Cash Prize Competition deadline June 30, 1998 (Please circulate)
A world congress on Whiplash-Associated Disorders will be held in
Vancouver, Canada from February 7 to 11, 1999. The congress will bring a
number of leading world experts together to present the latest research
findings on whiplash, a problem which costs billions of dollars each year.
Due to numerous requests for an extension of the abstract deadline
(originally June, 1, 1998), the organizers of the WAD World Congress have
extended the abstract deadline to June 30, 1998.
Investigator Best Paper/Poster Award Program - Up to $15,000 (Canadian
funds) will be paid to authors of selected poster(s) or free paper(s)
demonstrating innovation and excellence in research activities. Your paper
or poster should address one of three themes of the congress: Traffic
Safety & Engineering ($5,000), Insurance and Disability ($5,000), and
Diagnosis & Treatment ($5,000)
The winners will be selected by a blind review process. Competition is
limited to those authors who have submitted their abstract(s) and
registration fee(s) by June 30, 1998. Award program sponsored courtesy of
the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Student/New Investigator Best Paper/Poster Award Program - We are also
pleased to announce this special student/new investigator competition. Up
to $3,000 ($1,000 per stream) will be awarded to selected student/new
investigators for best paper or poster. New investigator refers to
graduate students engaged research projects or new investigators within one
year of graduation. Deadline for submission October 1, 1998.
Abstract Themes:
Insurance and Disability - community intervention, early intervention, case
management, disability adjudication, compensation, cost/benefit analysis,
return to work program.
Traffic Safety and Auto Engineering - crash prevention, traffic safety and
education, injury prevention/reduction, automobile safety and design, crash
dynamics and injury exposure.
Diagnosis and Treatment - early intervention and long term management,
evaluation of diagnosis and treatment including pharmaceutical and other
medical interventions, physical therapies, manipulation, treatment
modalities, exercise and interdisciplinary approaches, prognostic and
predictors of long term outcomes, prevention of chronicity."
The congress will be held at the Hotel Vancouver, and will include a Trade
Show in the hotel's BC Ballroom. There will also be video displays, group
discussions, and practical demonstrations enabling engineers, caregivers
and insurers to learn ways of preventing or managing whiplash more
effectively.
Health care, traffic and vehicle safety, engineering, and insurance
professionals will present the latest research on whiplash-related issues
and discuss the state of the art in prevention, diagnosis, treatment. For
preliminary program information and on-line registration please visit the
world congress website at: http://www.whiplash99.org or call us in North
America at (800) 872-3105 or fax (604) 684-6247. The website is updated
monthly.
Corporate sponsors include: Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, The
Woodbridge Group, Workers' Compensation Board of British Columbia, State
Farm Insurance, Motor Accident Authority and Seaboard Life Insurance
Physical Medicine Research Foundation
Suite 510, 207 West Hastings St.
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1H7
Canada
In North America 1-800-872-3105
elsewhere +604 684-4148 Fax +604 684-6247
http://www.pain-relief-research.org/toc.html
http://www.whiplash99.org
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