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Call for Abstracts

The Call for Abstracts is now closed. Thank you to all those who submitted this year. Authors will receive notification of the decisions made by the CARC Scientific Committee via imha-iala@cihr-irsc.gc.ca. by January 31, 2024.

Arthritis Society Canada, the Canadian Rheumatology Association, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis invite researchers to submit abstracts for presentation at the fifth annual Canadian Arthritis Research Conference (CARC). Participants at all career stages, including but not limited to, faculty members, research associates, clinicians, trainees of all levels, and consumers/patient partners are encouraged to submit abstracts that relate to the theme of Advancing Arthritis Research: Team Science for Greater Impact. We encourage biomedical, clinical, health systems, and population health research in the broad field area of arthritis. This is an opportunity to share your work with colleagues nationally and internationally.

If your abstract is accepted, you will be invited to present your research through an oral presentation at one of the pre-conference Research Presentation Days to be held virtually on Monday, March 18, Monday March 25, and Tuesday April 2, 2024. 

The top ranked abstracts will be invited to speak at the CARC Keynote & Symposia held on April 3 and 4, 2024 (See Prizes section below).

Please read the following submission details carefully and submit your abstract by January 12, 2024.

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