Injury Science Day at the University of Pennsylvania

Call for Posters

Injury and violence are substantial and largely preventable public health problems. Injuries kill more Americans under the age of 35 than all diseases combined. Injury Science Day provides a forum to showcase the latest research about the prevention, control, acute care, and rehabilitation of intentional and unintentional injury.

All participants (including faculty, staff, and students) are encouraged to submit their recent injury research posters (2009-present).

Posters (new or previously presented) by Penn students will be considered for two prizes: $500 for first and $250 for second place.

Poster Submissions

Fill out the Poster Submission Form by Friday, February 26, 2010. A link to the form is available at

Poster Content

Posters must be related to Injury Research. "Injury" includes the physiological and psychological damage from unintentional (e.g., motor vehicle crashes and other transport incidents, drownings, falls) and intentional (e.g., homicide, suicide, assault) injuries.

If you are unsure if your poster is in line with the topic of this conference, please feel free to email Jeannette at .

Poster Dimensions

TBA – please check with Jeannette at

Poster Set up and Removal

* Set up on Wednesday, March 3rdbetween 8:30 and 9:00 a.m.

* Remove by 1:30 p.m. on the same day.

Student Competition

Students at the University of Pennsylvania, (full-time, part-time, Undergraduate to Graduate) are eligible for this competition. 1st prize winners will receive $500. 2nd prize winners will receive $250. Posters may be new or previously presented. Previously presented posters must be recent (2009-present). Please note that the Center for Public Health Initiatives and the OrtnerCenter reserve the right to limit prize money or cancel the competition due to insufficient quality/quantity of entries.

Posters will be judged by a panel using the following criteria:

IMPORTANCE/SIGNIFICANCE

  • How important is this problem? (The team must establish the public health relevance of the injury-related research question. A high-scoring proposal will incorporate sound empirical evidence of the scope and impact of the problem and will cite diverse sources to substantiate the need for the research conducted.)

CLARITY OF RESEARCH QUESTION

  • Is the research question explicitly stated in a way that conveys a clear agenda (or a testable hypothesis) for the project?

APPROPRIATENESS OF STUDY DESIGN

  • How well do the selected methods and study design "match" or address the stated research question/ objectives?

"ELEGANCE" OF ANALYSIS

  • Is there a clear logic to the data analysis?
  • Has the team extracted the most important information from the data?
  • Have alternative explanations for findings been sought?

EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION

  • How well organized are the results? Has the team used the poster format effectively to tell a coherent story about the project and data?
  • Is the poster visually engaging? Is it streamlined?
  • How well does the team explain/present the poster to the judges on the day of the competition? How familiar are team members with the study and how well do they answer questions about the project?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Jeannette at .

Injury Science Day is organized by:The Center for Public Health Initiatives and Penn’sEvelynJacobsOrtnerCenter

Funding and Support are provided by: Center for Public Health Initiative, Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Center for Injury Research and Prevention, National Center on Fathers and Families, Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn Annenberg School for Communication, Penn Graduate School of Education, Penn School of Medicine, Penn School of Nursing Science, Penn School of Social Practice and Policy