Building the Next Generation of Clinical Researchers - American Auditory Society

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请申请继续资助翻译研究讲座、跨学科特别会议报告，以及在美国听觉学会(AAS)年度会议上的学生常驻研究报告。在过去的5年里，国家卫生研究院的会议赠款支持了这些活动，取得了巨大的成功。由于这种支持，AAS为基础研究科学家向临床受众展示他们的工作提供了一个论坛，从而增加了基础研究成果的翻译价值。美国国立卫生研究院的会议拨款还为专门的跨学科会议提供了支持，这些会议将听力学专家、耳鼻喉科医生、听力科学家和来自工业界的代表(组成AAS成员的四个群体)聚集在一起，讨论一个广泛感兴趣的焦点话题。这一课程促进了这些学科之间的互动，增加了将科学转移到临床的机会，包括开发改进的技术和干预策略。最后，NIH会议拨款的支持使AAS能够通过为学生和住院医生提供一个论坛来展示他们的研究，并从基础科学和临床研究社区的高级成员那里获得反馈和建设性的批评，从而鼓励下一代临床研究人员。本申请请求提供支持，使行政当局能够继续开展这些非常成功的活动。迫切需要通过临床研究将基础研究成果转化为听力和平衡问题患者的护理。不幸的是，从事临床研究是其中重要组成部分的职业的个人短缺。为了促进从实验室到床边的转移，这项会议拨款支持向临床观众展示基础研究成果。它还鼓励学生、博士后研究员和住院医生通过旅行奖学金计划培训对临床研究感兴趣的人，使他们能够向更有经验的基础和应用研究人员展示他们的研究。通过这种方式，该基金促进了翻译工作，并为个人在职业生涯的早期阶段对临床研究感兴趣提供了一个培养环境。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests continued funding to support translational-research lectures, interdisciplinary special-session presentations, and presentations of student-resident research at the annual meeting of the American Auditory Society (AAS). NIH conference grants have supported these activities for the past 5 years with great success. As a result of this support, the AAS has provided a forum for basic-research scientists to present their work to a clinical audience, thus increasing the translational value of fundamental research findings. The NIH conference grant has also provided support for special interdisciplinary sessions that bring together audiologists, otolaryngologists, hearing scientists and representatives from industry (the four constituencies that make up the membership of the AAS) on a focused topic of broad interest. This session fosters interactions among these disciplines, enhancing opportunities for scientific transfer into the clinic, including the development of improved technologies and intervention strategies. Finally, the NIH conference-grant support has enabled the AAS to encourage the next generation of clinical researchers by providing a forum for students and resident physicians to present their research, and to receive feedback and constructive criticism from senior members of both the basic-science and clinical-research communities. The present application requests support that will allow the AAS to continue these highly successful activities. There is a critical need to translate basic research findings to the care of patients with hearing and balance problems through clinical research efforts. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of individuals embarking on careers in which clinical research is an important component. In an effort to facilitate the transfer from laboratory to bedside, this conference grant supports presentations of basic research findings to a clinical audience. It also encourages students, postdoctoral fellows and residents in training interested in clinical research through a travel-scholarship program that allows them to present their research to more seasoned basic and applied researchers. In this way, the grant fosters translational efforts and provides a nurturing environment for individuals interested in clinical research at the earliest stages of their careers.