Announcements

2016's Top 10 Articles

Announcement posted 1/10/17

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is excited to announce its most popular articles of 2016, as rated by Altmetric. Thousands of conversations about scholarly content happen online every day. Altmetric tracks a range of sources to capture, collate, and score this activity. The complete list of top 10 articles are available here.

Deadline Extended for PCD 2017 Student Research Paper Contest

Announcement posted 12/1/16

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) has extended the deadline for its fifth annual Student Research Paper Contest to March 10, 2017. PCD is looking for high school, undergraduate and graduate students, and medical residency and recent postdoctoral fellows to submit papers relevant to the prevention, screening, surveillance, and/or population-based intervention of chronic diseases, including but not limited to arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Papers must be received electronically no later than 5:00 PM EST on March 10, 2017. Complete contest rules and details are available here.

PCD 2017 Student Research Paper Contest

Announcement posted 09/9/16

Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD) is seeking article submissions for its fifth annual Student Research Paper Contest. PCD is looking for high school, undergraduate and graduate students, medical residency and recent post-doctoral fellows to submit papers relevant to the prevention, screening, surveillance, and/or population-based intervention of chronic diseases, including but not limited to arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. Papers must be received electronically no later than 5:00 PM EST on January 20, 2017. Complete contest rules and details are available here. [PDF – 114 KB]