report, you will be asked to select one of the following research categories of clinical and translational research. Identifying a research category will help us to select the most appropriate reviewers and develop sessions.
- Case Report: An article that describes and interprets an individual case, often written in the form of a detailed story. This may include unique cases that cannot be explained by known diseases or syndromes; cases that show an important variation of a disease or condition; cases that show unexpected events that may yield new or useful information; cases in which one patient has two or more unexpected diseases or disorders.
- T0 Research: basic biomedical research, including preclinical and animal studies, not including interventions with human subjects.
- T1 Research: translation to humans, including proof of concept studies, Phase 1 clinical trials, and focus on new methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in highly controlled settings.
- T2 Research: translation to patients, including Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials, and controlled studies leading to clinical application and evidence-based guidelines.
- T3 Research: translation to practice, including comparative effectiveness research, post-marketing studies, clinical outcomes research, as well as health services, and dissemination & implementation research.
- T4 Research: translation to communities, including population level outcomes research, health informatics.
AGE STRATUM
For each research abstract and informative case report, you will be asked to select one of the following age strata. Your answer will help us to select appropriate reviewers and develop sessions.
- Adult
- Pediatric / adolescent
- Both
RESEARCH TOPICS
For each research abstract and informative case report, you will be asked to select a primary and secondary research topic.
| Cardiology / Cardiovascular Disease Calcium and Bone Disorders Dermatology Diagnosis or Treatment of a Disease Process or Clinical Syndromes Endocrinology / Metabolism Environmental Factors Affecting Health Epidemiology Gastroenterology / Clinical Nutrition Genetic and Molecular Medicine Geriatrics and Aging General Medicine Health Disparities / Diversity / Equity / Inclusion / Social Determinants / Ethics Hematology and Oncology / Bone Marrow Transplant Infectious Disease / Immunization Nephrology Neurology Psychiatry Pathophysiology / Pathology Pulmonary / Critical Care Rheumatology Immunology / Allergy Transplant Medicine Surgery |
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REPORT LENGTH
There is a limit of 3,800 characters (including spaces) for the text of your abstract or informative case report submission. The character limit does not count authors, institutions, title or table(s).
NO SUBMISSION FEES
There is no longer any fees associated with abstract submissions for the upcoming meeting. This change reflects the Societies' commitment to making the event more accessible to a broader audience and encouraging greater participation from researchers, students, and professionals in the community.
Whether you are a seasoned expert or new to the field, you can now submit your research, ideas, and findings without any financial barriers. We look forward to receiving your submissions and showcasing a wide range of innovative work at the Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting.
AWARDS
Are you eligible for one or more awards? Visit the awards page for additional information and qualifications. During the abstract submission process you will be asked for which awards you are eligible. You may select all awards for which you are eligible. However, of the awards you are eligible for and you selected in the abstract submission form, only one award will be offered. You are unable to apply for an award after the abstract submission closes.
AUTHOR ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT
By submitting an abstract or informative case report to the Midwest Clinical & Translational Research Meeting, you agree that at least one author will attend the meeting if the abstract or informative case report is accepted. An author must be available to present on the date and time assigned by the Meeting program committee. Authors will be notified of presentation times at the time of, or shortly after, notification of acceptance and are expected to make appropriate travel arrangements to ensure that at least one author is present.
Only the abstract(s) of presenting authors who attended the meeting will be published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine. Abstract(s) of no show authors will not be published.