Please be sure to consider the following when submitting your abstract:

Please note that we are only accepting submissions for poster abstracts.
If you need assistance with submitting additional documents/newer versions of your abstract or have general inquiries, please contact Grayken.Center@bmc.org
Information about the abstract submission process for Together for Hope can be found here: Together for Hope: Boston Addiction Conference 2024 | Boston Medical Center (bmc.org )
All accepted submissions will be presented in person at the DCU Center in Worcester, MA. on the designated date (either Wednesday, April 16, 2025 or Thursday, April 17, 2025)
Abstracts can be submitted until December 16th, 2024. Abstracts submitted after that date will not be accepted.
Abstracts must be original work based on latest evidence and data. Anecdotal information should be kept to a minimum. Presenters may submit their original, unpublished work that has been presented previously at conferences outside of Massachusetts, for the purpose of sharing it with their Massachusetts colleagues.
Submitters must complete a conflict of interest form prior to abstract submission (insert URL here).
Submissions must be free of commercial bias. Submissions cannot be used to advertise or advocate for a specific commercial interest
There is a maximum of 3 submissions by one submitter.
All submissions will be reviewed by the Boston Addiction Conference Review Committee. Submitters whose abstracts have been accepted will be notified starting January 2025.
Upon acceptance, submitters will be asked to provide a headshot, bio, and poster(s) in PDF format (if they are presenting in poster format) or PowerPoint presentation (if they are presenting an oral abstract).
The Grayken Center for Addiction is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in all of our activities as we acknowledge that racism and other systemic forms of oppression result in inequities in care and that it is important to actively foster a diverse workforce that reflects the individuals that we care for and together eliminate inequities. Thus, we ask that every conference presenter address DEI content in their presentation with a minimum of 1 slide dedicated to this topic.
We affirm that race is a social rather than a biologic construct, and we call on conference attendees to identify data that not only demonstrate inequities in substance use care and outcomes, but also examine how racial/ethnic and other intersecting structural characteristics (e.g. education, employment, housing) affect inequities.
In addition to identifying data, we encourage presenters to diversify representation in their work, including the incorporation of photographs (with permission) that show individuals of varying skin tones, race/ethnicities, genders and ranges of gender expression, and including patients who are trans or non-binary in case scenarios. [Special thanks to AMERSA, from whom we adapted this conference guidance].