Thank you for your interest in submitting an abstract for consideration of a poster at the RISE for Equity: Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen & Empower 2025 course. Please complete the fields below and click submit at the end of the form. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please look in your spam folder. 

Poster Abstract Overview:

This year RISE for Equity will host its annual poster session with the goal of sharing your knowledge to inspire leaders in healthcare to rise to situations for advancing and directing policy, programs, and institutional initiatives to expand diversity, promote equity and catalyze inclusive activities.  We invite you to take advantage of the unique opportunity and submit an abstract to be presented as a poster during RISE for Equity:  Reflect, Inspire, strengthen and & Empower 2025.  OPENING SOON!

Participants are encouraged to submit projects highlighting programs and initiatives that impact clinical practice, education, research, and administrative environments in health care.  Abstracts that provide evidence and successful models for engaging targeted stakeholders and constituents and elevating environments in support of health care diversity, equity and inclusion are encouraged.

Specific topics of interest: 

  • Education Strategies for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Networking for DEI Practitioners
  • Strategies and Programming for Advancing Belonging for all staff within Organizations
  • Advancing Equity in AI Initiatives
  • DEI Workforce Initiatives
  • Strategies for Leading DEI
  • Current Health Care DEI Research
  • Assessing and Responding to Climate for Equity and Diversity
  • Anti-Racism/Equity Projects in Health Care
  • Inclusive Well-Being Initiatives
  • Community Based Programs, Research, and Initiatives for Eliminating Health Disparities
  • Leadership Styles- Case Studies: Lessons in Leadership, (e.g., transformational, collaborative, democratic, etc.)
  • Optimizing the Workplace - Business Change, Leading for Change, Leading Clinical Change
  • Innovation in DEI
  • Leveraging Data and Digital Environment to Enhance DEI in the Workplace
  • Advancing Belonging in the Workplace

Submission Criteria

  • Create a profile if you have not done so already, then log into your account
  • Complete and submit abstract form between February 24 – April 30, 2025
  • Abstracts are limited to 250 words
  • Complete the form below

Requirements 

  • Conference will provide 4 x 4 ft. display board space and push pins
  • Registration to course is required
  • All costs associated with the poster are the responsibility of the authors
  • Authors must stay with their posters during the assigned poster session(s)
  • Posters will be exhibited through 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 6, 2025
  • The review panel will select a limited number of posters for a short oral on-stage presentation; specific dates and times - TBD

More information can be found in the FAQ.