48th Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association

Virtual

April 6-23, 2021

(all times EDT)

2021 Meeting Program

MEETING OVERVIEW

Date	Time (EDT)
April 6-9
Tues April 6	8:00am	Poster Hall Opens
Tues April 6	11:00am-2:30pm	President's Welcome aDNA symposium podium
Wed April 7	11:00am-1:30pm	Podium presentations
April 12-16: Mentoring Week
Mon April 12	11:00am-1:00pm	Poster: Cockburn Student Prize & Jane E. Buikstra Early Career Award entries Poster panel discussion of pre-recorded poster presentations. 1. Trauma  2. Metabolic diseases & stress  3. Open paleopathology
Mon April 12	1:00-2:00pm	Meet-a-Mentor
Tues April 13	1:00-2:00pm	Meet-a-Mentor
Wed April 14	1:00-2:00pm	Student Group: 3MT event
Thurs April 15	1:00-2:00pm	Meet-a-Mentor
Fri April 16	11:00am-1:30pm	Podium: Cockburn Student Prize & Jane E Buikstra Early Career Award entries
April 19-23
Thurs Ap 22	11:00am-1:00pm	Poster: Regular Poster panel discussion of pre-recorded poster presentations. 1.   Metabolic diseases, stress & infectious diseases              2. Trauma   3. Open paleopathology
Fri Ap 23	11:00am-12:00pm	Podium presentations followed by 15min break
	12:15am-2:00pm	Association Annual Business & Awards Meeting

 

Poster presenters

Click here to submit your ePoster

The Registration Fee for the North American meeting includes: access to virtual podium sessions, virtual poster presentations, and the Association Business Meeting.

Registration - until 12:00 am, 1 April 2021, PST:

• Student member – 50 USD
• Regular member – 100 USD
• Nonmember – 175 USD

Cockburn Student Prize/Jane E. Buikstra Early Career Award

Please follow these links for the terms and conditions of the Cockburn Student Prize and the Jane E. Buikstra Early Career Award

Additional Events

Mentoring Event: Although we will be virtual for the 2021 meeting, we are working on a mentoring event to replace our traditional “Let’s Do Lunch”.  Our virtual mentoring event promises to be fun for both Mentors and Mentees, and will be a wonderful way to network and meet new members of the organization! The event will incur no additional expense for participation.

Attention Student Members: this year the Student Group is organizing a “Three-Minute Thesis" competition. Each speaker will have three minutes and one static slide to summarize their graduate research for the audience and a panel of judges. Talks will be recorded and posted to the PPASG-run YouTube channel (with speaker permission). Prizes will include categories such as ‘audience favorite’, ‘most tech savvy’, and ‘funniest,’ and speakers will have the option to receive written feedback from the judges. This is a great opportunity for student members to craft a synopsis of their research that is accessible to a general audience and practice presentation skills in a low stress setting. 

Here is the link to register for the 3MT Competition:

https://forms.gle/Fvyhy1DK9C5PtGUH9

And here is the link for the Paleopathology Association Student Group on Facebook.

Registration Cancellation and Refund Policy

• The Paleopathology Association (PPA) hopes that everyone who registers for the North American meeting will be able to attend; however, we understand that extenuating circumstances do occur. The PPA Cancellation and Refund Policy for the North American meeting is as follows:
• Full Refund: All registration cancellations and refund requests submitted by the participant up to 4 weeks before the event (until 11:59 pm, March 4, 2021, PST) will be refunded 100% of the registration fee minus a $5.00 processing fee. 
• Partial Refund: All registration cancellations and refund requests submitted by the participant between 2-4 weeks before the event will be refunded 50% of the registration fee (12:00 am March 5 to 11:59 pm March 18, 2021, PST).
• No Refund: No refunds will be granted if cancellation is made within 2 weeks of the event (after 12:00 am, March 19, 2021, PST).

How to Cancel Registration and Request a Refund

Cancellations and refund requests must be submitted by email to the PPA Treasurer at treasurer.ppa@gmail.com. Refunds will be issued via check or PayPal within 2 weeks after the meeting has concluded.