Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：遗传性代谢紊乱学会（SIMD）申请奖学金，以资助学员参加2009年和2010年的年会。2009年的会议将与在加州圣地亚哥举行的先天性代谢错误国际大会同时举行，而2010年的会议将在新墨西哥州的阿尔伯克基举行，与美国医学遗传学学院的年度会议协调举行。先天性代谢错误（IEM）是智力迟钝、脑瘫、神经肌肉疾病、心脏疾病、肝肾功能障碍、关节炎、糖尿病、生长衰竭和失明的重要原因。随着这些疾病的广泛临床和分子谱的阐明，部分是由于串联质谱的发展和新生儿筛查计划的迅速扩大，现在已知的受影响个体的数量比最初认识的要大得多。此外，治疗方法可用于某些情况，但很少进行临床试验来评估其疗效。因此，要更好地了解这些严重疾病并开发有效的治疗方法，还有很多工作要做。美国要想在这一重要研究领域保持领先地位，就必须吸引年轻的研究人员进入这一领域。实现这一目标的一个有效机制是为他们提供参加SIMD会议的机会，在那里他们可以探索该领域并与其他已建立的研究人员建立科学联系。SIMD会议每年举行一次，参加者，特别是年轻的研究人员，每年都在稳步增加。美国国立卫生研究院旅游奖励的可用性是这一增长的主要原因。寻求资助的学员需要提交一份摘要，描述将在会议上展示的原始研究。组织者预计在2010年美国年会上提交40 - 50份摘要，2009年国际年会提交的摘要数量将是这一数字的2 - 3倍。旅行奖的申请将在会议前四个月进行竞争性审查，目标是每年颁发25个奖项，每个奖项1000美元。将向私人来源征求额外资金。将积极招募妇女和少数族裔申请人。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) requests support to provide scholarships for trainees to attend its annual meetings in years 2009 and 2010. The 2009 meeting will be held in conjunction with the International Congress on Inborn Errors of Metabolism in San Diego, CA, while the 2010 meeting will be held in Albuquerque, NM, in coordination with the annual meeting of the American College of Medical Genetics. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are an important cause of mental retardation, cerebral palsy, neuromuscular disease, cardiac disorders, hepatic and renal dysfunction, arthritis, diabetes, growth failure, and blindness. As the wide clinical and molecular spectrum of these disorders is being elucidated, in part fueled by the development of tandem mass spectroscopy and the rapid expansion of newborn screening programs, the number of affected individuals is now known to be much larger than originally recognized. In addition, therapies are available for some conditions, yet few clinical trials have been performed to evaluate their efficacy. Thus, much remains to be done to better understand these severe disorders and develop effective treatments for them. For the U.S. to remain preeminent in this important area of research, it is essential to attract young investigators into the field. One effective mechanism to achieve this goal is to provide them with the opportunity to participate in the SIMD meeting, where they can explore the field and develop scientific ties to other established investigators. The SIMD meeting is held annually and participation, especially by young investigators, has been steadily increasing each year. The availability of NIH travel awards has been a major reason for this increase. Trainees seeking funding are required to submit an abstract describing original research to be presented at the meeting. The organizers anticipate submission of 40 to 50 abstracts for presentation at the annual meetings in the U.S. (2010) with two to three times that number for the international meeting (2009). Applications for travel awards will be competitively reviewed four months prior to the meeting, with the goal of making 25 annual awards of $1,000 each. Additional funds will be solicited from private sources. Women and minority applicants will be actively recruited. PROJECT NARRATIVE: The Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) meeting will help to train new physicians to take care of patients with disorders of the body's biochemistry. There are very few such specialists in the country, and providing travel funds for new trainees to meet and present their research encourages them to remain in the field.