2008 Oceans and Human Health GRC-Sponsored Conference & Graduate Research Seminar

NSF在此赠款下的资金将为一个新的海洋和人类健康（OHH）戈登研究会议（GRC）提供部分资金，包括相关的研究生研究研讨会（GRS）。OHH的主题涉及医学，基因组学和海洋学学科交叉的科学，以及对人类健康和福祉的影响和影响。GRC和GRS的目的和范围是提供一个多学科平台，用于讨论包括海洋和人类健康在内的快速发展的高度跨学科领域的知识现状，确定和辩论未解决的问题，并讨论新的研究方向。这些活动将汇集不同背景的专家和学生，包括藻类和微生物生物学，物理和生物海洋学，流行病学和公共卫生，基因组学和蛋白质组学，毒理学，药理学和经济学。 一个重要的动机是，作为一门新的科学学科，OHH作为一个专业企业，目前还没有一个论坛来促进其从业者之间的互动和对话。该领域的重要性反映在国家科学基金会和国家环境健康科学研究所对四个新的海洋和人类健康中心的支持上。会议将有两个实际目标：（1）聚集学术界、政府和工业界的最高水平的科学家和学生，研究OHH各分支学科的最新发展，并回顾藻类和微生物生物学、物理和生物海洋学、流行病学和公共卫生、基因组学和蛋白质组学、毒理学、药理学和经济学的最新相关研究;以及（2）通过为参与者提供在轻松友好的环境中进行互动的机会，促进处于OHH研究前沿的科学家之间的信息和思想的公开交流。就更广泛的影响而言，预计会议将对教育、学习和增加代表性不足的群体参与解决重要的社会问题作出重大贡献。会议将通过参加正式会议，海报展示和非正式互动，吸引女性，少数民族和初级教师和学生（博士后和研究生）积极参与OHH研究。GRS专门针对这一新兴学科的学生进行辅导。有关这些会议的信息将通过专业协会和个人联系广泛传播。将通过在少数群体和其他机构刊登广告和亲自接触的方式寻找少数群体的参与者。

NSF funding under this grant will provide partial funding for a new Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Oceans and Human Health (OHH), including an associated Graduate Research Seminar (GRS). The subject of OHH concerns science at the intersection of medical, genomic and oceanographic disciplines, and the implications for and effects on human health and wellbeing. The purpose and scope of the GRC and GRS are to provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing the current state of knowledge of the rapidly evolving, highly interdisciplinary fields that comprise Oceans and Human Health, to identify and debate unresolved questions, and to discuss new research directions. These activities will bring together experts and students with diverse backgrounds including algal and microbial biology, physical and biological oceanography, epidemiology and public health, genomics and proteomics, toxicology, pharmacology, and economics. An important motivation is the fact that as a new scientific discipline, OHH as a professional enterprise does not currently have a forum to facilitate interactions and dialogue among its practitioners. The significance of the field is reflected by the support of four new Centers for Oceans and Human Health by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. The conference will have two practical objectives: (1) to assemble the highest caliber of academic, government and industrial scientists and students to examine recent developments in the subdisciplines of OHH and review the latest pertinent research in algal and microbial biology, physical and biological oceanography, epidemiology and public health, genomics and proteomics, toxicology, pharmacology, and economics; and (2) to foster the open exchange of information and ideas among scientists at the cutting edge of OHH research by providing opportunities for participants to interact in a relaxed and friendly environment. In terms of broader impacts, the conference is expected to contribute in a substantial way to education, learning, and increasing the involvement of underrepresented groups in addressing important societal issues. The conference will engage female, minority and junior faculty and students (postdoctoral and graduate) active in OHH research through participation in formal sessions, poster presentations and informal interactions. The GRS is targeted specifically at mentoring students in this new emerging discipline. Information concerning these meetings will be broadly disseminated through professional societies and by personal contact. Minority participants will be sought by advertising and personal contact at minority and other institutions.