BioDose-08 Conference

描述（由申请方提供）：要求提供支持，以促进年轻研究者参加将于2008年9月7日至11日在达特茅斯（汉诺威，NH）举行的电离辐射意外暴露生物剂量学会议。会议的目的是提供一个场所，讨论计划外辐射照射的生物剂量学最新方法，同时介绍问题的基本方面和参与处理这些问题的机构实体。总的目标和期望是，会议将通过向该领域的主要工作者提供其他团体对最新技术的评估、对他们解决问题的方法的关键反馈，以及通过合作与协作加强协同作用的进一步发展，来推进生物剂量学的发展。通过与专家和规划者的互动，将大大促进这一目标的实现，这些专家和规划者的级别从处理这一问题的总体联邦战略到试图发展在地方一级处理这一事件可能导致的医疗问题所需的基础设施和专业知识的医生。鉴于恐怖分子挑起的重大辐射事件的潜在威胁，这是一个关键的、目前尚未得到满足的需要。必须有能力测量在这种事件中可能受到照射的个人所受的辐射剂量，以便有效地处理事件的后果，并通过准确地将个人归入适当的治疗类别，尽量减少其影响。 这次会议应特别适时，在上次关于这一问题的会议召开两年之后举行，因为人们对这一领域的兴趣很高，并为解决一个极其重要和尚未解决的问题制定了许多独特和有希望的办法。参与这一领域工作的国家和国际政府机构和组织的范围之广表明了高度的兴趣和重要性，这些机构和组织的成员参加了上次会议并承诺参加本次会议。不 会议的地点和组织应通过“戈登会议式”的安排来促进强有力的沟通，包括共享膳食和娱乐机会，以及强调讨论和介绍正在进行的研究的计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Support is requested to facilitate the participation of young investigators in a meeting on Biodosimetry for response to unexpected exposures to ionizing radiation to be held at Dartmouth (Hanover, NH) September 7 - 11, 2008. The aim of the meeting is to provide a venue for a discussion of the latest approaches for biodosimetry for unplanned radiation exposures in a context that also provides the essential aspects of the problems and the institutional entities that are involved in dealing with them. The overall aim and expectation is that the meeting will advance the state of biodosimetry by providing the leading workers in the field with an assessment of the state of the art by other groups, critical feedback on their approach to the problem, and enhancing synergistic further developments through cooperation and collaboration. This goal will be greatly facilitated by interacting with experts and planners at levels ranging from the overall federal strategy for dealing with the problem to physicians who are attempting to develop the infrastructure and expertise needed to deal at a local level with the medical problems that would result from such an event. This is a critical and currently unmet need in view of the potential threat of a major radiation incident instigated by terrorists. The ability to measure the radiation dose received by individuals potentially exposed in such an event is essential in order to deal effectively with the consequences of the event and to minimize its impact, by accurately placing individuals into appropriate treatment classes. The meeting should be especially well-timed, occurring two years after the previous meeting on the subject in a field in which there has been a high level of interest, with the development of many unique and promising approaches for meeting an extremely important and unsolved problem. The high level of interest and importance is indicated by the range of national and international governmental agencies and organizations that are involved in the field and whose members have participated in the prior meeting and have made commitments to participate in this meeting. T he venue and organization of the meeting should facilitate strong communications via a "Gordon Conference like" arrangement with shared meals and recreational opportunities and a program that stresses discussion and presentation of research in progress.