The deadline has passed to submit scientific abstracts for consideration for the NAMS Annual Meeting. However, there is still an opportunity to submit your late-breaking studies to be considered for poster presentation. All posters presented at the Annual Meeting will be eligible for the Poster Prizes (up to $1,000) and will be published in the Program and in the NAMS official journal, Menopause. The deadline for submission is July 15.
All late-breaking abstracts must be submitted using this online form by July 15 submissions. Guidelines follow:
- All presenting authors of accepted abstracts must be paid registrants to the NAMS Annual Meeting.
- Each author may submit up to three abstracts for consideration. This count includes both regular submissions, as well as, late-breaking submissions.
- Information submitted for consideration must not be identical to that presented at any meeting prior to the NAMS meeting and the study must not have been published as of July 15, 2010.
- All abstracts presented at the NAMS meeting will be published in Menopause.
- NAMS reserves the right not to review an abstract – or not to publish an abstract in Menopause – if the abstract submission does not conform to all requirements.
- Abstracts must be submitted in English in a structured format.
- Oral Presentation: Late-breaking abstracts are not eligible for oral presentation.
- Poster Presentation: All other abstract submissions will be considered for poster presentation during the Poster Session. All accepted posters will be eligible to be considered for first place Poster Prize of $1,000 and up to three runner-up prizes of $500.
All abstracts are subjected to a blinded review by the Abstract Review Committee. After being sent to the Abstract Review Committee, submissions may not be altered. Some of the key criteria used by the Abstract Review Committee in the selection process include:
- Is the hypothesis unique or based on previous work?
- Does the abstract contain new information or does the information confirm other data?
- Do the results support or not support the hypothesis?
- Are the statistical analyses appropriate?
- Are the conclusions valid based on the data, or can they not be supported by the data?
- Receipt of abstract submissions will be acknowledged via e-mail to the submitting author.
- After the review process is complete, authors will be notified regarding the acceptance or rejection of their submissions. Authors will then be required to confirm that they will present at the NAMS 21th Annual Meeting.
- Abstracts will not be included in the Meeting Program nor published in the journal Menopause unless the presenting author has paid the registration fee prior to August 15, 2010.
Authors of accepted presentations who do not present their work or fail to have it presented by a co-author will not be permitted to have abstracts considered for presentation at the Annual Meeting for the following two years. Exceptions will be considered if NAMS is given prompt notification of extreme unforeseen circumstances.