SGI Meeting: Training and Development Plan

描述（由申请人提供）：妇科研究学会（SGI）的使命是刺激、鼓励、协助和开展生殖生物学的原创性研究，并为妇产科（Ob/Gyn）的研究人员提供机会。SGI的独特之处在于它吸引了来自所有Ob/Gyn亚专业以及生殖和发育生物学部门的基础，翻译和临床研究人员。该协会的使命从未如此重要，因为妇产科的一半大学部门没有NIH的资助，在过去的10年里，妇产科医生提交的NIH拨款[申请]实际上有所下降。最不祥的是美国医学生申请妇产科住院医师的人数和选择专科奖学金的住院医师人数的下降。该应用程序的目标是加强SGI年会的科学和教学内容，为年轻的医生和科学家提供更多的机会参加SGI年会，并更广泛地宣传和传播年会的内容。为了实现这些目标，建议：1）通过招聘具有最高智力价值的国际教师参加方案规划会议、研究生课程、小型研讨会和正式讲座来加强年会; 2）为初级研究人员，特别是代表性不足的群体的初级研究人员的最大参与提供财政支持; 3）更广泛地传播年度会议的学术内容，并在网上和光盘上提供会议记录。 我们希望这一举措将激发那些早期职业生涯中对妇产科研究的更大兴趣，并将加强更高级研究人员的科学交流和合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the Society for Gynecologic investigation (SGI) is to stimulate, encourage, assist and conduct original research in reproductive biology, and to provide opportunities for investigators in obstetrics and gynecology (Ob/Gyn). SGI is unique in that it draws basic, translational and clinical investigators from all the Ob/Gyn subspecialties as well as departments of reproductive and developmental biology. The society's mission has never been more important since half of university-based departments of Ob/Gyn have no NIH funding and there has been an actual decline in NIH grant [application] submissions by Ob/Gyn physicians over the past 10 years. Most ominous has been the decline in U.S. medical student applications for Ob/Gyn residencies and the number of residents choosing subspecialty fellowships. The goal of this application is to enhance the scientific and didactic content of the SGI annual meeting, to provide increased access to the SGI's Annual Meeting for young physicians and scientists in training, and to more widely publicize and disseminate the Annual Meeting's content. To meet these goals the following are proposed: 1) Enhancement of the Annual Meeting through recruitment of international faculty of the highest intellectual merit for program planning meetings, postgraduate courses, mini-symposia and formal lectureships; 2) Financial support for the maximal participation of junior investigators, especially those from underrepresented groups; 3) Wider dissemination of the Annual Meeting's academic content with proceedings available on-line and on CD-ROM. It is hoped that this initiative will stimulate greater interest in Ob/Gyn research by those early in their careers, and will enhance the scientific exchange and collaboration of more senior investigators.