Who Should Attend?

People of all ages who live with pulling, picking and related behaviors, their families and loved ones, as well as clinicians looking to improve their strategies for treating these disorders. Special programs offered for younger children, teens, parents and adults with trichotillomania or compulsive skin picking.

Why should you attend?

• Over 45 workshops, symposiums and presentations facilitated by the nation's leading clinicians, researchers and facilitators
• Networking opportunities with others who suffer from these disorders
• Accessibility to clinicians and researchers who KNOW trich and skin picking
• Inspiration from stories of triumph and recovery and the knowledge that you are not alone!
• Education on the latest treatment approaches, for self-help or use in your professional practice

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Medical Student/Resident Scholarship

TLC's Medical Student Scholarship fund is a donor-funded program that will provide for the travel, accommodations and registration fees for one medical student or resident to attend TLC's Annual Conference.

To qualify, a pplicants must be currently enrolled as a medical student or in a residency program and have expressed interest in the fields of trichotillomania, skin picking and/or related behaviors. Applicants should also expect to write a summary of the conference highlights within 30 days of the event, which will be submitted for publication consideration in TLC's quarterly newsletter, InTouch.

Deadlines: Applications must be received by January 30, 2012. Each application should include:
*       Information regarding your interest in this field
*       Why you'd like to attend the Annual Conference
*       Curriculum Vitae
*       Projected costs of attendance
Applications should be submitted via email to Leslie Lee, TLC Program Coordinator, at leslie@trich.org.  Applicants will be notified by February 14, 2012. Please call 831-457-1004 or email leslie@trich.org with any questions.

POSTER PRESENTATION GRANT for Trichotillomania Conference

TLC is soliciting grant applications for poster submissions for the 2012 National Conference in Chicago, May 4-6, 2012. The purpose of the poster presentations is to encourage information exchange regarding research that is directly or indirectly related to trichotillomania, skin picking, and other body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs).  Grant awards are for up to $1,000 to fund transportation, hotel, registration fee and meals. Please read below, or view the attached info sheet, for eligibility and submission guidelines. For information on the Annual Conference, please visit our website: http://www.trich.org/involved/cal-conference.html.

We also accept submissions for posters which do not seek grant funding. The application process is the same, however please state that you DO NOT seek the grant award with your application.

Eligibility: We are seeking researchers to present posters on completed work. Examples include:

• Researchers in related fields whose research is peripherally related to BFRBs
• Researchers in areas that are based on models of BFRBs (genetics, animal research, etc.)
• Young researchers with new findings on BFRBs
• The poster presenter must be an author(s) of the work with substantial contributions to the conception, design, data acquisition, data analysis or interpretation, and drafting of the final version of the poster.

Submission Instructions:
Provide a 300‐word maximum description of your program or research with the following format:

• Background – brief statement of the history of the research
• Objective(s) – program or research goals and hypotheses
• Method – description of the program or research design, population studied, setting(s), and research methodology
• Results – concise description of program or research outcomes
• Conclusion – summary of major conclusions from the program or research

Posters previously presented elsewhere may be submitted. Awardees will be expected to register and attend the entire conference and be available at the poster session to discuss their findings with conference attendees and researchers.

Deadlines: Applications must be received by January 30, 2012. Applications should be submitted via email to Leslie Lee, TLC Program Coordinator, at leslie@trich.org.  Applicants will be notified by February 14, 2012. Please call 831-457-1004 or email leslie@trich.org with any questions.

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