Poster services
The Office of Health Research provides scientific poster design and printing services to College of Nursing faculty and students who are participating in national or regional conferences.
Poster design services
If you would like us to design your poster, please prepare and submit your content on unformatted Power Point slides.
Please note: Unfortunately, design service is not offered to DNP final project presenters, who are expected to design their own posters.
Maximum number of slides per poster
| Poster size* | Number of slides |
| 3 ft x 4 ft | 12 slides + title slide |
| 3 ft x 5 ft | 15 slides + title slide |
| 3 ft x 6 ft | 15 slides + title slide |
| 3 ft x 7 ft | 18 slides + title slide |
| 3 ft x 8 ft | 21 slides + title slide |
| 3 ft x 9 ft | 24 slides + title slide |
*These are the only poster sizes available for print through OHR.
Content guidelines
- Title slide: should contain the title of the poster, names of all authors and their affiliations.
- Content slides: should be concise and relevant.
- Use bullet points, numbered lists or paragraphs for each new idea.
- When including tables, figures or pictures in a poster presentation, place only one of these objects per slide.
- If you want to include graphs, you can have several panels on the same slide when appropriate.
- Be sure to include any required funding sources that support this work.
Submission deadline
The slides submission deadline is two weeks before you intend to pick up your poster. If you cannot adhere to this deadline, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu.
For poster presenters for College of Nursing's annual Urban Health Research conference, please adhere to the deadlines provided by the conference organizers.
Your responsibilities regarding content and number of slides
- Review and proofread your slides before submission.
- Adhere to the maximum number of slides for the desired poster size specified above.
If you are a College of Nursing student, your slides and poster must be reviewed by your faculty advisor and suggested edits from your faculty advisor must be incorporated prior to submission. If you are close to the submission deadline and are still waiting for feedback from your faculty advisor, please email Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu to explain the situation. Please do not submit your slides before receiving your faculty advisor’s feedback.
File submission
Email your slides in .ppt format to Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu. In the email, please specify the event name and the desired poster size.
If you are a College of Nursing student, please submit OHR Poster Request form signed by your faculty advisor at the time of slides submission.
Review of the draft
A draft of your poster will be emailed to you for a final review before printing. Please review and respond promptly to this email to authorize printing.
Picking up your poster
Once printed, you will receive an email notification that your poster is ready for pick up at the College of Nursing. We are located in room 317, Cohn Building, 5557 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.
Poster printing services
College of Nursing poster template
Faculty and students presenting at outside conferences are expected to use the College of Nursing poster template, available for download here in a 36” H x 48” W size. For a larger template, please email a request to Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu.
Submission deadlines
The poster submission deadline is two weeks before you intend to pick up your poster. If you cannot adhere to this deadline, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine aa8696@wayne.edu.
For poster presenters at the College of Nursing's annual Urban Health Research conference, please adhere to the deadlines provided by the conference organizers.
For DNP final project presenters, please adhere to the deadlines provided by your instructors.
Printing dimensions
Due to limitations of our printer, we can only print posters in which one of the dimensions (either height or width) does not exceed 36 in.
Your responsibilities regarding poster content
Due to the high cost of poster printing, there will be no reprinting if mistakes are found in the finished product. Therefore, please review and proofread carefully before submission.
If you are a College of Nursing student, your slides and poster must be reviewed by your faculty advisor and suggested edits from your faculty advisor must be incorporated prior to submission. If you are close to submission deadline and are still waiting for feedback from your faculty advisor, please email Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu to explain the situation. Please do not submit your poster before receiving your faculty advisor’s feedback.
Poster files submission
Email your poster slide in .ppt format to Dr. Elizabeth Jenuwine at aa8696@wayne.edu. In the email, please specify the event name and the poster size.
If you are a CON student, please submit OHR Poster Request form signed by your faculty advisor at the time of poster submission.
Picking up your poster
Once printed, you will receive an email notification that your poster is ready for pick up at the College of Nursing. We are located in room 317, Cohn Building, 5557 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202.