Join us for a dynamic conference that bridges the gap between research and real-world impact. This year’s event will spotlight innovative approaches to community-engaged scholarship, translational research, and policy-relevant work. Important to the current context, we will highlight clinical research relevant to the Arizona community. Attendees will explore how to communicate research effectively—whether through social media, journalism, policy engagement, or public partnerships—and gain tools to expand their reach across disciplines and borders. With dedicated tracks for students and methodological training, this conference is designed to empower diverse voices and foster meaningful change.
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The Science and Practice of Teaching Systemic Family Therapy Research: Submissions may include advances and unique research instruction strategies, keeping up to date on new systemic methods and analyses, approaches to training, grant and policy writing, etc.
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Translating Research and Partnering with Stakeholders: Submissions may include methods for translating research to a variety of stakeholders, building community partnerships (community-engaged methodologies), and designing a translational research trajectory in the current climate.
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Building and Sustaining Effectiveness and Outcome Research: Submissions may include research on cutting-edge systemic therapy interventions, clinical research in systemic therapy, moving from basic research to real-world interventions, and translating findings in the current climate.
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Student/New Professional Track: Submission may include topics relevant to students and new professionals building research trajectories.
Abstract Submission Guidelines
Submit a 300-word abstract for a seminar/workshop, brief paper presentation, and/or poster.
Abstracts for seminars and workshops should identify which topical area the submission fits under (1-4) and include: (a) session objective, (b) description, (c) 3-5 learning objectives. The Lead presenter will need to upload their CV. Presenters are expected to facilitate the session for 1 hour.
Abstracts for both the paper and poster presentations should include: (a) relevant background and objectives, (b) methods, including a description of the sample and measures, and analyses, (c) results, and (d) conclusion and clinical research/policy implications. Abstracts of studies with completed results are encouraged; abstracts with incomplete results are also welcome, with the requirement that the study will be completed by the conference. For the paper presentations, papers will be grouped around a common theme to form a paper session. Each presentation is expected to be 12 minutes long. Papers and posters may address any clinically-relevant research topic.
Submit your abstract April 15th- May 29th at:
· https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=WTVXLHQL
· You will be prompted to create a login with cadmium where you will submit all required elements.
· Decisions about the acceptance of abstracts will be communicated via email by June 19. Correspondence about acceptances will be sent out from this system.
Early Conference Details
In partnership with the University of Arizona’s (new) Master’s Program in Couple and Family Therapy, the conference will be in Tucson, Arizona, at the Tucson Marriott University Park. This will be a full two-day conference (10/26-27) with an informal welcome reception the Sunday before the conference (10/25). Attendees can plan to fly into Pheonix (1.5 hour drive) or Tucson. More information to come about guest room rates, travel, and registration (including our reduced student price).