Fourth NEI Symposium on the Epidemiology of Eye Diseases and Vision Disorders

描述(由申请人提供)：本申请的目的是获得所需的支持，以完成第四届国家眼科研究所(NEI)眼病和视力障碍流行病学研讨会的筹备工作并进行会议。关于这一主题的第三次NEI研讨会于1991年举行；自那时以来，在了解影响美国人口的主要眼病和视力障碍的患病率、发病率和风险因素方面取得了很大进展。此外，自那时以来，还开发了新的流行病学和统计方法。此外，美国人口的构成发生了巨大的变化，包括人口年龄分布的变化以及移民和其他因素造成的变化。第四次研讨会的目标是回顾在记录美国人群中流行的眼病和视力障碍的流行病学方面的进展；找出流行病学数据不可用或过时的领域；针对新兴的研究领域；为流行病学家、生物统计学家、临床医生和其他视力科学家提供一个交流和探索合作机会的论坛；并激发新的研究人员和受训人员对眼睛流行病学的兴趣。一个规划委员会为第四次专题讨论会制定了初步计划，其中将包括受邀论文和来稿论文。将指定一个计划委员会来协助计划的最终组织和挑选提交的论文。只有新的未公布的数据和调查结果将被接受用于展示。计划作出特别努力，吸引年轻的调查员和属于代表人数不足的少数群体的调查员作为发言者和登记人参加第四次专题讨论会。NEI计划的一名工作人员将参与未来的规划和计划委员会。在第四次研讨会上提交的特邀论文和精选投稿论文将通过编辑和出版商的安排在《眼科流行病学》杂志的特刊上发表。计划委员会的客座编辑将负责同行评议和其他科学编辑任务，以便在杂志特刊上提交发表的稿件。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this application is to obtain support required to complete preparations for and to conduct the Fourth National Eye Institute (NEI) Symposium on the Epidemiology of Eye Diseases and Vision Disorders. The Third NEI Symposium on this topic was held in 1991; a great deal of progress has been made since that time with respect to understanding the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for major eye diseases and vision disorders that affect the population of the United States. In addition, new epidemiologic and statistical methods have been developed since that time. Furthermore, the composition of the U.S. population had undergone dramatic changes, including changes in the age distribution of the population and changes caused by immigration and other factors. The goals of the Fourth Symposium are to review progress in documenting the epidemiology of eye disease and vision disorders prevalent in the U.S. population; to identify areas in which epidemiologic data are unavailable or outdated; to address emerging areas of research; to provide a forum for epidemiologists, biostatisticians, clinicians, and other vision scientists to interact and to explore opportunities for collaboration; and to stimulate interest among new investigators and trainees in ocular epidemiology. A Planning Committee has developed preliminary plans for the Fourth Symposium which will include both invited and contributed papers. A Program Committee will be appointed to assist with final organization of the program and selection of contributed papers to be presented. Only new unpublished data and findings will be accepted for presentation. Special efforts are planned to attract young investigators and investigators who are members of underrepresented minorities to participate in the Fourth Symposium as speakers and as registrants. A member of the NEI program staff will participate in future planning and in the Program Committee. Invited papers and selected contributed papers presented at the Fourth Symposium will be published in a special issue of the journal "Ophthalmic Epidemiology", by arrangement with the editor and publisher. Guest editors from the Planning Committee will be responsible for peer review and other scientific editorial tasks for manuscripts submitted for publication in the special issue of the journal.