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UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship (FGHF) Poster Resources: Poster Resources for Fogarty Global Health Fellows in the UJMT Consortium

Poster resources for Fogarty Global Health Fellows in the UJMT (UNC-CH, Johns Hopkins, Morehouse, Tulane) consortium.

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Poster Resources for Fogarty Global Health Fellows in the UJMT Consortium

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Presentation Advice

General Presentation Advice from the Graduate School, UNC-Chapel Hill
A collection of advice about presenting posters from a variety of sources.

Creating an Effective Poster Webinar Slides

Designing & Presenting an Academic Poster (Dec 15, 2021; updated 12/16/21)
Post presentation slides and presenter notes from 12/15/21 presentation to UJMT Consortium Fogarty Global Health Fellows. Updated 12/16/21 with slide 29, Adding Alt-Text to Images.
Fogarty Fellowship Poster Webinar Take Home Messages (December 16, 2021)
Our top ten take home messages from the poster presentation webinar (updated December 16, 2021).

36" x 56" Sample PowerPoint Poster Template
You can use this .ppt template to see sample font sizes, learn simple PowerPoint techniques, and get started on a poster.

Sample Global Health Posters in F1000Research Online Archive

In addition to looking at abstracts and presentations from prior conferences, another good way to develop your skills is to look at many examples from your discipline. F1000Research is an open science publishing platform for life scientists that offers immediate publication and transparent peer review. It has many examples of public and global health posters.

Example CUGH Conference Poster Info & Abstracts

Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH)
CUGH 2022 (entirely virtual): Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Social Justice
March 28 - April 1, 2022
Virtual Satellite Sessions: March 21-25
Sample Call for Abstract Submissions (for CUGH 2022)
Call closed October 31, 2021 (with notification December 1, 2021), but see this site for FAQ sheet and other information that is typical for this annual conference and plan for next year.
CUGH 2021 Annual Conference Poster Program
Abstracts from the 10th CUGH 2019
Abstracts for e-posters, paper posters, and oral presentations
10th Annual CUGH (2019): Other Post Conference Materials
Poster Contest Finalists (Abstracts) from 8th Annual CUGH Conference (2017)
Published poster abstracts from poster contest finalists for the 8th annual CUGH Conerence (2017) Jan - Feb 2017 Annals of Global Health (volume 83, issue 1, pp 1 - 226)
Poster Abstracts from 7th Annual (2016) CUGH Conference
Annals of Global Health. 2016 82(3):317-614.
Conference Poster Abstracts from the 7th Annual CUGH Conference: Bridging to a Sustainable Future in Global Health, San Francisco, California, USA, 9-11 April 2016.

Conferences Venues to Consider

APHA (American Public Health Association)
CUGH (Consortium of Universities in Global Health)
International Conference on Family Planning
ASTMH (American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene)
IAS (International AIDS Society)
Discipline specific (e.g., Epidemiology, Biostatistics)

Consult with your mentors for additional suggestions.

Thanks to Naya Villarreal, MPH (Gillings Global Health Associate Director or Research, Innovation and Global Solutions, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health) for these.

UNC Health Sciences Library Media Design Guides

UNC HSL Media Design Guides (links to full set)
Designing Effective Posters Online Tutorial
Learn how to design and publish effective posters. This guide includes sections on design elements, the poster design process, and using software to create posters.
Poster Evaluation Checksheet (online link from Designing Effective Posters)
Evaluation Rubric for Academic Posters (from University Libraries Media & Design Center)
Poster Design & Images Resources
Finding Medical & Health Films/Images
Includes information on copyright issues and finding open images.
UNC School of Medicine Logos & Branding
Choose highest resolution for print posters.

UNC Libraries Design Lab

University Libraries Design Lab - including Online Design Guides
Located at the Undergraduate Library, the Design Lab has many online resources including Design Guides for presentations, posters, websites, infographics.
Design Lab Online Design Guide: Academic Posters

Request a remote appointment with the Media & Design Center: mediadesigncenter@unc.edu

Be sure to note in your email that you are with UNC's UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellowship Program and that you need assistance with poster design.

Using Images and Graphics

Tips for using images and graphics:

Make graphics relevant but appropriate to audience!
It is ok to be fun & creative when using graphics to communicate your message
Infographics or visualizations may best communicate results/findings

Resources:

CDC Visual Communication Resources
McCrorie, A. D., Donnelly, C., & McGlade, K. J. (2016). Infographics: Healthcare Communication for the Digital Age. The Ulster medical journal, 85(2), 71–75.
Additional Infographic Design Resources
Includes links to making infographics with free tools such as Canva and Piktochart.

Accessibility Resources

Guidelines for Creating Accessible Printed Posters (Gilson & Kitchin, 2007) .pdf download
From Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD).
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
From the World Wide Web Consortium
Plain Language Posters
From the NIH Catalyst
Accessible Poster Presentations: APHA
From the American Public Health Association
Additional Accessibility Resources

Color Selection Issues & Information:

See how images look to those with colorblindness and select colors for those with colorblindness and for other issues.

Choosing Colors for Graphs that are Accessible to Most Viewers, Naomi Robbins (Forbes)
Vischeck:simulates colorblind vision
Testing How a Slide Looks to Someone with Color Deficiency, Think Outside the Box
WebAIM's Color Contrast Checker
Colorbrewer (color advice for cartography)
iWantHue (colors for data scientists)
Colorpicker for Data
Colorblind Webpage Filter to view how a web-based resource looks with different types of various colorblindness
Colblindor Tools
Color Oracle

More PowerPoint Tips & Tricks

See, also, "Creating an Effective Poster" Webinar Slides from January, 2020, above.

Designing Effective Posters Tutorial: Getting Started with PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign
Covers PowerPoint 2013, 2016, and Office365 for Windows/PC and a subsection for MAC 2011/2016.
Quick Tips for Creating Posters in PowerPoint 2019/Office 365 (link)
See topics, below.
Quick Tips for Creating Posters in PowerPoint 2019/Office 365 (document download)
Quick summary from frequently asked questions in workshops:
• Setting Poster Size (if you’re printing the poster for display)
• Aligning Objects
• Distributing Objects Evenly
• Grouping Objects
• Send to Front/Send to Back
• Keep SmartArt Shapes in Proportion when Resizing (fixed aspect ratio)
• Check Images for Pixelation
How to paste a .png image into PowerPoint while keeping the original transparency
Photo/Text Wrapping in PowerPoint
Wrapping text around objects like tables, pictures, shapes, charts, and SmartArt graphics is not supported in PowerPoint. This page has work-around methods

Exporting PowerPoint files in .pdf format

Many commercial printers will ask for your poster in .pdf format. Here’s how to convert from PowerPoint and check the file after conversion:

Tips for proofing your PDF file after conversion (from PhDPosters.com)
Windows/PC:
- Office 365: File > Save as Adobe PDF > Save
- Older versions: File > Export > Create PDF/XPS > optimize for Standard (publishing online or printing) > Publish
Save PowerPoint presentations as PDF files (from Microsoft) for Windows, macOS, Web (2013 versions forward)

Additional Poster Tools

Snipping Tool to Capture Screen Shots (Windows 10, 8, 7)
Free tool for Windows 10, 8.1, and 7 computers. Do attend to copyright issues and cite your source--see Finding Medical & Health Films/Images Guide for more information.
Screen capture/Snipping Tools for MAC/iOS
Also: newer Mac operating systems now call their screen capture tool ScreenShot (formerly Grab). The new app can output screen grabs in several formats and is much more convenient to use.
QR Code Generator
Create a QR code for your poster that links online to your poster, slides, website, or more. Users scan QR codes using a smart phone/mobile device with a camera or QR reader and QR Code reader software.

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The decoding software interprets the QR code. QR software can be downloaded from the Web. Users are provided with a relevant URL, chunk of text, transferred to a phone number or sent an SMS.

Created in the 1990's, Quick Response (QR) codes are two-dimensional barcodes that allow their contents to be decoded at high speed.
Adobe InDesign (in Adobe Creative Cloud) for UNC affiliates
Requires UNC Onyen/pw login. Free to students and instructional faculty/staff. Reduced departmental price ($20) for non-instructional faculty/staff
TechSmith SnagIt Screen Capture & Recording Softwarel (formerly Jing)
Free trial. Lets you capture basic video, animation, and still images, and share them on the web
Keep it Jargon-free
Visual Communication: General Tips
By Angela Zoss, Data Visualization Coordinator at Duke University.
Especially see Chart Dos and Don'ts under Designing a Visualization.
Working with Images
From UNC Health Sciences Library Poster Design Resources guide.
Image Resolution and Print Size
Instructions, screencast, examples from UNC Health Science Library Media Design Specialist Bob Ladd's Instructional Media blog.

NIH Acknowledgement & Disclaimer

Communicating & Acknowledging Federal Funding (NIH)
This page has the statements to use (funding acknowledgement and disclaimer) and shows how to list the grant number or program.