Diabetes Symposium

The 2026 CDMD Symposium will take place on Friday, Aug. 7, in Hine Hall on IU Indianapolis' campus. Hine Hall's address is 875 W. North Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

Registration is free and includes lunch if completed online by the online registration deadline of Friday, July 17. After the deadline, only on-site registration on Aug. 7 will be available which does not include lunch.

Register for the 12th annual symposium now

The abstract submission deadline is June 15, 2026 (5:00 p.m. EDT - close of business). Abstracts are submitted via the online registration portal. Abstracts are limited to 300 words, excluding title, authors, and affiliations. All abstracts should be submitted as a Word document. Abstracts that are larger than 300 words will not be accepted. For recommendations on how to write an abstract, please, scroll down.

General Formatting:

1. Please use Word to create and submit your abstract
2. Margins: 1” margins
3. Font:
   • Title - Arial 14 pt bold
   • Authors - Arial 11 pt (first name, last name and superscript number corresponding with institution information)
   • Institutions - Arial 11pt (superscript number then Department, School and Location)
   • Abstract text - 11 pt
4. Left justify all text
5. No tab stops at the beginning of the paragraph
6. No literature citations should be included in the abstract
7. Do not write text in all capital letters
8. Single line spacing
9. Structured or unstructured formats are acceptable 

Abstracts are to be in one of the following categories:

1. Metabolism/Physiology
2. Clinical Research
3. Islet Biology/Pancreas
4. Immunology
5. Neuroscience
6. Other

If you submit an abstract, please, indicate whether you are willing to present in the Oral Abstract session. If you select ‘No,’ your abstract will be selected for poster presentation. A total of 20 abstracts will be selected for Oral Presentation.
If you have problems with your submission, please e-mail Shari R. Parker (shupchur@iu.edu). Should you need to make corrections on your submission, please do not submit a new abstract, and contact Shari R. Parker.

* * *Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026 (5:00 p.m. EDT - close of business)

Poster Guidelines:

• Mount your materials on your poster board at the time indicated below
• Posters must be removed at the dismount time listed below
• The poster must not exceed 4’ vertical and 8’ horizontal
• Lettering should not be less than one and one-half inches
• Illustrations should be similar to those you would use in making slides but more heavily drawn
• One or two authors MUST be in attendance during the presentation times
• Velcro tabs / pushpins will be provided

The purpose of the abstract is to provide a synopsis of your work in a clear (readable, well organized, avoiding jargon), concise (without excess wordiness or unnecessary information), and cohesive (nice flow between the parts) manner. These are guidelines that can help you write a compelling abstract:

Title
The title should clearly describe what your abstract is about, but also be interesting enough to encourage readers to want to learn more

Background and Objective

1. Should explain why your abstract is important or novel

2. Provide the context or explanation for doing the study, not the whole history but the current situation

   1. What is already known about the subject?

   2. What is not known, and hence what do you intend to examine?

3. Should state the aim of the study

   1. What are you hoping to find out or what is your hypothesis?

4. Length: One to three sentences. If you have just started working on your project, it is appropriate to expand a bit more in this section

Methods

1. Should explain how you did your study

2. Specific population studied

   1. Include sampling frames and response rates when appropriate

   2. How many people/animals/samples were included in the research?

3. Quantitative or qualitative methods

   1. Specific statistical analysis conducted

   2. Measures and outcomes explored

4. Time frame duration of the study

5. Length: Three to eight sentences. If you have just started working on your project, it is appropriate to expand a bit more in this section and reduce the length of Results and Conclusions

Results

1. The results section should explain what you found

2. Describe your main findings with data

   1. The intervention group was more likely than the control to use metformin - less good

   2. The intervention group was more likely than the control to use metformin (p<0.01) - better

   3. The intervention group was more likely than the control to use metformin (45% vs. 30%, p<0.01) - best

3. Concisely describe how your results pertain to your study aim or hypothesis

4. Remember to report nonsignificant differences too

5. Usually the longest section, three to eight sentences

Conclusions

1. This section should explain your main findings and why they are important

2. Describe the primary take-home message

3. Conclusions should be reasonable and supported by the findings

4. Include the Scientific/Clinical/Policy Impact of the research and Implications

5. Length: two to three sentences

Adapted from: 

• Andrade C. How to write a good abstract for a scientific paper or conference presentation. Indian J Psychiatry 2011;53:172-5. 
  IMPRS 2020 Abstract Submission, IU School of Medicine 

• CDC: How to write an abstract

• Stroke 42(9):2605-10 (2011); doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.607101 

• Nature Medicine 28(4):798-808 (2022); doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-01718-1