All investigators in the field of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, both ACCP members and nonmembers, are invited to submit abstracts of papers to be considered for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting, October 19–22, 2008, in Louisville, Kentucky. Abstracts should be submitted online at http://accp.confex.com/accp/2008am/cfp.cgi and may be submitted in one of the following categories:

Original Research: Describe original research in education, health sciences, therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacoepidemiology, or pharmacogenomics.

Clinical Pharmacy Forum: Describe the delivery, development, justification, or documentation of innovative clinical pharmacy services. Abstracts dealing with clinical services payment or cost analysis are encouraged.

Resident and Fellow Research-in-Progress: Submission and evaluation criteria are those of an Original Research presentation except that the research effort is ongoing.

Student Submissions: Submission criteria are those of an Original Research presentation. Partially completed data are acceptable for inclusion. Abstracts should provide an assessment of the likelihood of project completion by date of presentation. The presenting author must be a student. The exclusive deadline for student abstracts is Thursday, July 3, 2008, midnight, Pacific Daylight Time.

All abstracts accepted for presentation (with the exception of Encore Presentations) in the Original Research and Clinical Pharmacy Forum categories will automatically be entered in the Best Poster Award competition. Judging of finalists will occur during the poster sessions at the meeting. Excluding student submissions, the deadline to submit abstracts is Friday, June 13, 2008, midnight, Pacific Daylight Time. For more information about the Call for Abstracts and the 2008 Annual Meeting, please contact Emma Webb, Project Manager – Education, at (913) 492-3311, extension 20, or emmawebb@accp.com.