Conference and Gender in Physiology / Pathophysiology of the CV-Renal Systems

描述(由申请人提供)： 这项提议的目的是寻求对定于2007年8月9日至12日在得克萨斯州奥斯汀举行的APS会议“心血管-肾脏系统生理学和病理生理学中的性别和性别”的支持。这次会议的第一个目标是聚集临床和基础研究科学家，他们研究性类固醇在心血管和肾脏疾病中的作用。这些研究人员通过广泛的方法进行他们的研究，利用从遗传到整体动物的方法来解决这个问题。该项目旨在让研究性类固醇对心血管-肾脏系统的生理学和病理生理学影响的知名和初级研究人员介绍他们的工作。第二个目标是激励、教育和鼓励仍在接受培训的年轻调查人员进入这一调查领域，并为他们提供一个与更成熟的调查人员互动的论坛。为此，将为受训科学家提供许多旅行奖项，并将举行特别海报讨论会议，让他们展示自己的工作。这项建议的具体目标包括：1)召集一个国际公认的跨学科研究小组参加APS会议，重点研究性类固醇对心血管-肾脏系统的生理学和病理生理学的影响。并勾勒出今后工作应采取的方向。2)通过设立旅行奖励方案，促进青年科学家广泛参加这次会议，重点是妇女和代表不足的少数群体。3)通过介绍最新的最新进展和总体目标，使新的研究人员和学生有兴趣在性类固醇在控制肾脏和心血管功能中所起的作用的研究中寻求研究机会，总体目标是联系这些新数据如何被证明对我们从基因组学、生理学到疾病的心血管-肾脏系统的理解有用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this proposal is to seek support for an APS Conference on "Sex and Gender in Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Cardiovascular-Renal Systems," scheduled for August 9 - 12, 2007 in Austin, Texas. The first goal of this conference is to bring together clinical and basic research scientists who study the role of sex steroids in cardiovascular and renal disease. These investigators pursue their studies across a wide range of methodologies, utilizing genetic to whole animal approaches to address the topic. The program is designed to allow prominent and junior researchers studying the influence of sex steroids on the physiology and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular-renal system to present their work. The second goal is to stimulate, educate and encourage young investigators who are still in training to enter this field of investigation and to provide a forum for them to interact with more established investigators. To this end, many travel awards will be made available for scientists-in-training and special poster-discussion sessions will be held where they can present their work. The specific aims of this proposal include: 1) To convene an internationally recognized and interdisciplinary group of investigators to an APS Conference focusing on the study of the effect of sex steroids on the physiology and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular-renal system. and to outline the direction that future work should take. 2) To promote the wide-spread participation of young scientists in this Conference, with an emphasis on women and underrepresented minorities, through the establishment of a travel award program. 3) To interest new investigators and students in pursuing research opportunities in the study of the role sex steroids play in controlling renal and cardiovascular function by presenting the latest state-of-the-art advances with the overall objective of relating how these new data may prove useful in our understanding of the cardiovascular-renal system from genomics and physiology to disease.