AAOS Multi-Year Research Symposia for 2006-2010

描述(由申请人提供)： 美国整形外科医生学会(AAOS)致力于服务于骨科专业，维护患者的利益，促进最高质量的肌肉骨骼健康。在过去的18年里，AAOS和国立卫生研究院在制定和实施年度肌肉骨骼研究研讨会方面进行了合作。这些研讨会允许行业领袖讨论和定义与骨科/肌肉骨骼健康相关的主题领域的最新技术，并确定未来的研究方向。肌肉骨骼研究的新进展将使七分之一患有肌肉骨骼疾病的美国人受益。这些研讨会的具体目的是：1)确定肌肉骨骼医学重要领域的临床和临床前研究和实践的现状；2)确定需要新的或更多研究的领域；3)确定将实验室研究转化为临床实践的需求和机会；4)刺激研究议程，并通过与骨与关节外科杂志(JBJS)的现有关系，及时在AAOS研究委员会研讨会的网站上发表会议的形式，向肌肉骨骼界包括执业医生提供教育；以及5)促进肌肉骨骼医学领域的利益攸关方、行业和政府之间的互动。请求提供资金，为今后五次小岛屿国家联盟/国立卫生研究院专题讨论会提供部分支助。主题包括：发育生物学和整形外科(2006年)、骨折修复：加深理解的关键问题(2007年)、肌肉骨骼成像和计算机辅助手术(2008年)、整形外科随机临床试验：机遇和挑战(2009年)以及肌肉骨骼健康护理差距(2010年)。从相关学科挑选了两名或两名以上的高级调查人员共同主持每一次专题讨论会。研讨会主席确保将少数群体、妇女和残疾人作为教员和特邀嘉宾包括在内。联合主席决定在哪里举行研讨会，邀请谁，并制定会议将讨论的战略问题。他们还负责预算，并监督及时出版专题讨论会的会议记录和结论。对于随后提议的专题讨论会，确定了主席，并概述了每个专题的目标和背景。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' (AAOS) strives to serve the orthopaedic profession, champion the interests of patients, and advance the highest quality musculoskeletal health. For the past 18 years, the AAOS and the National Institutes of Health have collaborated in the development and implementation of annual musculoskeletal research symposia. These symposia allow leaders in the industry to discuss and define the state-of -the-art as it pertains to a topical area of orthopaedics/musculoskeletal health and to define future research directions. New developments in musculoskeletal research will benefit the 1 in 7 Americans who suffer from a musculoskeletal ailment. The Specific Aims of these symposia are to: 1) Define the current status of clinical and pre-clinical research and practice in important areas of musculoskeletal medicine; 2) Identify areas of need for new or additional research; 3) Define needs and opportunities for translating laboratory research into clinical practice; 4) Stimulate the research agenda and provide education to the musculoskeletal community, including practicing physicians, in the form of timely publication on the AAOS Research Committee symposia website internet, as well as in print, through an existing relationship with the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS); and 5) Promote interaction between stakeholders in the area of musculoskeletal medicine, industry and government. Funding is requested to provide partial support for the next five AAOS/NIH symposia. The following topics will be covered: Developmental Biology and Orthopaedics (2006), Fracture Repair: Critical Issues in Furthering our Understanding (2007), Musculoskeletal Imaging and Computer Assisted Surgery (2008), Orthopaedic Randomized Clinical Trials: Opportunities and Challenges (2009), and Musculoskeletal Health Care Disparities (2010). Two or more senior investigators from the relevant disciplines have been selected to co-chair each symposium. Symposium chairs ensure the inclusion of minorities, women, and persons with disabilities both as faculty and as invited guests. The co-chairs decide where to hold the symposium, who to invite, and develop the strategic questions the sessions will address. They are also responsible for budgets, as well as for overseeing the publication of proceedings and conclusions of the symposium in a timely manner. For the subsequent proposed symposia, chairs have been identified and the goals and context of each topic have been summarized.