The Abstract Submission Process for the 2026 retreat has closed.
This is an opportunity to share your research design, progress, and new insights with others in the Duke community. Final results are not mandatory, and we welcome ‘works in progress’ and posters recently presented at other meetings. This opportunity is open to all Duke trainees (including students), research staff, and faculty.
- All submitted abstracts will be included in an electronic abstract book and will be invited to participate in the poster session during the retreat.
- Trainee abstracts (students, residents, fellows) will be peer-reviewed, with the ‘top’ abstract in each category selected for platform presentation.
- Poster Session and Top Abstract Talks:
Monday, April 6, 1:30-4:30pm
Trent Semans Center Great Hall
Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59pm Monday February 9, 2026
**Faculty, please forward to all members of your research groups.
Abstract Categories:
- Basic/Translational Research
- Clinical Research (includes Educational)
- Public Health/Implementation Science
- Improvement Science (improve a problem using quality improvement [QI] methods)
Please submit your abstract via Qualtrics. The survey will close on February 9, 2026 at 11:59PM.
Access the Qualtrics Abstract Submission Page
Below you can find the instructions for the abstract. Please note the character limit of 3000 including spaces. Abstracts will be submitted via text box in Qualtrics.
The abstract should include a background and a clear hypothesis statement, an objective or aim, methodology, results and conclusions. If your abstract is from Quality Improvement please include the context and the problem, a SMART aim statement, followed by a description of measures, PDSA cycles, how data were displayed over time, summary of the results compared to control, lessons learned and next steps. Character limit includes spaces (3000).
Thank you for participating in our event! If you have any questions, please contact PediatricResearch@dm.duke.edu.
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