Call for Abstracts for the 2018 Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME) Conference

Update

Abstract Deadline Extended

The deadline for submitting an abstract for the Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME) Conference has been extended to Monday, April 9, 2018, at 11:00 p.m. EST.

Inviting Device Abstracts

The PAME Conference is inviting abstracts reporting data pertaining to seizure detection devices and other monitoring devices. All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the conference and posters with an emphasis on seizure detection and other devices will be featured at this year’s meeting. Find out how to submit an abstract below.

Registration is Open

Conference registration is open. Find information about the program, registration, transportation, scholarships, travel grants, and why you should attend.

About the PAME Conference

The fourth Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy (PAME) Conference will take place June 14-16, 2018, at the Westin Hotel in Alexandria, Virginia. It brings together health care providers, researchers, public health officials, and people living with epilepsy, along with their advocates, caregivers, and families. These diverse stakeholders share the goal of improving our understanding of mortality in epilepsy, including suicide and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Major contributing organizations of the conference are the American Epilepsy Society and Epilepsy Foundation, with significant support Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) and Danny Did Foundation.

Deadline Extended for Abstract Submission

New Date: Monday, April 9, 2018, at 11:00 p.m. EST

Abstracts are now being accepted for the PAME Conference. Review the PAME abstract guidelines here.

• Abstracts will be considered from all investigators doing epidemiological, basic, translational, or clinical research on any aspect of mortality in epilepsy.
• The presenting author should be the first author of the abstract. The presenting author can submit one poster on which they are first author and can be a co-author on other poster submissions.
• Abstracts may include basic, translational or applied (clinical) research, patient-oriented research, and health services, epidemiological, behavioral, or social sciences research.
• Novel and innovative posters are encouraged, though submissions must be based on sound principles of rigorous research.
• All abstracts should address an appropriate and relevant topic of scientific discussion. Presentations should not include commercial messages or inappropriate references to specific products, services, or commercial concerns.
• All abstracts must be submitted through the PAME website.
• All abstract submissions are final; no changes or modifications will be permitted.
• Abstracts will be judged by an Abstract Selection Committee based on the appropriateness and rigor of research methodology, use of reliable quantitative or qualitative data, analytical strength and depth; and the overall quality of the science and scientific impact (e.g., significance, translational potential, and/or innovation).
• Accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the PAME Conference.

Find information on submission guidelines, authorship, selection criteria, and poster information.

For additional PAME abstract inquiries, please email [email protected].

PAME 2018 Travel Awards

• The Steering Committee anticipates selecting 10 individuals to receive travel awards to attend the conference. The travel awards will only be provided to early stage investigators (that is, investigators who are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or within 10 years of completing their medical residency/subspecialty fellowship at the time of abstract submission), undergraduate or graduate students, medical students, postdoctoral/clinical fellows, or junior faculty.
• All eligible individuals can include their abstract for travel award consideration when submitting their abstract.

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