(Thanks to Jean Shipman for providing this update.)

Event: Five-chapter “Quint Essential” meeting, Denver, CO, October 12-16, 2014

Date:     Contributed papers:         Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 14-15 

Deadline: Proposals for papers must be submitted no later than July 1, 2014.

Theme: Convergence and Collaboration.

Plenary speakers will present on health disparities, native health, and big data. 

Contributed Papers

Accepted contributed papers will each be allotted 15 minutes for the presentation and follow-up questions.

To propose a paper presentation, please submit:

• title of the paper
• an abstract of 250 words or less (following MLA guidelines: http://www.research.mlanet.org/structured_abstract.html)

• author(s) name(s), address, email(s) and work phone number(s) on a separate page

Proposals will be reviewed by the Papers and Posters Subcommittee of the Program Committee.  Subcommittee members will not be given author information. 

Method of submission:  Send your submission as a Word document in Arial, 12-point font via email attachment to kmurray10@uaa.alaska.edu. 

These must be received no later than July 1, 2014 to be considered. Acceptance / rejections will be confirmed in early August.