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2026 Cabrini Research Forum

Call for Abstracts.

Call for Abstracts

The Annual Cabrini Research Forum is an opportunity for all Cabrini staff and collaborators – including researchers, medical practitioners, nurses, allied health professionals, students and other healthcare professionals – to showcase research and quality improvement projects being undertaken across Cabrini and in collaboration with partner organisations.

We welcome submissions from all clinical specialties, research disciplines, and quality improvement initiatives.

Have you recently presented at a conference or published your work? We’d love to hear about it.

Whether you are new to research and quality improvement, early in your career or an experience investigator, we encourage you to submit an abstract. The closing date for abstract submissions is COB Friday 11 September 2026.

Important dates and information to note:

  • The Cabrini Research Forum 2026 is an online research poster event. Please do not supply a printed poster. An oral presentation of the poster will be not be required.
  • Please ensure you have the appropriate HREC/RGO approval to present your project to a public facing audience. All project approvals will be checked prior to the event. Please reach out to the Forum organisers if you are unsure if your work can be presented.
  • A PDF file of your poster will be required by 12 October 2026 to facilitate web hosting setup.
  • The View and Vote Cabrini Research Forum event will be open online from 1 – 30 November 2026.
  • A number of Best Poster Awards are on offer in multiple categories. The event is also open to public vote. Only one vote per person will be recorded. The poster that receives the highest number of public votes will be awarded the People’s Choice Award. You and your team members are welcome to submit a vote.
  • Awards will be announced at the online Cabrini Research Session on Wednesday 2 December 2026.

Application process

  1. Prepare your abstract following the Abstract Guidelines detailed below.
  2. Complete the Online Abstract Submission form below and attach your abstract electronically by close of business Friday 11 September 2026.
  3. All communications will be with the presenting author.

Abstract guidelines

  • Word count: no more than 300 words in the body of the text (i.e. not counting title, authors or institutions)
  • Format: Calibri font, size 11, left justify, single spacing, no blank lines; in word format
  • Title: Bold, lower case – Limited to less than 100 characters. No underlines or acronyms to be used in the title
  • Authors: First name followed by last name. Do not include titles and degrees. Underline submitting author. Insert institution identifying number after each author’s name if multiple institutions are involved, i.e. Mary Citizen1,2 Joe Bloggs3
  • Institution/Organisation: Include department if appropriate, institution, and city. Only add country if not Australia. Multiple institutions should be identified by a number and cross referenced with the authors (see above) i.e. ¹Cabrini; ²Alfred, ³Monash University

Call for Abstracts Submission Form

  • Max. file size: 128 MB.

Questions

Emma Baker
P: 0419 593 889
E: ebaker@cabrini.com.au