IXth International Pulmonary Hypertension Conference: Scientific Sessions

第九届国际肺动脉高压会议：科学会议

• 批准号: 8007167
• 负责人: Ivan M Robbins
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-07 至 2011-06-06
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8007167
• 关键词: Address; Blood Vessels; California; Cardiovascular system; Caregivers; Clinical; Collaborations; Disease; Education; FDA approved; Fostering; Funding; Future; Growth Factor; Health Professional; Individual; Inflammation; Inflammatory; International; Life; Lung; Medical; Medical Research; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Pathway interactions; Patients; Personal Communication; Pulmonary Heart Disease; Pulmonary Hypertension; Quality of life; Research; Research Personnel; Scientist; Services; Translational Research; United States; Update; abstracting; interest; meetings; posters; profession allied to medicine; programs; public health relevance; pulmonary arterial hypertension; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) was incorporated in 1990 with an approximate membership of 100 individuals and has grown to its current membership of 10,000 that includes patients, caregivers, clinicians, research scientists, and allied health professionals. It supports a wide range of services and educational and research programs to benefit its large and diverse membership. One of the major activities supported by PHA is a biennial International Pulmonary Hypertension Conference. The meeting is unique in that it brings together medical professionals and researchers with the patients. The 9th International Conference will be held in Garden Grove, California on June 24-27, 2010. The Conference will begin with the Scientific Sessions for researchers and health professionals entitled Inflammation and Growth Factors in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH). The Scientific Sessions begins on the evening of June 24 and continues throughout the day on June 25. Specific objectives of the Scientific Sessions are: 1) provide a forum for presentation of pivotal research results in PAH-related topics; 2) encourage open exchange of ideas regarding new directions for collaborative research in PAH; 3) highlight research accomplishments of junior investigators in the field to promote a life-long commitment to PAH; and 4) promote collaboration between basic and clinical researchers to stimulate more translational research. The Scientific Sessions will include an opening session to discuss the Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund (CMREF) program and an update on the NHLBI Pulmonary Vascular SCCOR program, an all day session with five keynote scientists discussing various aspects of inflammation, growth factors and cardiopulmonary disease, four abstract presentations from the poster session, and a poster viewing session of an anticipated 75 posters. The posters will also be available for viewing throughout the conference. It is expected that approximately 450 medical professionals and researchers will attend the Scientific Sessions. This application is seeking funds to support only the Scientific Sessions. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Scientific Sessions will be addressing new pathogenetic mechanisms and treatment as it possibly relates to PAH. The number of PAH patients in the United States is not known, but it is estimated that 20,000-30,000 patients (Rino Aldrighetti, personal communication) are receiving treatment for the disease. There are now eight FDA approved treatments for PAH and patients are living longer, but their quality of life is often poor. There is no cure for PAH and survival is variable, ranging from months to more than 20 years. This meeting will be an attempt to identify mechanisms in the inflammatory and growth factor pathways that may have the potential to serve as targets for future treatments for PAH. It will bring together PAH scientists and clinicians with other cardiovascular scientists to exchange information on common research interests. It should also serve to foster collaboration between basic scientists and clinicians to stimulate more translational research.

描述（由申请人提供）： 肺动脉高压协会 (PHA) 成立于 1990 年，约有 100 名会员，现已发展到目前的 10,000 名会员，其中包括患者、护理人员、临床医生、研究科学家和专职医疗专业人员。它支持广泛的服务以及教育和研究项目，使其庞大而多样化的会员受益。 PHA 支持的主要活动之一是两年一度的国际肺动脉高压会议。这次会议的独特之处在于它将医疗专业人员和研究人员与患者聚集在一起。第九届国际会议将于 2010 年 6 月 24 日至 27 日在加利福尼亚州加登格罗夫举行。会议将以研究人员和卫生专业人员的科学会议开始，题为“肺动脉高压 (PAH) 中的炎症和生长因子”。科学会议于 6 月 24 日晚开始，并于 6 月 25 日全天持续。科学会议的具体目标是： 1) 提供一个论坛，展示 PAH 相关主题的关键研究成果； 2) 鼓励就多环芳烃合作研究的新方向公开交换意见； 3) 突出该领域初级研究人员的研究成就，以促进对 PAH 的终生承诺； 4）促进基础研究人员和临床研究人员之间的合作，以刺激更多的转化研究。科学会议将包括一个开幕会议，讨论心血管医学研究和教育基金 (CMREF) 计划以及 NHLBI 肺血管 SCCOR 计划的最新情况，五位主讲科学家将参加全天会议，讨论炎症、生长因子和心肺的各个方面疾病、海报会议的四个摘要演示以及预计 75 张海报的海报观看会议。这些海报也将在整个会议期间可供查看。预计大约 450 名医疗专业人员和研究人员将参加科学会议。该申请正在寻求资金来支持科学会议。 公共卫生相关性： 科学会议将讨论可能与 PAH 有关的新发病机制和治疗方法。美国的 PAH 患者数量尚不清楚，但估计有 20,000-30,000 名患者（Rino Aldrighetti，个人通讯）正在接受该疾病的治疗。目前 FDA 批准了八种 PAH 治疗方法，患者的寿命更长，但他们的生活质量往往很差。 PAH 无法治愈，生存期也各不相同，从数月到 20 多年不等。本次会议将尝试确定炎症和生长因子途径中的机制，这些机制可能成为未来 PAH 治疗的目标。它将把 PAH 科学家和临床医生与其他心血管科学家聚集在一起，就共同的研究兴趣交换信息。它还应该有助于促进基础科学家和临床医生之间的合作，以刺激更多的转化研究。