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2026 PGME Global Health Resident Research Showcase Abstract Form

2026 PGME Global Health Resident Research Showcase
Abstract Submission Form

Residents and Fellows from across PGME programs and specialties
are invited to attend and / or submit an Abstract for the

9th Annual Postgraduate Medical Education
Global Health Resident Research Showcase
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– an opportunity to share global health research during postgraduate training –

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Thursday, January 29, 2026 6pm-9pm. Via Zoom.
  • See details for Abstract submission below.
  • Registration is complimentary but required for attendees and for those submitting an Abstract
  • To register email j.kopelow@utoronto.ca and include the following:
  • Your full name, email, resident or fellow, name of program, year in program
  • Additional information from j.kopelow@utoronto.ca
All abstracts will be reviewed by a PGME GH Research Committee comprised of your peers — each are residents and fellows from across all postgraduate training programs with faculty oversight.This Committee of your peers and faculty advisor will evaluate your abstracts for appropriateness and completeness of the information, scientific merit, impact, and relevance to the goals and objectives of GH at PGME. All submissions will be acknowledged.

From the Resident Research Showcase Planning Committee

Abstract Submission Guidelines
Abstract Submission deadline is Friday, January 16, 2026
  • Residents and fellows from all specialties are invited to submit abstracts on global health themes.
  • The PGME GH Research Showcase is offered as an opportunity for trainees to share their global health research during their postgraduate medical training.
  • Abstracts should include the following: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions.
  • Posters and oral presentations are encouraged.
  • A number of abstracts will be selected for ‘quick’ Roundtable presentation when authors will be given 5-10 minutes to present at the Showcase.

Abstracts submitted including the following themes are encouraged:

** New Theme**
Challenges to Global Health Research
(ie r/t funding, academic institutions)

Artificial Intelligience
Advocacy and Activism
COVID-19
Chronic Diseases
Cross Cultural Communication
Environment and Health
Global Child Health
Global Health Education
Global Health Ethics
Global Health Governance
Global Health Surgery and Anaesthesia
Global Mental Health
Global Migration and Health
Health and Human Rights
Health Economics
Humanitarian Emergencies
Indigenous Health
Infectious Diseases
Innovation and Technology in Global Health
Local Health Inequalities
Non-Communicable Diseases
Nutrition and Food Security
Primary Care and Global Primary Care
Public Health and Global Public Health
Refugee Health
Women’s Health
1.Name Primary Contact for Abstract Submission(Required.)
2.Email for Primary Contact for Abstract Submission (Required.)
3.What is your  University of Toronto Program/Specialty/Sub-Specialty?(Required.)
4.What  PGY are you in and at what University of Toronto affiliated hospital? (ie PGY3, Fellow, Sickkids)(Required.)
5.Name, Program/Specialty/Subspecialty/PGY for all authors.(Required.)
6.Abstract Title(Required.)
7.Presentation format is:(Required.)
8.From the drop down list, choose the Primary theme for your abstract submission.(Required.)
9.From the drop down list, choose the Secondary theme for your abstract submission.(Required.)
10.From the drop down list, choose the Tertiary theme for your abstract submission.(Required.)
11.Enter your Abstract (250 words) under the following headings:
Background/Introduction, Objectives/Purpose, Methods, Results and Conclusions/Findings(Required.)