Engineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity (Conference Travel Support)

摘要美国国家科学基金提案号：cts -0650542首席研究员：Hill， james隶属机构：科罗拉多大学丹佛分校和健康科学中心提案题目：能量平衡和肥胖的工程方法（会议旅费支持）这项资助为参加“能量平衡和肥胖的工程方法”研讨会的参与者提供部分旅费支持，该研讨会由NSF CTS和NIH赞助，于2006年6月6日和7日在华盛顿特区举行。研讨会的目的是制定一个跨学科的，NIH/NSF联合征集的主题。该邀请最近由NIH作为R21申请请求（RFA-HL-07-007）发布，由NIH和NSF共同资助。来自美国各地的约100名与会者参加了讲习班，由科罗拉多大学健康科学中心的James Hill博士主持。这个研讨会的智力价值在于它汇集了从生理学角度研究肥胖的研究人员和生物工程领域的研究人员。研讨会的目的是描述能量平衡和肥胖领域的关键问题，并促进肥胖研究人员和生物工程师之间的新型合作。希望这些新颖的合作将为肥胖研究带来新的工具和新的想法，更具体地说，这些合作团队可以向NIH/NSF联合征集提交提案。这次研讨会更广泛的影响是让生物工程界参与到肥胖研究中来。通过生物工程师的参与，人们希望能够开发出新的技术、工具和方法来理解和治疗肥胖。有许多妇女参加了会议。最重要的是，研讨会促成了对话，可能导致形成可以参与联合征集的研究小组。

ABSTRACTNational Science FoundationProposal Number: CTS-0650542Principal Investigator: Hill, JamesAffiliation: University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Proposal Title: Engineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity (Conference Travel Support)This grant provides partial travel support for participants in a workshop on Engineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity, which was held under the sponsorship of NSF CTS and NIH in Washington, DC on June 6 & 7, 2006. The purpose of the workshop was to formulate an interdisciplinary, joint NIH/NSF solicitation on the topic. This solicitation was recently issued by NIH as an R21 Request for Applications (RFA-HL-07-007), with funding from both NIH and NSF. Approximately 100 participants attended the workshop from throughout the USA, and it was chaired by Dr. James Hill of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The intellectual merit of this workshop was that it brought together researchers studying obesity from a physiological perspective with researchers in the field of bioengineering. The intent of the workshop was to delineate the key issues in the field of energy balance and obesity and to stimulate novel collaborations between obesity researchers and bioengineers. It is hoped that these novel collaborations will bring new tools and new ideas to the study of obesity, and more specifically, that these collaborative teams can submit proposals to the joint NIH/NSF solicitation. The broader impact of this workshop was to engage the bioengineering community in the study of obesity. Through the involvement of bioengineers, it is hoped that new techniques, tools and approaches will be developed to understand and treat obesity. There were numerous female participants in the meeting. Most importantly, the workshop enabled dialog that may lead to the formation of research teams that can participate in the joint solicitation.