Contribute to building the educational content for AIHA Connect 2026 by serving as a technical reviewer. AIHA is seeking active committee members to serve as PDC and/or Education Program reviewers. The deadline to apply is August 26, 2025. 

Purpose

A technical reviewer serves as a subject matter expert and reviews education proposal submissions to ensure they are scientifically sound, innovative, and relevant to the profession.

The technical review process occurs prior to the reviews by the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) and Conference Program Committee (CPC). The feedback from technical reviewers assists these committees in the selection of the final AIHA Connect 2026 education program. The review process is blind; submitters' personal information is not shared.

Time Commitment

Technical reviewers must be available to review submissions online between September 15-29, 2025. The time commitment, per proposal, is approximately 15-20 minutes and will vary based on the number of submissions received in each topic area. Most topics will have five (5) to ten (10) proposals, while more popular topics, could have as many as 50-80 reviews to complete. The exact number of proposals per reviewer is not known until after the submission deadline of September 10, 2025.

Deadlines

Each AIHA Volunteer Group is asked to email the names and emails of four reviewers (two for PDCs and two for the education program). The same two volunteers may review both PDCs and education sessions. This is the minimum number needed; more may volunteer to review, if desired.

Reviewers are not required to attend AIHA Connect 2026 but must be current, active AIHA committee members.

If volunteer names are not submitted, the committee leadership (Chair and Vice Chair) will be automatically assigned to take on review responsibility on behalf of their committee.

Technical Reviewer Town Hall

Technical reviewer training will be provided at the Town Hall for Technical Reviewers on August 27 at 2:00 p.m. ET.  Prior to the Town Hall, a Zoom link will be sent to all the VG Chairs & co-Chairs and to anyone who has volunteered to serve as a technical reviewer.

For more information, contact: 

• Erin Breece at 703-846-0749 regarding PDCs.
• Diana Kane at 703-846-0753 regarding the main education program.