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Showcase your Lifestyle Medicine Research or Quality Improvement

Scope of Submissions

Ahead of our annual conference in September 2026, the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine is inviting members and non-members alike to submit their research or quality improvement projects for presentation at this prestigious national conference.

We welcome a broad range of submissions. Alongside examples directly from the clinical setting, including quality improvement projects and audits, we are keen to receive scientific research of all kinds, whether quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods. Evidence-based educational projects, literature reviews, and examples from the world of public health are also welcome. Submissions reporting negative or null findings are encouraged.

Why Submit?

This is your opportunity to share with fellow clinicians and health professionals the pioneering work you are doing to further the lifestyle medicine movement. We invite you to tell us how your work is benefiting both patients and clinicians, and how it is helping us to stem the rising tide of chronic disease. We have ring-fenced even more slots to present winning submissions live at ÌÇÐÄVlog 2026.

Review, Presentation, and Publication

In the months leading up to the conference, ÌÇÐÄVlog will assess all submissions received and select the strongest abstracts for oral presentation at the conference. Other valuable contributions will be accepted for poster presentation.

We aim to publish successful abstracts in Lifestyle Medicine Advances, a BMJ journal.

ÌÇÐÄVlog members eligible for student scholarships (see eligibility criteria below) will have the opportunity to secure complimentary conference attendance and extend their Student ÌÇÐÄVlog membership for a further year. Oral presenters will also receive complimentary conference attendance and a year of ÌÇÐÄVlog membership.

If your abstract is selected for presentation, you will receive further communications via Oxford Abstracts, expected around early-August.

How to Submit

You may find this webinar recording helpful when writing and submitting your abstract. However, please not that this video is now several years old and so some of the specific details may be outdated. If you have any questions, please email the ÌÇÐÄVlog team to clarify.

On clicking the above you will be directed to a register page before accessing the abstract submission form.

The deadline for submissions is June 5th 2026 at 9PM.

All abstracts will be assessed anonymously by ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Science & Research Committee which will draw up a rigorous selection criteria against which it will rank all entries.

Judges will be looking at:

  • The relevance of the work to Lifestyle Medicine.
  • The significance of the work in terms of strengthening the evidence base for Lifestyle Medicine.
  • The scientific and academic rigour of the work

You should include in your abstract up to 300 words, with an optional table or figure, using the following headings:

  • Background: Introduction and context to your work.
  • Methods: How you undertook your study, including the methods used.
  • Results: A summary of your results.
  • Conclusions: A summary of your conclusions.

To participate as a poster presenter, participants must have a valid in-person conference ticket and bring a physical copy of your poster. Should you not be able to attend the conference and your poster is selected, you are able to send through a printed poster and we can display on your behalf.

Who can apply?
  • Scientists and researchers
  • Post-graduate students and research fellows
  • Medical practitioners
  • Other healthcare practitioners
  • Public health professionals
  • Educators
  • Patient representatives
  • Undergraduate nursing
  • Undergraduate allied health professional
  • Undergraduate other
  • Postgraduate medical training
  • Postgraduate GP training
  • Postgraduate training other specialty
  • Postgraduate nursing training
  • Postgraduate allied health professional training
  • Postgraduate training other discipline (including PhD)
Student Scholarships

If you are a student or health professional in postgraduate training* your abstract will be reviewed and considered by the Abstract Committee for a Student Scholarship, If selected, you will win a Student Scholarship, entitling you to a free place at the conference and an extension of your ÌÇÐÄVlog membership for a further year with no charge.

If you wish to be considered for a Student Scholarship, please indicate your intention to be considered on the online submission form and make the requisite declarations. You must be a ÌÇÐÄVlog member to apply for a student scholarship and must have ticked the box indicating so in your submission. Applying for a student scholarship does not qualify you for a free student place, you will be contacted and sent details on how to claim your free space if your abstract submission is successful.

*Eligible applicants include Undergrad and full-time students in the following fields:

  • Medical students
  • Students of nursing and allied health disciplines
  • GP/hospital registrars
  • Science and research students
  • Public health students
  • Masters students
  • PhD students