51st Meeting of the Human Biology Association |
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March 18-21, 2026 | Denver, CO, USA |
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS NOW OPEN
Please using the following link to register for the 2026 annual meeting.
2026 Human Biology Association Annual Meeting in Denver, CO
Program Committee
Postdoc, Fellows, and Emeritus HBA members are eligible to serve on the Program Committee. If you are interested in serving on the Program Committee, please contact the Program Chair, Amanda Veile: hbameets@purdue.edu
Important Deadlines
- September 15, 2025: Abstract submission portal opens
- October 17, 2025: Deadline for general abstract submissions
- November 15, 2025: Deadline for Workshop Proposal submissions
- January 15, 2026: Notification of abstract acceptance or denial.
Information on accommodations and activities in Denver will be posted in late 2025.
We are inviting both members and non-members to submit an abstract of a proposed presentation to be delivered in Denver, CO and virtually.
Abstract Submission Process
All abstracts must be submitted online, as part of the pre-registration process, by October 15, 2025.
Abstracts can be submitted in both English and Spanish.
Please contact the HBA Vice President and Porgram Committee Chair, Amanda Veile (hbameets@purdue.edu) for assistance with abstract or proposal preparation or on-line abstract submission difficulties.
Abstract Review Procedures
Each abstract submitted for the contributed presentations will be reviewed independently by at least two members of the 2026 HBA Program Committee regarding whether to accept/decline and whether to assign the abstract to a poster or podium session. Abstract acceptance is not based on membership status, prior participation, preferences for presentation mode, area of emphasis, or request for consideration for the special session. If accepted, an abstract will be published in the American Journal of Human Biology.
We anticipate sending the review decision to the first author via email by January 15, 2026.
Some reasons for declining an abstract:
- It does not adhere to the required format, especially word count
- It describes a study with little or no relationship to human biology; strictly biomedical studies, paleopathological case studies, or industry sponsored research may fall into this category
- There is no evidence that results of the study are in hand at the time of abstract submission. An abstract must go beyond a statement of planned work and include evidence of analysis, results, and conclusions
- It and another abstract describe essentially the same work (BOTH abstracts will be rejected) or it has been simultaneously submitted/previously presented at other professional meetings
- The 1st author appears as a 1st author on another abstract (BOTH abstracts will be rejected)
Some reasons to assign to Poster Session when Podium is requested:
- There are more requests than can be accommodated
- The subject is unique and does not fit well within session themes
Joint AABA/HBA Symposium
In cooperation with the AABA (American Association of Biological Anthropologists; https://bioanth.org/), the HBA will co-sponsor one symposium session during the AABA Annual Meeting. HBA members are encouraged to contact the HBA Program Committee Chair Gillian Ice (hbaprogram@ohio.edu) to discuss the development of a joint session proposal.
The Proposal for the joint session follows the submission procedures outlined in the AABA Call for papers (http://www.bioanth.org). Proposals are due August 15, 2022 and are submitted ONLINE through the AABA website.
Joint session proposals are first reviewed by AABA and only those accepted for inclusion in the AABA program are eligible for co-sponsorship by the HBA. Acceptance of a proposal for co-sponsorship does not guarantee acceptance of individual abstracts. Individual abstracts for an accepted jointly sponsored symposium session must be submitted following the AABA’s procedures and deadline.
The AABA/HBA Joint Symposium should appeal to a broad range of scholars within human biology and biological anthropology, and highlight the outstanding research being done at the convergence of our two organizations. Recent topics have included: Biocultural perspectives on family health within and across generations; Multi-generational perspectives on human biology and anthropological genetics: a symposium in honor of Michael H. Crawford; The high price of success: Costs of reproductive effort in male primates and humans; Not by Bread Alone: Non-caloric Determinants of Life History Strategies; and, Integrating biosocial perspectives to understand health disparities across the lifespan.
Formatting Requirements for HBA Abstracts
- Use the following checklist to ensure compliance with HBA format requirements
- Times New Roman 12-point font.
- 250 words maximum (exclusive of title, authors’ names, affiliations, & funding).
- Capitalize only the first word and proper names in the title.
- Bold the entire title.
- An individual may be a first author on only 1 abstract.
- Authors’ names: Include author initials (no periods, no spaces between initials) followed by full last name of all authors. Do not use all-caps, bold or italics.
- Include each author’s departmental and institutional affiliation, city and state; do NOT give zip code or a full mailing address.
- In case of multiple authors from different departments or institutions, use a superscript numeral following each author name(s) and again preceding their institution to indicate each author’s affiliation.
- No tables or figures.
- The UPLOADED ABSTRACT FILE NAME must be in the format: AUTHORLASTNAME.doc or AUTHORLASTNAME.docx or AUTHORLASTNAME.txt. Please do NOT submit pdf files.
- Print and retain the confirmation page that appears at the completion of submission.
Please consult our example abstract.