BioDose-08 Conference

描述(由申请人提供)：为方便年轻研究人员参加将于2008年9月7日至11日在达特茅斯(汉诺威，NH)举行的应对意外电离辐射暴露的生物剂量学会议，请提供支持。会议的目的是为讨论计划外辐射照射的最新生物剂量学方法提供一个场所，同时也提供问题的基本方面和参与处理这些问题的机构实体。会议的总体目标和期望是，会议将通过向该领域的主要工作人员提供其他小组对最新技术的评估、对他们解决问题的方法的批判性反馈，以及通过合作和协作加强协同作用来促进生物剂量学的状况。通过与专家和规划者进行互动，这一目标将得到极大的促进，从处理这一问题的总体联邦战略到试图开发在地方一级处理此类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。为了通过准确地将个人归入适当的治疗类别，有效地处理事件的后果并将其影响降至最低，能够测量可能在这类事件中暴露的个人所接受的辐射剂量是至关重要的。 这次会议的时机应当特别及时，在上一次关于这一问题的会议召开两年后举行，这是一个引起高度关注的领域，为解决一个极其重要和悬而未决的问题制定了许多独特和有希望的办法。参与这一领域的一系列国家和国际政府机构和组织及其成员参加了上一次会议并承诺参加本次会议，表明了这种高度的兴趣和重要性。T 会议的地点和组织应该通过类似戈登会议的安排，分享餐饮和娱乐机会，以及强调讨论和介绍正在进行的研究的计划，促进强有力的沟通。

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.