Neurobehavioral Teratology Society: Symposium on Pesticides and Metals

神经行为畸胎学学会：农药和金属研讨会

• 批准号: 7480596
• 负责人: Susan L Schantz
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7480596
• 关键词: Address; Advertising; Agriculture; Animal Experimentation; Animal Model; Animals; Behavior; Birth; Cohort Studies; Collaborations; Communities; Development; Epidemiologist; Fees; Funding; Goals; Human; Information Specialists; Journals; Laboratory Animals; Lead; Manganese; Mercury; Metal exposure; Metals; Minority; Outcome; Peer Review; Pesticides; Population; Publishing; Research; Research Personnel; Rice; Risk; Role; Scientist; Series; Sister; Societies; Students; Teratology; Underrepresented Minority; Virginia; anti social; autism spectrum disorder; college; day; gene environment interaction; interest; lead exposure; member; neurobehavioral; neurotoxicity; neurotoxicology; pesticide exposure; prospective; research and development; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) This is a proposal for funding to support a 1.5 day symposium that would be held at the annual meeting of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS), June 29-July 2, 2008 in Monterey, CA. NBTS will meet jointly with two "sister" societies, the Teratology Society (TS) and the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists (OTIS) whose members will also have the opportunity to attend the symposium. The symposium will focus on neurodevelopmental effects of pesticides and metals and will bring together some of the leading epidemiologists and laboratory animal scientists studying these exposures. One two-part session would feature new epidemiological research from prospective birth cohort studies examining agricultural pesticide exposures, urban indoor pesticide exposures, and exposures to metals including lead, mercury and manganese. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Brenda Eskenazi, Dr. Virginia Rauh, Dr. Mary Wolff, Dr. Elaine Faustman, Dr. Robert Wright, Dr. Kim Dietrich, Dr. Jerry Reiter and Dr. Irva Hertz- Picciotto. A second session would highlight parallel research addressing similar exposures in animal models. Confirmed speakers include Dr. Edward Levin, Dr. Barbara Strupp, Dr. Deborah Rice, Dr. Jason Richardson and Dr. Tim Maher. The goal of the proposed symposium is not only to convey the newest research findings on pesticides and metals, but also to bridge the gap between human and animal research perspectives. The symposium is timely because the neurodevelopmental risks from early pesticide exposure in human populations are just beginning to become known. Similarly, the focus on new issues related to metal exposures including the potential role of mercury in autism spectrum disorders, the role of early lead exposure in later antisocial behavior, and the role of gene-environment interactions in metal neurotoxicity is very timely. Bringing together epidemiologists and animal researchers focused on the same exposures and developmental outcomes will provide each of these research communities with a broader perspective and create fertile ground for the development of research collaborations. A majority of the speakers are not members of NBTS, TS or OTIS and do not regularly attend this meeting. This symposium will provide an opportunity for them to present their research to a new audience and get their input. Proceedings of the symposium will be published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology as a series of three peer-reviewed articles. Each will summarize, integrate and discuss the findings presented in one of the three sessions on: (i) pesticides, (ii) metals and (iii) animal models of pesticide and metal exposure. Since much of the research that will be presented focuses on under-represented minority populations the Society will advertise widely at nearby college campuses, particularly those with high percentages of minority students and will waive conference registration fees for any minority students interested in attending the symposium.

描述（由申请人提供） 这是一项资助为期 1.5 天研讨会的提案，该研讨会将于 2008 年 6 月 29 日至 7 月 2 日在加利福尼亚州蒙特利举行的神经行为畸胎学协会 (NBTS) 年会上举行。 NBTS 将与两个“姐妹”学会联合举行会议，即畸胎学协会 (TS) 和畸胎学信息专家组织 (OTIS)，其成员也将有机会参加研讨会。 研讨会将重点讨论农药和金属对神经发育的影响，并将汇集一些研究这些接触的领先流行病学家和实验动物科学家。 一场由两部分组成的会议将重点介绍来自前瞻性出生队列研究的新流行病学研究，这些研究检查了农业农药暴露、城市室内农药暴露以及铅、汞和锰等金属的暴露。已确认的演讲者包括 Brenda Eskenazi 博士、Virginia Rauh 博士、Mary Wolff 博士、Elaine Faustman 博士、Robert Wright 博士、Kim Dietrich 博士、Jerry Reiter 博士和 Irva Hertz-Picciotto 博士。 第二场会议将重点强调针对动物模型中类似暴露的平行研究。已确认的演讲者包括 Edward Levin 博士、Barbara Strupp 博士、Deborah Rice 博士、Jason Richardson 博士和 Tim Maher 博士。 拟议研讨会的目的不仅是传达农药和金属的最新研究成果，而且还弥合人类和动物研究观点之间的差距。 这次研讨会非常及时，因为人类早期接触农药所带来的神经发育风险才刚刚开始为人所知。 同样，对与金属暴露相关的新问题的关注也非常及时，包括汞在自闭症谱系障碍中的潜在作用、早期铅暴露在后期反社会行为中的作用以及基因-环境相互作用在金属神经毒性中的作用。 将专注于相同暴露和发展结果的流行病学家和动物研究人员聚集在一起，将为这些研究团体提供更广阔的视角，并为研究合作的发展创造肥沃的土壤。 大多数发言者不是 NBTS、TS 或 OTIS 的成员，也不定期参加本次会议。 这次研讨会将为他们提供一个向新观众展示他们的研究并听取他们意见的机会。 研讨会论文集将作为三篇同行评审文章系列发表在《神经毒理学和畸形学》杂志上。 每个人都将总结、整合和讨论三场会议之一中提出的研究结果：(i) 农药、(ii) 金属和 (iii) 农药和金属暴露的动物模型。 由于将要发表的大部分研究都集中在代表性不足的少数族裔群体上，因此协会将在附近的大学校园，特别是少数族裔学生比例较高的大学校园广泛做广告，并将为任何有兴趣参加研讨会的少数族裔学生免除会议注册费。