Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium

项目总结： 尽管言语产生可以说是人类执行的最复杂、也是最常规的运动技能，但在那里 在言语运动控制领域只有两个主要会议：国际言语会议 运动控制和麦当娜运动语言会议。这两种情况都相对较少发生。因此，在那里 是需要更多的选择来分享当前语音运动控制方面的研究。此R13应用程序的目标是 支持在言语运动控制方面举行一次新的、有目的的和包容性的区域会议，以增强 目前的会议。波士顿语音运动控制研讨会(BSMCS)利用高 波士顿大都市区和波士顿周边可到达的地区的个人集中度 坐汽车和火车。为了增加有前途的代表不足少数群体(URM)研究人员的流水线 在这一领域，BSMCS旨在减少这些个人的出勤门槛。BSMCS将是低成本的 (40美元注册；10美元学生)和短(一整天的会议和前一天晚上的选修课) 适用于实习生)。BSMCS将为学生和博士后研究人员提供旅行奖励，优先选择 URM。它将纳入最佳做法，以允许包括有工作的父母，例如免费的现场托儿 和哺乳室的通道[1]。最后，BSMCS将为以下参与者提供继续教育单元(CEU) 语言病理学家(SLP)。吸引SLP参与者将1)鼓励传播 可以促进临床翻译的尖端研究，以及2)进一步支持新研究人员的渠道 在这一领域通过吸引SLP来攻读博士学位。此R13会议赠款提案的主要目的是 请求NIDCD支持培训生差旅奖励，邀请演讲者的差旅费用 波士顿地区，家庭护理提供者费用，会议用品，以及2019年BSMCS期间的海报租赁， 2021年和2023年。波士顿大学(BU)将提供与NIDCD对每一项的贡献相同的匹配 物品。大会注册费和来自BU的额外资金将用于支付所有额外费用 会议。每年的会议将包括一个为期一天的计划，其中包括5个受邀的演讲(一个主旨 演讲和其他四个专家研讨会)，计划的其余部分专门用于贡献演讲和 投稿海报会议。此外，每年都会有一次实习生辅导，在全员培训的前一晚举行 研讨会当天，对所有学生和博士后研究人员免费。NIDCD资金 将使BSMCS达到无障碍和包容性的目标，促进演讲研究和教育 在不同的学生、研究人员和临床医生群体中进行运动控制。

Project Summary: Although speech production is arguably the most complex, yet routine, motor skill that humans perform, there are only two major conferences in the area of speech motor control: the International Conference on Speech Motor Control and the Madonna Conference on Motor Speech. Both occur relatively infrequently. As such, there is a need for more options to share current research in speech motor control. The goal of this R13 application is to support a new, intentionally accessible and inclusive regional conference in speech motor control to augment the current meetings. The Boston Speech Motor Control Symposium (BSMCS) draws on the high concentration of individuals in the Boston metropolitan area and areas surrounding Boston that are reachable by car and train. In order to increase the pipeline of promising under-represented minority (URM) researchers in this area, BSMCS is designed to reduce barriers to attendance for these individuals. BSMCS will be low-cost ($40 registration; $10 for students) and short (one full conference day with an optional tutorial the evening prior for trainees). BSMCS will provide travel awards to students and post-doctoral researchers, with preference to URMs. It will incorporate best-practices to allow for inclusion of working parents, such as free on-site childcare and access to lactation rooms [1]. Finally, BSMCS will offer continuing education units (CEUs) to attendees who are speech-language pathologists (SLPs). Attracting SLP attendees will 1) encourage the dissemination of cutting-edge research that can facilitate clinical translation, and 2) further bolster the pipeline of new researchers in this area by attracting SLPs to doctoral study. The primary purpose of this R13 conference grant proposal is to request support from NIDCD for trainee travel awards, travel expenses of invited speakers from outside the Boston area, family care provider expenses, conference supplies, and poster board rentals during BSMCS 2019, 2021, and 2023. Boston University (BU) will provide an equal match to the NIDCD contribution to each of these items. The conference registration fees and additional funds from BU will cover all additional costs for the conference. Each year's meeting will include a one-day program that consists of 5 invited talks (one keynote lecture and four other expert seminars), with the remainder of the program devoted to contributed talks and a contributed poster session. Additionally, each year there will be a trainee tutorial held the evening prior to the full day of the symposium, which will be free of charge for all students and post-doctoral researchers. NIDCD funding will allow BSMCS to meet the goals of accessibility and inclusivity, fostering research and education in speech motor control across diverse groups of students, researchers, and clinicians.