Submit an Abstract: New Trends in Sex Differences and Women's Health Research
Abstract Submission Deadline: Thursday, June 20, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.
Abstract Fee
- There is a $75 nonrefundable fee for each submitted abstract.
- All abstracts must be submitted electronically.
- Payment is required at the time of submission by Visa, MasterCard, Discover or American Express credit cards. A receipt of the abstract handling charge will be emailed to the first author only.
- Submitting an abstract does not register you for the conference.
- Registration is a separate charge. You must register for the conference to be able to present your abstract during the conference. See the registration tab for more details.
- If an abstract is withdrawn, the submission fee cannot be refunded.
Who Can Submit?
APS members and nonmembers are eligible to submit an abstract for the conference.
Important Abstract Information
Abstracts should contain:
- A sentence stating the study objective (unless given in the title).
- A brief statement of methods.
- A summary of the results obtained (if applicable).
- A statement of the conclusions.
Please use a short, specific title, capitalize initial letters of trade/brand names and use standard abbreviations for units of measure. Nonstandard abbreviations should be spelled out in full at first mention, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses.
All investigations involving humans and animals reported in abstracts must have been conducted in conformance with guidelines for experimental procedures as set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki and APS Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in Research and Training. The Organizing Committee will refuse abstracts in which evidence of adherence to these guidelines is not apparent.
All abstracts submitted for the conference—unless withdrawn—will be viewable via a password-protected SharePoint site on the APS website one week before the conference and up to a month after the conference. Abstracts will be reproduced directly from the electronic submission and will serve as the official conference proceedings. Instructions for citing abstracts will be included on the website.
How to Submit
- Use the “Submit Your Abstract” link to access the submission site.
- When you arrive at the submission site, click the “Login” button to create an account. If you have used the Cadmium platform for previous, non-APS submissions, you must still create a new account to use for your APS submission(s).
- You will be taken to the APS website to login with your APS credentials. If this is your first time on the APS login page you may create a free account. Once this step is complete, you’ll be taken into the Cadmium submission site.
- Once you log in, the submission site will walk you through each step of the process.
Abstract Categories
- Pregnancy: Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Sex Differences in Cardiac Function and Remodeling in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Exercise, Athletic Performance, and the Musculoskeletal System in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Infectious Diseases and Immune Function in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Microbiome in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Obesity, Diabetes, and Other Endocrine Disorders
- Sex Differences in Stress Responses Sex Differences in the Gastrointestinal System in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in the Nervous System in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in the Renal System in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in the Respiratory System in Health and Disease
- Sex Differences in Vascular and Lymphatic Functions in Health and Disease
- Women’s Health Across the Lifespan: Puberty, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Endocrine Disorders
- Women's Health Population Studies
Abstract Preparation
- The first author must be the presenting author.
- Have the abstract title and all the author(s) contact information available.
- Prepare only the body of your abstract as a document (MS Word document is preferred) on your personal computer. Paste the text of your abstract into the online program.
- Do not include the title, authors or affiliations within the main body of the abstract.
- Do not use all capital letters when entering the abstract title, author names and affiliations. Use proper formatting with uppercase and lowercase letters.
- Include the funding source(s) as the last line of your abstract or add references, if needed.
- Limit your submission to 3,500 characters and spaces. This includes the title, authors, institutions, the abstract body and references.
Abstract Presentation and Acceptance
- All abstract submissions will be considered for a poster presentation only; there is an opportunity for oral presentations at this conference and those will be left to the discretion of conference organizers.
- Each submission will go through a review process by the conference organizers to determine if it is accepted or rejected. Notifications of abstract status will be sent to the first author on or around July 20.
- The first author will be notified of the presentation date and time. Notifications of this information will be sent by July 20.
- The first author must register for the conference to present a submitted abstract. Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings to make alternate arrangements if the first author is not available to attend.
Awards
The Dependent Support Travel Award will be offered exclusively for the 2025 Sex Differences and Women’s Health Research conference. Eligible APS members must submit an abstract as first/senior author to the conference by the abstract submission deadline. Learn more about the Dependent Support Travel Award. Application deadline: June 12.
Questions
Please contact the APS Office of Scientific Meetings with any questions about submitting an abstract.