American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求支持实习生参加2002年4月24日至27日在华盛顿西雅图举行的美国男科学会（ASA） 2002年年会，以及会议的选定科学会议。美国男科学会（ASA）是一个由大约750名成员组成的科学学会，是一个由基础科学家和临床医生组成的独特伙伴关系。它的主要任务是通过促进跨学科的合作和交流来推进和促进男性生殖道和临床男科的基本知识，并吸引年轻的研究者进入该领域。美国科学协会履行其使命的一个重要手段是举行年度科学会议，通常吸引250-350名与会者。受训者（博士生、医学院学生、博士后、医学研究员）的参与对于维持和注入男科的新活力至关重要。在2002年会议的三次口头会议和两次海报会议中，学员有充分的机会积极参与会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for trainee attendance at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA) in Seattle, Washington, April 24-27, 2002, and for selected scientific sessions of the meeting. The American Society of Andrology (ASA), a scientific society of approximately 750 members, is a unique partnership of basic scientists and clinicians. Its primary missions are to advance and promote basic knowledge of the male reproductive tract and clinical andrology by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, and to attract young investigators to the field. An important means by which ASA fulfills its mission is by holding an annual scientific meeting, which typically attracts 250-350 attendees. The participation of trainees (predoctoral students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, medical fellows) is essential to maintaining and instilling new vigor into andrology. There is ample opportunity for active participation in the 2002 meeting by trainees in the meeting's three oral sessions and two poster sessions. If this application is successful, trainee travel awards will be based on the dual criteria of scientific merit and need. We also request funding to help defray the costs of travel and honorarium for the speakers of a State-of-the-Art Lecture entitled "Hormone replacement therapy in the male" (Lisa Tenover) and for two symposia, entitled: "Do gene defects impact male reproduction?" (Eva Eicher, Juliana Imperato-McGinley, Stephanie Seminara) and "Are there estrogen effects on the testis?" (Ken Korach, Richard Sharpe, and Fred vom Saal).