Research Teaching Day and Conference on Eating Disorders

描述(申请人提供)：进食障碍是严重的精神健康问题，主要影响青春期女孩和年轻成年妇女。进食障碍对公共卫生的重要意义源于以下事实：进食障碍在青春期女孩中很常见，经常进行慢性病，与精神疾病和不孕不育和骨质疏松症等持久的不利健康后果有关，并有助于提高卫生服务的利用率。由于进食障碍研究的历史相对较短，该领域在招募和培训年轻学者从事饮食障碍研究事业方面仍然存在挑战。此外，饮食失调的多因素病因和复杂的临床情况需要来自一系列学科的专家合作，以推进确定有效治疗和预防战略所需的科学知识库。翻译研究有望推动这一领域的发展，但在翻译框架内，几乎没有什么途径可以有效地交换研究成果。最后，向临床医生传播科学知识仍然是一个重要的问题，因为研究表明，该领域只有少数临床医生使用经过经验验证的有效治疗进食障碍的方法。要求提供支持，以加强进食障碍学会(AED)会议的培训职能。计划包括三个部分：1)初级研究员旅行计划，为参加AED会议的优秀学生、博士后研究员和住院医生提供财政支持；2)在AED会议的前一天为旅行研究员提供研究教学日；以及3)NIMH赞助的研讨会，展示基础和应用研究人员感兴趣的前沿研究。要求提供为期四年的支持，并每年对该计划的成功情况进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eating disorders are serious mental health problems, affecting primarily adolescent girls and young adult women. The public health significance of eating disorders derives from the fact that they are common among adolescent girls, often take a chronic course, are associated with psychiatric comorbidity and lasting adverse health outcomes such as infertility and osteoporosis, and contribute to elevated health services utilization. Because eating disorder research has a relatively short history, challenges remain in the field concerning the recruitment and training of young scholars into research careers in eating disorders. Moreover, the multifactorial etiology and complex clinical picture of eating disorders require the collaboration of experts from a range of disciplines to advance the scientific knowledge base needed for identifying effective treatments and prevention strategies. Translational research promises to advance the field, yet few avenues exist for a productive exchange of research findings within a translational framework. Finally, dissemination of scientific knowledge to clinicians remains an important concern as studies have shown that only a minority of clinicians in the field uses the empirically validated and effective treatments for eating disorders. Support is requested to enhance the training function of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) Conference. Three program components are proposed: 1) a Junior Investigator Travel Program to provide financial support for outstanding students, post-doctoral fellows, and residents to attend the AED meeting; 2) a Research Teaching Day to be offered to the Travel Fellows the day preceding the AED conference; and 3) an NIMH sponsored symposium featuring cutting edge research of interest to basic and applied researchers. Support is requested for four years and the success of the program will be evaluated annually.