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Across all themes, we welcome a broad range of research, including work related to education and training, ethics, secondary data synthesis (e.g. systematic and scoping reviews), public engagement, and both clinical and basic sciences (involving humans, animals, cell lines, etc.).

In keeping with the Research Day theme, the thematic tracks have been intentionally designed to be broad, to encourage cross-disciplinary engagement.

Please select the two themes that best align with your research. The organising committee may reassign abstracts to a different theme if deemed more appropriate.

Clinical Excellence, Translational Therapeutics & Implementation

This track focuses on advancing high-quality clinical care through therapeutic innovation, translational research, and real-world clinical and scientific implementation. It spans discovery to bedside and health-system integration, covering both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Emphasis is placed on evidence generation, clinical trials, implementation of science, integrated care models, and education that strengthen clinical excellence across settings.

Additional guiding sub-track suggestions:

  • Innovative Therapeutics & Intervention Strategies
  • Drug Discovery, Repurposing, Translational Development & Clinical Trials
  • Implementation Science
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Emerging Biotechnologies
  • Integrated Care Models
  • Multidisciplinary Best Practice
  • Disease Diagnostics & Prognostic Indicators
  • Forensic studies
Global Health & Health Systems

This track examines the determinants of health and disease across populations, addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases and conditions within broader social, economic, environmental, and policy contexts. Emphasis is on health equity, prevention, health systems strengthening, and scalable interventions that improve wellbeing at local and global levels.

Additional guiding sub-track suggestions:

  • Social Determinants of Health, Equity & Justice
  • Health Systems Strengthening, Economics & Universal Health Coverage
  • Epidemiology, Surveillance & Global Health Security
  • Non-Communicable Diseases & Prevention Across the Life Course
  • Nutrition, Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health
  • Environmental, Climate & Planetary Health
  • Ecology & Conservation Biology
Brain Health Across the Lifespan – From Molecules to Society

This track explores brain and mental health across the lifespan, integrating molecular and cellular neuroscience with clinical, behavioural, and community-level perspectives. It addresses neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative, psychiatric, and cognitive disorders, while emphasising resilience, social context, ethical practice, and translational pathways from laboratory discovery to community impact.

Additional guiding sub-track suggestions:

  • Mental health
  • Molecular & Cellular Foundations of Brain Health
  • Neurodevelopmental, Ageing & Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Neuropsychiatry, Addiction & Cognitive Disorders
  • Brain Health, Social Context & Policy
  • Sleep studies, Pain, Neurophysiology & Neural Circuits
  • Translational Neuroscience & Community Impact
Digital Health, Innovation, and Ethical AI Use in Health Systems

Track lead: Ms Pelisa Nongena, Dr Yasmin Osman Latib

Description

This track examines the role of artificial intelligence, digital health technologies, and data-driven systems in advancing equitable and ethical healthcare delivery. It spans clinical decision support, predictive analytics, system optimisation, governance, and the ethical and responsible use of AI. Emphasis is placed on bias mitigation, implementation in low-resource settings, and education for responsible digital transformation.

Additional guiding sub-track suggestions:

  • AI & digital Health in Implementation Sciences (Scaling & sustainability of digital health)
  • AI in Clinical Decision-Making & Precision Care
  • Big Data, Predictive Analytics & Modelling
  • Ethical AI & Governance
  • Related Innovation in Health Systems
  • Digital Health Systems Design & Optimisation
  • Equity in Low-Resource Settings
  • Translational Integration into Clinical Care
  • Digital Literacy
Precision Medicine, Omics & Computational Health

This track explores precision medicine approaches that integrate multi-omics, computational biology, bioinformatics, and advanced diagnostics to deliver personalised and equitable health solutions. It bridges laboratory science, data science, and clinical application, with attention to ethical data governance, translational integration, and population-level implications.

Additional guiding sub-track suggestions:

  • Precision Medicine: Precision Diagnostics & Personalised Therapeutics
  • Multi-Omics & Systems Biology
  • Computational Biology, Bioinformatics & Machine Learning
  • Biomarker Discovery
  • Population Genomics
  • Data Governance & Equity
  • Microbiome research
  • Advanced imaging technology
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