2024 Annual Conference News

The excitement is building for ISOQOL’s 31st Annual Conference in Cologne, Germany, on Sun. 13 – Wed. 16 October.

You can get involved in the conference by submitting an abstract for peer review. Submissions for oral, oral brief and poster abstracts open in early March.

Start preparing your submissions, and stay tuned to your email for alerts!

Abstract Categories

In an effort to ensure an appropriate balance between theory, methods and application at the ISOQOL Annual Conference, submitters should identify their research in one of the below abstract categories. These categories were released in 2020.

The primary abstract categories include Theoretical Work, Methodological, and Applications, which consists of Clinical Research, Clinical Care Applications, and Policy.

Travel Scholarship Applications Opening in March

​Travel scholarships provide an opportunity for eligible ISOQOL members to access the educational content of the Annual Conference, meet with their peers, and establish research contacts.

ISOQOL offers travel scholarships for the Annual Conference to:

Application submissions open in early March, so stay tuned!

The International Society for Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) is a global community of researchers, clinicians, health care professionals, industry professionals, consultants, and patient research partners advancing health related quality of life research (HRQL).

Together, we are creating a future in which patient perspective is integral to health research, care and policy.