Presentation Guidelines
- Limited spots available
- Four-minute oral presentation with one-minute Q&A
- Judged competition
- Five slides maximum (including title slide)
- Limited spots available
- Eight-minute oral presentation with a two-minute Q&A session
- Judged competition
- Maximum three slides (including title slide)
- High-level research overview
- 250 words or less
- Should reflect your research efforts as the first author
- More than one abstract per first author trainee may be submitted
- A limited number of trainee abstracts will be selected to present TED-Style Talks and Rapid Fire Talks (RFT)
- Oral Presenters will be selected from abstracts submitted for this part of the agenda.
Awards:
- $200 for awarded presentations
- Poster Presentation
- Oral Presentation – RFT
- Oral Presentation – TED Style Talk
- Sex and Gender Award – Rapid Fire Talk
- Sex and Gender Award – Poster Competition
- The Sex and Gender Award (Poster Competition) will be assessed on the contents of your poster. You do not need to be present at your poster to be eligible for this award.
2026 E.R. Smith Lecturer
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The Dr. E.R. Smith Lectureship in Cardiovascular Research was established to honour Dr. Eldon Smith, who served as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1992-1997.
The lectureship, created to further scientific knowledge and training of students in the area of cardiovascular disease, is delivered annually by a distinguished researcher at the Libin Institute's Tine Haworth Cardiovascular Research Day. The winner also meets informally with Libin faculty and trainees to exchange scientific ideas.