CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

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2024
2024 Annual
Meeting
November 13-17 New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
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2024 Annual
Meeting CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The 2024 Annual Meeting will be held in person November 13-17, 2024 at the
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
2 Important Dates 5 Selection Criteria and Presentation Format
3 Abstract Submission 6 Late-Breaker Abstracts and the Advantages
4 Selecting the Correct Abstract Category of Early Submission
4 ACMCIP Scientific Sessions 6 Young Investigator Award
5 Abstract Submission Guidelines 6 Key Points and Looking Ahead

OVERVIEW
The Annual Meeting is a dynamic forum for the exchange of the latest scientific and clinical advances
in tropical medicine and global health. Abstract submissions, presented as either oral presentations
or posters, are the cornerstone of the meeting’s scientific content.

ASTMH President Linnie Golightly

David Hamer, MD, FASTMH

Scientific Program Chair

April 17, 2024 Mid-August 2024

IMPORTANT DATES
11:59 pm U.S. Abstract acceptance notices
Eastern Time for the April 17 submissions
Abstract will be sent by email to
presenting authors November 13-17, 2024
submission deadline
 These notices will indicate Annual Meeting: Abstracts
April 22, 2024 may be assigned for
acceptance as an oral or
$55 non-refundable presentation at any time
Mid-March poster presentation Mid-September 2024
abstract fee due during the Annual Meeting;
Online  These notices will not Abstract presentation date
submission site April 24, 2024 indicate the presentation and schedule assignment presenters should keep
opens: Young Investigator date and schedule will be sent by email to their schedules open until
presenting authors that time
Available here Award applications due assignment

MARCH APRIL AUGUST SEPTEMBER NOVEMBER

Do you need help writing your abstract?

VIDEO: How to Write an Abstract VIEW HERE.
CLICK HERE for a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the abstract submission process.

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
When submitting, please select the most relevant category and approach.
Categories
Clinically Focused
 Clinical
 Tropical Medicine, including HIV and Tropical Co-infections
Diarrhea and Bacterial Illness: Enteric Infections; Systemic Infections; Trachoma;
 
Other Bacterial Infections
Pneumonia, Respiratory Infections and Tuberculosis
 

Ambassador Dr. John Nkengasong,

Globally Focused
2023 Opening Keynote Speaker
 Global
 Health: Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization and Human Rights; Information/
Communication/Technologies Solutions in Global Health including Modeling; Planetary
Health including Climate Change; Security/Emerging Infection Preparedness, Surveillance
and Response(s); Other
One Health: The Interconnection between People, Animals, Plants and Their Shared
 
Environment

Intervention Focused
Measures for Control and Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)
 
Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Environmental Health (WaSH-E)
 

Microbe Focused
 Parasites
 — Helminths — Cestodes (including taeniasis and cysticercosis, echinococcosis/
hydatid disease, and others)
Parasites — Helminths — Filaria: Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Molecular Biology
 
and Immunology; Epidemiology and Modeling; Treatment and Morbidity Management;
Behavioral and Social Sciences; Other
Parasites — Helminths — Intestinal Nematodes
 
Parasites — Helminths — Schistosomes and other Trematodes: Diagnostics and Treatment;
 
Epidemiology and Control; Immunology, Pathology, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Parasites — Kinetoplastida and Other Protozoa (includes Leishmania, Trypanosomes):
 
Diagnosis and New Detection Tools; Epidemiology; Immunology; Invasion, Cellular and
Molecular Biology; Treatment, Drug Delivery, Drug Repurposing and Drug Discovery;
Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics, Molecular Therapeutic Targets; Vaccines
Parasites — Malaria/Plasmodia: Antimalarial Resistance and Chemotherapy; Diagnosis-
 
Challenges and Innovations; Drug Development and Clinical Trials; Genetics, Genomics and
Evolution; Epidemiology; Immunology; Pathogenesis; Prevention; Elimination; Surveillance
and Data Utilization; Transmission Biology; Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics
Viruses: Emerging Viral Diseases; Epidemiology; Evolution and Genomic Epidemiology;
 
Field and ecological studies of viruses, including surveillance and spillover risk and
emergence; Immunology; Pathogenesis and Animal Models; Therapeutics and Antiviral
Drugs; Transmission Biology; Vaccine Clinical Trials

Vector Focused
 Arthropods/Entomology
 (Ticks, Mosquitoes, Other): Biology, Physiology and Immunity;
Biology and Genetics of Insecticide Resistance; Molecular Biology, Population Genetics and
Genomics; Bionomics, Behavior and Surveillance; Epidemiology and Vector Control
Arthropods/Entomology (Ectoparasite-Borne Disease): Babesiosis and Lyme Disease;
 
Ectoparasite-Borne Disease — Other

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Approach
When submitting, we encourage you to select the approach that best complements the
abstract content:
  study
Case  Molecular
 biology
 Cell biology
  Other epidemiology

 Diagnostics
  Pathogenesis and host responses

 Elimination
  Population surveillance

 Field and ecological studies
  Prevention

 Genetics/genomics/evolution
  Therapeutics and resistance

 Immunology
  Vaccinology

Past President Daniel G. Bausch
 Mathematical and statistical modeling
  Other


SELECTING THE CORRECT ABSTRACT CATEGORY

Most categories reflect an organism or disease-based approach. For multidisciplinary or less
traditional topics, click here for guidelines that may help.

ACMCIP SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS

ACMCIP Scientific Sessions represent the interests of the American Committee of Molecular,
Cellular and Immunoparasitology, a subgroup of ASTMH. This Burroughs Wellcome Fund-
supported effort honors abstracts that show excellence in their area. These sessions feature
cross-parasite approaches to Molecular, Cellular and Immunoparasitology. These abstracts are
joined by award-winning presentations from the Woods Hole Immunoparasitology, Molecular
Parasitology, Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting and, in alternating years, the
Kinetoplastid Molecular Cell Biology Meetings. All abstract submissions indicating a preference
for oral presentation for the categories indicated below will be considered for inclusion in
ACMCIP Scientific Sessions. Abstracts not selected for ACMCIP sessions will then be considered
ASTMH thanks the by the parasite-specific Scientific Sessions for oral presentation:
Burroughs Wellcome Fund  Parasites
 – Cestodes (including taeniasis and cysticercosis, echinococcosis/hydatid
for supporting ACMCIP disease, and others)
Scientific Sessions and
Parasites – Helminths – Filaria: Molecular Biology and Immunology
 
speakers from the Woods
Hole Immunoparasitology Parasites – Helminths – Nematodes – Intestinal Nematodes
 
Meeting, Kinetoplastid  Parasites
 – Helminths – Schistosomes and Other Trematodes – Immunology, Pathology,
Meeting, Molecular Cellular and Molecular Biology
Parasitology Meeting and  Parasites
 – Kinetoplastida and Other Protozoa (includes Leishmania, Trypanosomes):
Midwest Neglected Invasion, Cellular and Molecular Biology; Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics,
Infectious Diseases Meeting. Molecular Therapeutic Targets; Immunology
 Parasites
 – Malaria/Plasmodia: Pathogenesis; Genetics, Genomics and Evolution;
Immunology

The ASTMH is an international society committed to equity and global impact through the treatment and prevention of tropical infectious diseases.
Our diverse membership comes from more than 115 countries and engages with an enormous array of infectious diseases, cultures, ethnicities, and
countries. We come from academia, research institutes, implementation programs, industry, multilateral organizations, foundations, and governments,
gathering annually to exchange data, share learning, and honor contributions from the field and the lab.

As a Society, we are committed to the open exchange of ideas, freedom of thought and expression, and productive scientific debate that are central to
ASTMH Inclusion/ our mission. These require an open and diverse environment that is built on dignity and mutual respect for all members, participants, and staff, free of
Respect Statement discrimination based on personal attributes including but not limited to ethnicity, color, national origin, age, religion, socioeconomic status, disability,
sexual orientation, gender, and gender identity or expression. We affirm the key principles of inclusion, diversity, and respect for all people. In a world of
rich diversity, the advancement of science depends on the intellectual breadth and depth of a diverse ASTMH, one that informs and enriches the shape and
content of scientific discourse. These principles guide the actions of ASTMH’s leaders, members, and staff in advancing the goals of the Society.

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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Click here to view important information regarding abstract submission guidelines.

SELECTION CRITERIA AND PRESENTATION FORMAT

 Abstracts
 are evaluated based on the scientific strength of the research, timeliness of the
findings and whether the results significantly impact current research or clinical approaches,
and how the abstract fits into a broader thematic focus of the Annual Meeting.
 For
 most abstract categories, the Scientific Program Committee develops session themes after
all submissions have been received and reviewed.
 Acceptance
 rates for oral abstracts vary by category and by meeting year. The acceptance rate
for the last five Annual Meetings averaged 33%, and ranged from 29% in 2023 to 35% in 2021.
Most abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be assigned as poster presentations.
 
 A
small number of abstracts selected for poster presentation by the Malaria Subcommittee will
be featured as brief oral “Lightning Talks” during a designated timeframe determined by the
Scientific Program Committee.
 Abstract
 presenters selected for oral presentation for a Scientific Session (oral abstract session)
who are unable to attend the Annual Meeting in person will have the option to submit a pre-
recorded presentation. Please note: The 2024 Annual Meeting will not include an option for
ePoster presentations.
 NEW
 THIS YEAR: Abstracts with a Focus on Educational Content: Educational content is
increasingly relevant to all disciplines within ASTMH, as well as to those at all career stages. If
the topic of your abstract is focused on educational content (e.g., instructive/didactic content)
rather than scientific research, please check the box in the abstract submission site for
Educational Content.

In order to optimize the quality of your abstract and likelihood of acceptance:

Adhere to all recommendations in the Call for Abstracts
 
Include adequate background information such as hypothesis and rationale
 
Include a brief description of methods
 
Focus on preliminary findings and results achieved to-date
 
Select the correct abstract submission category
 

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2023 Scientific Program

3,268 Total 424 575 477 1,792
Symposium
Presentations Presentations
Late-Breaker
Abstract
Presentations
Oral
Abstract
Presentations
Poster
Presentations

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LATE-BREAKER ABSTRACTS AND THE ADVANTAGES

OF EARLY SUBMISSION
Late-Breaker Abstracts will be due in late July.
 
The Late-Breaker Abstract submission fee is $80 US.
 
Timeliness of the data will be a major factor in the evaluation process.
 
 Due
 to the high volume of submissions, the acceptance rate for oral presentations is
approximately 5%.
 Due
 to publishing deadlines, Late-Breaker session agendas and abstracts do not appear
in the Program Book.
 Late-Breaker
 Abstract submission should not be used as a backup to the April submission
deadline.

When considerable research data is anticipated for collection between April and the Annual Meeting,
submitters are advised to submit their abstracts for the April 17 (i.e., non-Late-Breaker) deadline,
providing information on the importance of the study, preliminary findings, anticipated completion
date and anticipated impact. If the abstract involves work in progress, please ensure that sufficient
data will be ready to present by the time of the ASTMH meeting.

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD

APPLICATION DEADLINE: APRIL 24, 2024
 This
 award recognizes the work of outstanding young investigators and encourages young
scientists to pursue careers in various aspects of tropical disease research. Winners receive a
cash award.

KEY POINTS AND LOOKING AHEAD

When is the submission deadline? How do I indicate my abstract category and
April 17, 2024 presentation preference?
During the submission process, submitters
will select a topic category for each abstract
Where do I submit? and an approach to facilitate the review
Click here to access the submission site. process, requesting either an oral or poster
presentation.
What is the abstract submission fee?
There is a $55 US non-refundable How will the final presentation format be
processing fee for each abstract submitted, determined?
regardless of acceptance status. The abstract The Scientific Program Committee will review
fee is due by April 22. abstracts and determine final presentation
format of oral or poster presentation.
Do I have to be an ASTMH member to submit
an abstract? When will I be notified?
ASTMH membership is not required to Acceptance notifications will be sent in mid-
submit an abstract. August 2024. Presentation date and schedule
assignment will be sent in mid-September
2024.

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QUESTIONS?
Contact Natalia Gutierrez, Scientific Program Coordinator, at [email protected].
Complete instructions can be found on the abstract submission site, available here.

Submit your abstract here

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2024
2024 Annual
Meeting
November 13-17 New Orleans, LA
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
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