Call for Abstracts for CHAMP conference

The Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations (CHAMP) at San Jose State University is accepting abstracts from faculty and students in advance of their annual conference on April 18. More than 130 people attended the conference last year.

The theme this year is “Opportunities and Challenges: Evidence-based practice in Multicultural Communities.”

The deadline to submit abstracts is Feb. 15 for faculty and students from SJSU, CSU Chico, CSU East Bay, CSU Fresno, CSU Monterey Bay, CSU Sacramento, CSU Stanislaus, CSU Sonoma and San Francisco State University.

Faculty may submit abstracts for paper presentations for one author up to a group of seven co-authors. The abstract should not exceed more than 500 words, but should include:

  • Title
  • Authors
  • Background/rationale
  • Method/approach
  • Results
  • Conclusions/implications

Faculty may submit abstracts for symposium/panels. The abstract should not exceed more than 250 words, but should include:

  • Panel/symposium title
  • An overall objective of the panel/symposium
  • A brief description of the topic of the panel/symposium.

Students may submit an abstract for the poster exhibit, with a faculty sponsor. The abstract should not exceed 500 words, but should include:

  • Title
  • Authors
  • Background/rationale
  • Method/approach
  • Results
  • Conclusions/implications
  • Affiliation
  • Identify graduate or undergraduate rank

Abstracts will be peer reviewed by the Conference Program Committee and a decision letter will be sent out at the beginning of March.

Anyone on campus who is working on projects related to the theme who would like to discuss an idea before submitting an abstract is welcome to contact Kasuen Mauldin at kasuen.mauldin@sjsu.edu or Sadhna Diwan at sadhna.diwan@sjsu.edu.

Download the attached PDF for the Invitation to Submit Abstracts. CHAMP invitation to submit abstracts 2014 (PDF)