Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation - Third International Symposium on Focused

聚焦超声外科基金会-第三届聚焦超声国际研讨会

• 批准号: 8399470
• 负责人: Arik Hananel
• 金额: $ 1.9万
• 依托单位: FOCUSED ULTRASOUND SURGERY FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8399470
• 关键词: Adoption; Area; Award; Benign; Cancerous; Chairperson; Charge; Clinical; Collaborations; Communities; Cover-up; Development; Devices; Educational workshop; Epilepsy; Essential Tremor; Event; Exhibits; Faculty; Focused Ultrasound Therapy; Foundations; Funding; Future; Gap Junctions; Generations; Government Officials; Grant; International; Learning; Maryland; Medical Technology; Medicine; Neurologic; Nonprofit Organizations; Operative Surgical Procedures; Paper; Parkinson Disease; Participant; Patient advocacy; Public Health; Research; Research Personnel; Schedule; Scientist; Shapes; Staging; Stroke; Technology; Therapeutic; Training; Training Support; Travel; Ultrasonography; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; career; career development; cohort; graduate student; innovation; meetings; member; multidisciplinary; posters; programs; symposium; tumor

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (FUSF) is a nonprofit organization created to accelerate the development and adoption of focused ultrasound -an innovative, noninvasive therapeutic technology. Developed to its full potential, focused ultrasound could revolutionize treatments for many of today's most serious and debilitating conditions, ranging from benign and cancerous tumors to neurological conditions such as essential tremor, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and stroke. The FUSF funds research, hosts workshops and symposia, leads advocacy and patient support initiatives, creates Centers of Excellence and serves as the nexus of a worldwide collaborative research community. Our diverse and multidisciplinary community includes researchers, clinicians, government officials and device makers. An event that has become essential to our work is the International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound Therapy. Attended by leading researchers and key opinion leaders, this biannual conference provides a unique opportunity for participants to learn about leading edge research and recent developments, form and expand collaborative endeavors, and chart future initiatives. FUSF's symposia are recognized as the most comprehensive, energizing and well-attended meetings in the field of focused ultrasound. Scheduled for October 14-17, 2012 in Bethesda, Maryland, our third international symposium will be the first to encompass both MR-guided and ultrasound-guided treatments. The agenda has been expanded to three full days and will include plenary sessions, panel discussions, poster presentations and technical exhibits. FUSF plans to offer Young Investigator travel grants to ten early career scientists-graduate students, research fellows, clinical fellows and junior faculty from around the world- enabling them to attend our 2012 symposium. In addition to honored status and special recognition, grant recipients will present their focused ultrasound research and interact with senior investigators and respected thought-leaders. Successfully introduced at our 2010 symposium, FUSF's Young Investigators Award Program has become a coveted career development opportunity. Through this application, the Foundation proposes the use of NIH funding to support our travel grant initiatives in 2012 and 2014. Total scientific meeting support of $23,000/year is requested. These funds will be used to cover up to $2,000 in participation expenses for ten Young Investigators as well as administrative overhead for executing the program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Because therapeutic focused ultrasound is an early stage medical technology, much of its ultimate impact on public health will be determined by the generation of researchers and clinicians now in training. The Young Investigators Award Program will enable members of this cohort to attend the bi-annual International Symposium on Focused Ultrasound Therapy and offer them opportunities to showcase their research, to learn from and interact with the pioneers and leaders in the field and to participate in the conversations and collaborations that are shaping this emerging area of medicine.

描述（由申请人提供）：聚焦超声手术基金会 (FUSF) 是一个非营利组织，旨在加速聚焦超声（一种创新的非侵入性治疗技术）的开发和采用。充分发挥聚焦超声的潜力，聚焦超声可以彻底改变当今许多最严重和衰弱疾病的治疗方法，从良性和癌性肿瘤到特发性震颤、帕金森病、癫痫和中风等神经系统疾病。 FUSF 资助研究、举办研讨会和座谈会、领导倡导和患者支持计划、创建卓越中心并充当全球合作研究社区的纽带。我们多元化、多学科的社区包括研究人员、临床医生、政府官员和设备制造商。对我们的工作至关重要的一项活动是聚焦超声治疗国际研讨会。这次每两年一次的会议由顶尖研究人员和关键意见领袖出席，为与会者提供了一个独特的机会，让他们了解前沿研究和最新发展、形成和扩大合作努力以及规划未来举措。 FUSF 的研讨会被认为是聚焦超声领域最全面、最有活力、参加人数最多的会议。我们的第三次国际研讨会定于 2012 年 10 月 14 日至 17 日在马里兰州贝塞斯达举行，这将是第一次涵盖 MR 引导和超声引导治疗的国际研讨会。议程已扩大到三天，将包括全体会议、小组讨论、海报展示和技术展览。 FUSF 计划向来自世界各地的 10 名早期职业科学家（研究生、研究员、临床研究员和初级教员）提供青年研究员旅费资助，使他们能够参加我们 2012 年的研讨会。除了荣誉地位和特殊认可之外，资助者还将展示他们的重点超声研究，并与高级研究人员和受人尊敬的思想领袖互动。 FUSF 的青年研究者奖励计划在我们 2010 年的研讨会上成功推出，现已成为令人垂涎的职业发展机会。通过此申请，基金会建议使用 NIH 资金来支持我们 2012 年和 2014 年的旅行补助计划。每年请求的科学会议支持总额为 23,000 美元。这些资金将用于支付 10 名青年研究者高达 2,000 美元的参与费用以及执行该计划的管理费用。 公共健康相关性：由于治疗性聚焦超声是一种早期的医疗技术，其对公共健康的最终影响很大程度上将由目前正在接受培训的一代研究人员和临床医生决定。青年研究者奖励计划将使该群体的成员能够参加两年一度的聚焦超声治疗国际研讨会，并为他们提供展示研究成果、向该领域的先驱者和领导者学习和互动以及参与正在塑造这一新兴医学领域的对话和合作。