Interdisciplinary Training Conference in Developmental Disabilities

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议举办一次年度会议，通过培训下一代科学家进行跨学科的转化研究，整合行为科学和神经科学，以帮助改变发育障碍的研究领域。会议将由NIH（T32）机构研究培训赠款资助的培训计划网络组织。在发育障碍（ITCDD）的跨学科培训会议将被设计为（博士和博士后）在这些程序中的培训，以及在培训中不隶属于T32程序的培训。具体目标是：（1）促进行为科学和神经科学在这些培训中的研究计划中的整合;（2）加速这些培训中的专业和学术发展;（3）创建一个基础设施，为这些培训中的培训提供持续的指导和支持;（4）提高T32计划的有效性。该会议将与另一个NIH资助的会议加特林堡智力残疾会议联系起来。预计将有70-85人参加。为期1.5天的会议将包括全体会议，强调跨学科研究计划的价值和创建方法;关于专业发展问题的研讨会;研究培训的讨论;以及培训中的科学演示。要求提供的资金主要用于支助非T32类受训人员的旅费，包括代表性不足的族裔/种族群体和残疾人的旅费。一个创新的特点是T32教师会后跨学科指导的要求。 公共卫生相关性：这次会议旨在极大地改变下一代研究人员的培训，这些研究人员研究从自闭症到唐氏综合症等各种发育障碍。该会议利用现有的培训计划基础设施，旨在鼓励将行为科学和神经科学整合到下一代学者的研究中。这种整合对于转化研究工作至关重要，可以改善残疾人及其家庭的成果。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose an annual conference to help transform the field of research on developmental disabilities by training the next generation of scientists to conduct interdisciplinary translational research integrating behavioral science and neuroscience. The conference will be organized by a network of training programs funded by NIH (T32) Institutional Research Training Grants. The Interdisciplinary Training Conference in Developmental Disabilities (ITCDD) will be designed for the (doctoral and post-doctoral) scholars-in-training in these programs as well as for scholars-in-training not affiliated with a T32 program. The specific aims are (1) to promote the integration of behavioral science and neuroscience in the research programs of these scholars-in- training; (2) to accelerate the professional and scholarly development of these scholars-in-training; (3) to create an infrastructure that provides ongoing mentoring and support to these scholars-in-training; and (4) to increase the effectiveness of the T32 programs. The conference will be linked to the Gatlinburg Conference on Intellectual Disabilities, another NIH-funded conference. We anticipate attendance by 70-85 people. The 1.5- day conference will include plenary talks highlighting the value of, and ways of creating, an interdisciplinary program of research; seminars on professional development issues; discussions of research training; and scientific presentations by scholars-in-training. Funds are requested largely to support travel for the non-T32 scholars-in-training, including those from under-represented ethnic/racial groups and those with disabilities. An innovative feature is the requirement for post-conference interdisciplinary mentoring by T32 faculty members. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This conference is designed to dramatically change the training of the next generation of researchers studying a wide range of developmental disabilities, from autism to Down syndrome. The conference capitalizes on an existing infrastructure of training programs and is designed to encourage the integration of behavioral science and neuroscience in the research of the next generation of scholars. Such integration is critical for translational research efforts that can lead to improved outcomes for people with disabilities and their families.