Call for Posters:
Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference for Research on Children at Risk:
Diverse Perspectives on Vulnerability in Childhood and Adolescence
The first annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference for Research on Children at Risk will convene at the University of Kentucky in Lexington on April 14th and 15th, 2011. The theme for this conference is diverse perspectives (e.g. biological, psychological, or sociological, etc) on vulnerability in childhood and adolescence. Researchers in a variety of disciplines have identified childhood events and conditions that affect the risk of experiencing adverse outcomes in youth or adulthood. This conference is broad in scope, addressing a range of risk and protective factors that shape children’s current or future health and development. We welcome research on substance abuse, cognitive and educational outcomes, physical and mental health, social inequalities, peer and family interactions, as well as other topics. Ideally, this interdisciplinary conference will offer research that is comprehensible and interesting to a wide scientific audience. Online poster submission from graduate students at any stage of training and from all disciplines will be accepted beginning in February.
Authors of posters selected for presentation will receive a $50 honorarium. The posters will be eligible for first ($300), second ($200), and third ($100) place prizes.
Please check the Children at Risk Research Cluster website http://www.uky.edu/CAR/conference/conference.html regularly for updates and poster application forms. Applications and abstracts are due March 21, 2011, to Milich@email.uky.edu. You may also contact Dr. Milich if you have questions. Posters will be printed by the Psychology department.
This conference is sponsored by the Center for Drug Abuse Research Translation – CDART and the Children at Risk Research Cluster – CAR.
