Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Annual Meeting

遗传性代谢紊乱学会年会

基本信息

批准号：
8386831
负责人：
NICOLA LONGO
金额：
$ 1万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-07-14 至 2015-02-28
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) requests support to provide scholarships for trainees to attend its annual meetings in years 2012 to 2014. The 2012 meeting will be held in coordination with the American College of Medical Genetics Meeting in Charlotte, NC. The 2013 meeting will be held in conjunction with the International Congress on Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Barcelona, Spain, while the 2014 meeting will be held in a location to be determined. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are an important cause of mental retardation, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disease, cardiac disorders, hepatic and renal dysfunction, arthritis, diabetes, growth failure and blindness. As the wide clinical and molecular spectrum of these disorders is being elucidated, in part fueled by the development of tandem mass spectroscopy and the rapid expansion of newborn screening programs, the number of affected individuals is now known to be much larger than originally recognized. In addition, therapies are available for some conditions, but few clinical trials have been performed to evaluate their efficacy. Thus, much remains to be done to better understand these severe disorders and develop effective treatments for them. For the U.S. to remain pre-eminent in this important area of research, it is essential to attract young investigators into the field. One effective mechanism to achieve this goal is to provide them with the opportunity to participate in the SIMD meeting, where they can explore the field and develop scientific ties to other established investigators. The SIMD meeting is held annually and participation, especially by young investigators, has been steadily increasing each year. The availability of NIH travel awards has been a major reason for this increase. Trainees seeking funding are required to submit an abstract describing original research to be presented at the meeting. We anticipate submission of 40 abstracts for presentation at each meeting from trainees/young investigators with twice that number for the international meeting (2013). Applications for travel awards will be competitively reviewed 3 months prior to each meeting, with the goal of making up to 25 annual awards of $ 1,000 each for the national meeting and up to 20 awards of $ 1,250 for the International meeting. Additional funds will be solicited from private sources. Women and minority applicants will be actively recruited. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) meeting will help to train new physicians to take care of patients with disorders of the body's biochemistry. There are very few such specialists in the country and providing travel funds for new trainees to meet and present their research encourages them to remain in the field.

描述（由申请人提供）：遗传性代谢紊乱学会 (SIMD) 请求支持为参加 2012 至 2014 年年会的学员提供奖学金。2012 年会议将与美国医学遗传学会会议协调举行在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特。 2013年的会议将与在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的国际先天性代谢缺陷大会同时举行，而2014年的会议将在地点待定。先天性代谢缺陷（IEM）是导致智力低下、脑瘫、神经肌肉疾病、心脏疾病、肝肾功能障碍、关节炎、糖尿病、生长障碍和失明的重要原因。作为这些疾病的广泛临床和分子谱正在得到阐明，部分是由于串联质谱的发展和新生儿筛查计划的迅速扩大，目前已知受影响的个体数量比最初认识的要多得多。此外，对于某些病症有可用的治疗方法，但很少进行临床试验来评估其疗效。因此，为了更好地了解这些严重疾病并开发有效的治疗方法，还有很多工作要做。为了让美国在这一重要研究领域保持领先地位，吸引年轻研究人员进入这一领域至关重要场地。实现这一目标的一个有效机制是为他们提供参加 SIMD 会议的机会，在那里他们可以探索该领域并与其他知名研究人员发展科学联系。 SIMD 会议每年举行一次，参与人数，尤其是年轻研究人员的参与人数，每年都在稳步增加。 NIH 旅行奖励的提供是这一增长的主要原因。寻求资助的学员必须提交一份摘要，描述要在会议上展示的原创研究。我们预计实习生/年轻研究人员将在每次会议上提交 40 份摘要供展示，这一数字是国际会议（2013 年）的两倍。旅行奖励的申请将每次会议前 3 个月进行竞争性审查，目标是为国家会议颁发最多 25 个年度奖项，每个奖项为 1,000 美元，为国际会议颁发最多 20 个年度奖项，每个奖项为 1,250 美元。额外资金将从私人来源筹集。将积极招募女性和少数族裔申请人。公共健康相关性：遗传性代谢紊乱协会 (SIMD) 会议将有助于培训新医生来护理患有身体生化紊乱的患者。该国这样的专家很少，为新学员见面和展示他们的研究提供旅费，鼓励他们留在该领域。