American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：这份为期五年的提案要求支持实习生参加2003年3月29日至4月1日在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的美国男科学会（ASA） 2003年年会，以及该会议的选定科学会议以及随后四年的后续会议。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，通常吸引大约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2003年会议的四次口头会议和两次海报会议中，学员有很多机会积极参与会议。如果申请成功，培训生旅行奖励将基于科学价值和需求的双重标准。我们还请求资金帮助支付9位演讲者的旅行，酒店和酬金，主题是抑制素及其在生殖健康中的作用（Stacey Chapman，博士），Sertoli细胞增殖的新见解（Luiz Renato de Franca，博士），MIS及其在发育和成人功能中的作用（Mary Lee，医学博士），关于前列腺癌未来的研讨会（Nancy Weigel，博士，Ronald Ross，医学博士和Charles Sawyers，博士），关于雄激素在人类健康和疾病中的作用的研讨会（Randall Urban， M.D.和Monique Cherrier，博士），以及关于环境对人类精液影响的研讨会（Shanna Swan，博士）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This five year proposal requests support for trainee attendance at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA) in Phoenix, Arizona, March 29-April 1, 2003, and for selected scientific sessions of the meeting as well as subsequent meetings for the four subsequent years. 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 approximately 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 are many opportunities for active participation in the 2003 meeting by trainees in the meeting's four 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, hotel and honoraria for nine speakers on topics of inhibin and its role in reproductive health (Stacey Chapman, Ph.D.), new insights on Sertoli cell proliferation (Luiz Renato de Franca, Ph.D.), MIS and its role in development and adult function (Mary Lee, M.D.), a Symposium on the future of prostate cancer (Nancy Weigel, Ph.D., Ronald Ross, M.D., and Charles Sawyers, Ph.D.), a Symposium on Androgen action in human health and disease (Randall Urban, M.D. and Monique Cherrier, Ph.D.), and a Symposium on environmental influences on human semen (Shanna Swan, Ph.D).