International Society of Addiction Medicine Conference

描述（申请人提供）：国际成瘾医学学会（ISAM）致力于通过电子通信为成瘾医学领域的医生提供一个支持性的教育网络，并就与医生执业有关的一些问题制定共识立场文件，在与吸毒成瘾有关的所有领域进行研究，并通过世界各地的演讲者的演讲，举行年度会议，进行教育和传播有关该领域进展情况的信息，同时还提供为来自低经济国家的从业人员提供介绍和分享调查结果的机会。还建立了国际认证。因此，ISAM多年来一直致力于促进全世界成瘾医学领域的医生和专职医疗人员更好地了解药物滥用、心理和精神后果与最近的感染（包括艾滋病毒）之间的联系。这一合作的最重要成果之一是认识到药物滥用与人口中的医疗和精神后果有关，无论种族、性别或族裔如何，而且是全球性的。我们的梦想是建立一个强大的，团结的，知情的医疗声音代表我们的病人说话，因为我们参与预防和管理全球成瘾与其他学科的充分合作。目前正在通过本赠款申请寻求资金，以支持将在不同国家举行的2008-2012年年度会议。2006年在葡萄牙的波尔图举行; 2007年在埃及的开罗举行，筹备工作已进入后期阶段。2008年拟议地点为南非开普敦，2009年为加拿大卡尔加里，2010年为澳大利亚悉尼，2011年和2012年的地点尚未确定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) is dedicated to providing a supportive, educational network to physicians in the addiction medicine field through electronic communication, and the development of consensual position papers on a number of issues relevant to the practice of physicians, research in all fields relating to drug addiction and annual meetings for education and dissemination of information on advances in the field through the presentations of speakers worldwide while also providing opportunities for practitioners from low economic countries to present and share investigations. An International Certification has also been established. ISAM has thus been working for several years to promote better understanding among the physicians and allied health professionals world wide in the field of addiction medicine of the connection between drug abuse, psychological, and psychiatric consequences, and lately infections including HIV. One of the most significant outcomes of this collaboration has been the recognition that substance abuse is associated with medical and psychiatric consequences among populations regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity and that are global in nature. The dream is to build a strong, united, informed medical voice speaking on behalf of our patients as we participate in the prevention and management of addictions worldwide in full collaboration with other disciplines. Funds are being sought through the present grant application to support the annual meetings 2008-2012 which will be held in different countries. Oporto, Portugal was the site for 2006; Cairo, Egypt 2007 is in the advanced stages of preparation. Cape Town, South Africa is the proposed site for 2008, Calgary, Canada for 2009, Sydney, Australia for 2010, and the sites for 2011 and 2012 are yet to be determined.