Research Poster Opportunities
The IOCDF is pleased to announce two unique poster session opportunities in July 2025! We invite researchers and students of all levels of experience to submit posters for the following poster sessions in Chicago, Illinois and virtually:
IOCDF Research Symposium Poster Session
Thursday, July 10, 2025
This poster session will take place as part of the annual IOCDF Research Symposium, a forum for researchers and students from around the world to share data and findings from the latest research in the OCD and related disorders fields, and an excellent networking opportunity for scientists. The Symposium will feature poster sessions that will be accessible online and in person.
Annual OCD Conference Researcher & Exhibitor Meet & Greet
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Presenters at this poster session will have the opportunity to share their research with not only fellow researchers, but also clinicians, people with OCD, families, and all other attendees at the Annual OCD Conference. This is an opportunity to educate the wider OCD and related disorders community about your work!
Please note that posters can be presented at either 1) ONLY the Research Symposium Poster Session or 2) BOTH the Research Symposium Poster Session (Thursday) and the Researcher & Exhibitor Meet & Greet.
Submission Deadline
The deadline to submit a poster submission is Monday, February 3, 2025, at 11:59 pm ET (8:59 pm PT). Applicants can expect to receive notification by April 2025.
Proposals to present during the speaking program of the Symposium are submitted through a separate proposal system.
2025 Poster Sessions Topic of Interest: Heterogeneity of OCD
While much research has examined the similarities of OCD expression across populations, symptom dimensions, and themes, everyone’s personal experience of OCD is ultimately unique. Personal backgrounds, environments, comorbidities, and experiences of OCD differ, even if patients have similar symptom dimensions.
This year’s Symposium and Poster Session Topic of Interest is “Heterogeneity of OCD” — bringing attention to the vast variety of symptom expressions, comorbidities, and dimensions among people with OCD.
We are issuing a special call for posters aligned with this Topic of Interest for the 2025 Research Symposium and Poster Sessions. However, suitable posters for other OCD and related disorders topics will also be considered.
Poster Abstract Format
- Introduction/Background: A brief summary of relevant prior studies, statement of hypotheses tested in the study
- Methods: recruitment methods, dates of study, measures utilized with indications of validity, statistical methods
- Results: sample size, characteristics of the sample, means and standard deviations for important descriptive or outcome variables or change measures, correlation coefficients if calculated, confidence intervals, p-values
- Discussion: implications of the findings for diagnosis, phenomenological understanding, treatment, pathophysiology, epidemiology, or other area that the research focused on
- Conclusions: outcome of hypothesis testing, suggestions for further research
Abstracts should not exceed 1,000 words, and literature reviews and case studies with (n=1) are not likely to be accepted unless space permits. Poster abstracts should contain data; abstracts submitted without data may only be eligible for virtual presentation.
Poster Awards
IOCDF Student/Trainee Members who submit a poster for the Symposium or Conference will be eligible for a Conference Scholarship or a cash prize for outstanding research posters, as judged by an expert panel. To qualify for an award, applicants must have a current IOCDF Student/Trainee membership at the time of the Symposium or Conference and be the lead author of a poster submitted for one or both poster sessions. Learn more about membership >
Poster FAQ
Who can submit a poster? Senior researchers, trainees, and students can submit posters. Multiple posters may be submitted if desired. If accepted, at least one author must be available to present the poster’s content and answer questions during poster sessions.
What if I can’t make it to the in-person events? We strongly encourage all poster presenters to attend the in-person poster sessions at the Symposium and Conference in July 2025; however, if you are unsure of your ability to attend these events, we still encourage you to submit a poster for the Symposium. The Symposium is a hybrid online/in-person event, and online attendees will be able to view posters and contact authors during an asynchronous poster session.
Please note that presenters can present in either 1) ONLY the Research Symposium Poster Session, or 2) BOTH the Research Symposium Poster Session and Researcher & Exhibitor Meet & Greet.
Can I submit a poster unrelated to the 2025 Poster Sessions Topic of Interest? Yes! The 2025 Poster Sessions Topic of Interest represents our “Special Call” category, but suitable posters for other topics in OCD and related disorders research will also be reviewed.