ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS

 

The Scientific Research Committee of the 2025 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health will solicit abstract submissions from Monday, September 16, 2024, through Friday, October 18, 2024. The accepted abstracts will be presented as oral or poster presentations in Seattle, Washington, USA, March 5 – 7, 2025 (Members Meeting March 3 – 4). 

 

The theme of the International Congress is “Leaders & Learners, Advancing Whole Health Together," which 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 supporting the use of integrative and whole health strategies to improve patient outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and strengthen health. 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. We prioritize ensuring that the conference has presenters from diverse and underrepresented groups in science, and from diverse health care fields.

 

Important Dates

• Submission site opened Monday, September 16, 2024
• Submission site closed Friday, October 18, 2024
• Disposition notices will be sent Thursday, December 19, 2024

 

The 2025 International Congress will accept abstracts that address integrative health approaches across a variety of therapeutic approaches (e.g. Acupuncture, yoga, mindfulness interventions, nutrition, manual medicine) and multiple organ systems, diseases, and life stages (e.g. oncology, rheumatology and musculoskeletal, diabetes and other metabolic conditions, aging, pediatrics, mental health, cardiovascular, digestive, and immunologic conditions.)

 

Primary Topic Areas

Abstracts in the following topic areas will be considered:

Basic Science: Immunology Basic Science: Cardiology Basic Science: Neurology Basic Science: Other Clinical: Acupuncture  Clinical: Herbs  Clinical: Manual Therapies Clinical: Mind-Body Clinical: Other Culinary Medicine/Nutrition

Delivery Models Economics/Cost Effectiveness Education Research Expressive Therapies Group Medical Visits Health Equity and Health Disparities Health Outcomes Implementation Science Lifestyle Medicine

Natural Products/Supplements Planetary Health Policy Practice-Based Research Research Methodology Salutogenesis Student/Trainee/Staff/Practitioner Well-being and Wellness Technology and Data Science Other emerging areas of science

 

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 Supervisor PI'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 2025 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 300-word count 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 (see details below).
• 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.
  • It is IMPORTANT that you verify all of your co-authors’ details as accepted abstracts will be publicized in a supplement publication.
• 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.

 

STEP 3:

• Review your submission. At the bottom of the screen, you may submit your Abstract.
• 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 will be notified of their acceptance status and form of presentation by Thursday, December 19, 2024. 

 

Abstract Terms and Conditions

By submitting an abstract, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions: 

• All presenting authors must register and pay to attend the International Congress by the speaker registration deadline on Friday, January 17, 2025.
• Accepted presenting authors do not receive compensation of reimbursement of expenses for presentation at the International Congress. 
• All submitters agree that the names, credentials, and institutions inputted are accurate to appear on websites and printed materials. Submitters should proofread their work; no proofreading will be completed after the Call for Abstracts deadline. 
• If selected, presenting authors agree to adhere to the schedule established by the International Congress and comply with all requirements set forth by the Academic Consortium. 
• All submitters agree to receive electronic communication from the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine & Health and its agents regarding the 2025 International Congress on Integrative Medicine & Health and upcoming meetings and congresses. 
• All accepted oral abstract presenting authors 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 cancellation of the session. More details will be provided upon proposal acceptance. 

 

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.