23rd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease

本申请请求NINDS为第23届普林斯顿脑血管病会议提供支持。近半个世纪以来，这个两年一次的会议汇集了基础和临床研究人员，深入讨论中风研究的现状。这些会议有助于进一步了解脑卒中的发病机制和开发新的治疗方法。第23届会议将于2002年3月21日至23日在加州科罗纳多举行，由加州大学圣地亚哥分校主办。会议将限制150名与会者，其中包括35名对脑血管疾病有特殊兴趣的初级研究人员。受邀者将包括目前活跃在该领域的来自世界各地的临床和实验室科学家以及相关学科的关键科学家。将作出特别努力，确定和邀请青年科学家、妇女和代表性不足的少数群体。补充资金将从私人来源筹集。为会议选择的主题代表了基础和临床脑血管病研究的关键领域，这些领域目前很重要，但在许多情况下存在争议。会议记录将以书籍形式出版，并作为数据文件分发。还要求资金帮助支持第24和25届普林斯顿会议，以协助组织未来的会议。建议采用一种结构，使会议能够保持高质量。会议的总体目标是对脑卒中研究的未来方向进行展望。有保障的资金将大大促进这一目标。

This application requests support from NINDS for the 23rd Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease. For almost half a century, this biennial meeting has brought together basic and clinical investigators to discuss the current state of stroke research in depth. These meetings have helped to further understanding of stroke pathogenesis and development of new treatments. The 23rd Conference will be held from MArch21 to 23, 2002 in Coronado, California and will be hosted by the University of California San Diego. The conference will be limited to 150 attendees, including 35 junior investigators with special interest in cerebrovascular disease. Invitees will include clinical and bench scientists from around the world who are currently active in the field as well as key scientists from related disciplines. Special efforts will be made to identify and invite young scientists, women and under-represented minorities. Supplementary funds will be raised from private sources. The topics selected for the meeting represent key areas of basic and clinical cerebrovascular disease research that are currently important and, in many cases, controversial. The proceedings will be published in book form and disseminated as data files. Funds are also requested to help support the 24th and 25th Princeton Conferences to assist organization of future meetings. A structure is proposed to make it possible to maintain the high quality of meetings. The overall goal of the Conferences is to generate a vision of future directions in stroke research. Secure funding will greatly facilitate that objective.