Call for Poster Abstracts

Resiliency in Action: Sustainable Strategies for Oral Health Educators

October 15, 2025 | Colorado Springs, CO, at the Hotel Polaris 

ADEA invites you to submit poster abstracts to be presented at the 2025 ADEA Fall Meetings Professional Development Workshop, Resiliency in Action: Sustainable Strategies for Oral Health Educators, in Colorado Springs, CO, at the Hotel Polaris on Wednesday, Oct.15.

View the complete instructions and submit online by Aug. 22 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Faculty, students, staff, residents and fellows at ADEA Member Institutions are eligible to participate.

Abstract submissions must relate to the workshop theme, Resiliency in Action: Sustainable Strategies for Oral Health Educators, and fit within one of the following learning focus areas:

Innovation

This category highlights programs, projects or other distinctive learning, clinical or community engagement activities that offer valuable insights for advancing oral health education, the academic health professions and efforts to reduce disparities in health outcomes—with a preferred emphasis on oral health. Submissions should explain how innovation contributes to fostering a supportive and forward-thinking culture within academic dentistry and/or oral health.

Research

This category features work that uses evidence-based methodologies (e.g., quantitative, qualitative, case study analysis, legal analysis, explanatory, conceptual, descriptive, applied, etc.) to inform and improve oral health education and/or the academic health professions, particularly in addressing challenges related to access, representation and outcomes—with a preferred emphasis on oral health. Submissions should describe how the research supports efforts to enhance institutional culture and educational impact in academic dentistry and/or oral health.

Poster abstracts are limited to 750 words, not including title, authors, institutional affiliations, acknowledgments and references. If the abstract is based on research funded entirely or partially by an outside source, please list the funding agency and grant number at the end of the text.