Please join the UNC Department of Radiology for the 2026 Radiology Departmental Research Symposium on Friday, May 8, 2026, at the Roper Hall Active Learning Theater. This event will highlight advances in clinical, translational, and radiological science research and feature the research of our faculty, fellows, residents, postdocs, medical students, and graduate trainees.

Speaker

Curtis P. Langlotz, MD, PhD

Talk Title: Bridging Discovery and Practice: How AI Research Will Reshape Radiology

Dr. Langlotz is a Professor of Radiology, Medicine, and Biomedical Data Science, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research at Stanford University. He also serves as Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI Center), which supports over 250 faculty at Stanford who conduct interdisciplinary machine learning research to improve clinical care. Dr. Langlotz’s NIH-funded laboratory develops machine learning methods to eliminate diagnostic errors and detect disease early. He has led many national and international efforts to improve medical imaging, including the RadLex standard terminology system and the Medical Imaging and Data Resource Center (MIDRC), a U.S. national imaging research resource.

Agenda

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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

Please join the UNC Department of Radiology for the 2026 Radiology Departmental Research Symposium, where we will highlight advances in clinical, translational, and radiological science research. This event will feature the research of our faculty, fellows, residents, postdocs, medical students, and graduate trainees. We invite you to submit your research for presentation. Top submissions will be invited for an oral (Power Point) presentation. All other submissions will be presented during a poster session.  Selections will be made based on scientific merit and subject area.

Relevant Dates

• Abstract submissions open: November 17, 2025
• Abstract submissions due: February 9, 2026
• Acceptance notifications: March 2, 2026
• Poster presentations due for printing: April 29, 2026
• Presentations due for oral presentations: May 4, 2026
• Research day: May 8, 2026

Submission Requirements

Submissions can include descriptive, hypothesis-driven, or hypothesis-generating research. Works-in progress and case reports can be submitted, but interpretation of the work must address the relationship to past, current, or future research issues. Educational exhibits will not be accepted. Data that have been presented elsewhere and/or published may be submitted.

1. All abstracts must be submitted, in English, using the submission website https://app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80407/submitter . Use sentence case for the title.
2. The abstract should not exceed 2,500 characters, INCLUDING spaces. Title and author information is not included the 2,500 characters. The abstract should be divided into the following sections: Background; Methods; Results; Conclusion; Clinical Relevance (max 200 characters).
3. Following the abstract text, add a statement addressing informed consent and HIPAA authorization (or waivers of such) for participants described in the research. This statement is not included the 2,500 characters.
4. Following the abstract text, add a statement addressing any relevant conflicts of interest for the research. If there are no conflicts, please state that the authors have no conflicts to disclose. This statement is not included the 2,500 characters.
5. You may upload one (1) figure with the abstract submission.
6. Do not include references, tables, or mathematical equations in the abstract. Avoid acronyms. If used, spell them out when used for the first time.
7. Present specific data and methodologic details to support the results and conclusions. This will assist reviewers in judging the quality of the research. Clarity and brevity of writing will allow evaluation of the importance of the research.
8. All submissions must be HIPAA-compliant. No names, medical record numbers, or other identifying information can appear in your submission.

Submission Categories

Select one topic area from the list below. This will be used to organize abstract review.

Submission Review

All abstracts will be evaluated by UNC faculty using a blinded review process. Your submission title, abstract, or figures should not contain author names.

Poster Information

• Sample-Poster_Case-Report
• Sample-Poster-Template-Radiology

PowerPoint Information

• SOM PowerPoint Template for Oral Presentations

Questions?
Please contact Desma Jones at desma_jones@med.unc.edu.

Yueh Lee, Nima Kokabi, and PT Yap — Co-Chairs of the working group