[Biomed_students_masters] Call for Abstracts – 2026 Structural Competency Conference at UCR

[SCC UCR Outreach Team]

Hello all,

It has come to our attention that the submission QR code for the call to
abstracts is no longer functional. Here are the updated fliers! Please
share with your student networks as the deadline is quickly approaching on
March 30th!

Thank you, and have a great weekend.

SCC Outreach Team

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM SCC UCR Outreach Team <sccucr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Good morning!
>
> We hope you're doing well. We are coordinating outreach efforts for the
> Structural Competency Conference at the UCR SOM on May 2nd.
>
> Please share this Call for Abstracts with your student networks. Thank you
> so much for your time.
>
> Best,
>
> SCC Outreach Team
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: SCC UCR Outreach Team <sccucr at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 9:58 AM
> Subject: Call for Abstracts – 2026 Structural Competency Conference at UCR
> To: <students at scotmail.ucr.edu>
>
>
> Dear Inland Southern California community,
>
> We are excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for UCR’s 6th Annual
> Structural Competency Conference, taking place in person at the UCR School
> of Medicine on May 2, 2026.
>
> This year’s public conference theme is Recentering Human Rights in
> Medicine and will focus on the urgent structural conditions shaping health
> in Inland Southern California, with particular attention to food systems,
> housing, and safety net protections as fundamental human rights. We aim to
> bring together clinicians, community leaders, undergraduate and graduate
> scholars, organizers, artists, and policymakers to share work that reflects
> the lived realities, resilience, and innovation within our region.
>
> We welcome submissions aligned with the following subthemes:
>
> Food Politics, Insecurity, and Food Systems
> Food as medicine, the food industry’s influence on health, chronic disease
> burden, and community lived experiences in Inland Southern California.
>
> Spatial Determinants of Health and Housing
> The health consequences of displacement, environmental exposures such as
> air quality, and zip code based disparities.
>
> Health System Adaptation and the Safety Net
> Innovative care models such as Street Medicine and mobile units, insurance
> inequities, and community centered disaster recovery efforts.
>
> We welcome submissions in a wide range of formats, including
> community-based research, policy analysis, quality improvement initiatives,
> narrative work, cookbooks, poetry, artwork, infographics, zines, and mini
> installations. Abstracts are limited to 250 words, not including title or
> references. Please note that oral presentations will not be accepted this
> year. We strongly encourage submissions in all languages and are
> committed to creating space for diverse forms of expression.
>
> Eligibility: Students who are 18 and over and have yet to obtain their
> degree, whether that is an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or
> graduate/professional degrees (MD, PhD, JD, etc.).
>
> • Final deadline: March 30, 2026
>
> If your work engages these themes and speaks to structural conditions
> shaping health in our region, we strongly encourage you to submit via the
> conference Google Form <https://forms.gle/CzcqCyr3hSxYZ7629> during the
> submission period. For any questions, check out our FAQ page
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12arrSIeCPrmeYky0vFLpauR3k4Bdvvs8kawoHOC0BvY/edit?tab=t.0>,
> updated frequently, or feel free to email Sophia Rodriguez at
> sophia.rodriguez at ucr.edu or Kulpreet Chhokar at kchho009 at ucr.edu.
>
> We look forward to gathering in May to deepen dialogue and advance
> collective action toward health equity in Inland Southern California.
>
> Best regards,
> SCC Outreach Team
>
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