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Program Information Selection Process • Review Process: All submitted abstracts undergo an anonmyous peer-review process by members of the Abstract Subcommittee and other experts in the respective fields. • Selection Criteria: Abstracts will be evaluated for originality, scientific merit, adequacy of data, relevance to the field, and the general interest. • Selection Decision: The final decision will be made by the Abstract Subcommittee. Abstract will either be: 1) selected for oral presentation,2) poster presentation, or 3) not selected. • Abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation may be published in the journal Ethnicity & Disease contingent upon timely submission of well-written publication that follows the Journal standard format. • Notification: Presenting authors will receive an e-mail notification of the selection decision by August 1st 2008. Oral Presentation Oral presentations will be limited to a 10-minute presentation followed by a 5-minute informal question-and-answer session moderated by an expert in the field. The presenting author will be notified of the date and the time of the presentation and will be required to submit the presentation electronically. If the presenting author is unable to attend, he/she will be responsible to assign a co-author to present the abstract and to notify ACCESS of this change. Poster Presentation Abstract posters will be displayed during the meeting. The presenting author must be available for one hour to answer questions and to discuss the work during the poster session. If the presenting author is unable to attend, he/she will be responsible to assign a co-author to present the abstract and to notify ACCESS of this change.

Program Information

Selection Process

• Review Process: All submitted abstracts undergo an anonmyous peer-review process by members of the Abstract Subcommittee and other experts in the respective fields.
• Selection Criteria: Abstracts will be evaluated for originality, scientific merit, adequacy of data, relevance to the field, and the general interest.
• Selection Decision: The final decision will be made by the Abstract Subcommittee.
Abstract will either be:
1) selected for oral presentation,2) poster presentation, or 3) not selected.
• Abstracts accepted for oral or poster presentation may be published in the journal Ethnicity & Disease contingent upon timely submission of well-written publication that follows the Journal standard format.
• Notification: Presenting authors will receive an e-mail notification of the selection decision by August 1st 2008.

Oral Presentation

Oral presentations will be limited to a 10-minute presentation followed by a 5-minute informal question-and-answer session moderated by an expert in the field. The presenting author will be notified of the date and the time of the presentation and will be required to submit the presentation electronically. If the presenting author is unable to attend, he/she will be responsible to assign a co-author to present the abstract and to notify ACCESS of this change.

Poster Presentation

Abstract posters will be displayed during the meeting. The presenting author must be available for one hour to answer questions and to discuss the work during the poster session. If the presenting author is unable to attend, he/she will be responsible to assign a co-author to present the abstract and to notify ACCESS of this change.