International Federation of Placenta Association Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求资助，以支付来自美国的10-15名培训生和新研究员参加国际胎盘协会联合会（IFPA）年度会议的旅费，并资助一名美国高级研究员参加这些会议的旅费，他/她将在这些会议上发表邀请全体演讲并参加研讨会。人类胎盘在支持胎儿生长发育的过程中发挥了许多生理作用，这意味着胎盘研究是真正的多学科研究，胎盘研究团体的会议将不同专业的临床医生和基础科学家聚集在一起。这些人通常主要关注的不是胎盘，而是认识到他们的才能可以用于这个最多方面的领域的调查。IFPA年度会议非常成功，汇集了来自世界各地的临床医生和科学家，资深和初级研究人员，在有利于坦率而友好交流的氛围中报告和讨论他们的发现。会议定于每年9月/ 10月在智利圣地亚哥（2010年）、挪威盖洛（2011年）、日本（2012年）、美洲（2013年）和欧洲（2014年）举行。会议持续时间为3 - 3天半，有多达8次全体会议，讨论胎盘功能的具体方面。每次全体会议的主要发言人都会做一个最先进的介绍，不一定是胎盘生物学家。全体会议附有相应的2小时互动式讲习班，讨论有争议的问题。至少安排两次3小时的海报讨论会议，并在整个会议中展示海报，以便有时间深入讨论工作，特别是新调查员的工作。为新研究者和受训者安排了口头会议，并由项目委员会为这些会议选择了最佳摘要。学员或新研究者将获颁最佳口头报告及最佳海报报告奖。将通过对提交的第一作者摘要进行竞争性审查，选出受训人员和新的研究人员，以获得旅费奖励。美国高级研究员将由会议组织者和该提案的PI选择。在IFPA会议上，女性与会者、发言人和会议主席的比例总是很高（高达60%），确保了足够的代表性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application seeks funding to cover travel costs to allow the attendance of from 10-15 trainees and new investigators from the USA at the annual International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA) meetings together with funding to support the travel costs of a senior US-based investigator to these meetings where he/she will present an invited plenary lecture and take part in workshop sessions. The many physiologic roles fulfilled by the human placenta in support of fetal growth and development during its nine months existence means that placental research is truly multidisciplinary and meetings of the placental research community bring together clinicians and basic scientists of various specializations. Often these are individuals whose primary focus is not the placenta but who recognize that their talents can be brought to bear on investigations in this most multifaceted area. The highly successful annual IFPA meeting serves to bring together clinicians and scientists, established senior and junior beginning investigators from around the world, to report and discuss their findings in an atmosphere conducive to frank yet amicable exchange. Meetings are scheduled in September/October of each year in Santiago, Chile (2010), Geilo, Norway (2011), Japan (2012), the Americas (2013) and Europe (2014). The meeting duration is 3 - 3 1/2 days with up to eight plenary sessions addressing specific aspects of placental function. The main speaker in each plenary gives a state of the art presentation and is not necessarily a placental biologist. Plenary sessions are accompanied by a corresponding interactive 2-hour workshop session addressing controversial questions. At least two 3-hour poster discussion sessions are scheduled and posters are displayed for the entire meeting to allow time for in-depth discussion of work particularly of new investigators. Oral sessions for new investigators and trainees are scheduled with the best abstracts selected for these by the program committee. Prizes are awarded for the best oral presentation and best poster presentations by trainees or new investigators. Trainees and new investigators will be selected based on competitive review of submitted first author abstracts for award of travel funds. The US-based senior investigator will be selected by the meeting organizer and PI of this proposal. There is always a high proportion (up to 60%) of women attendees, speakers and session chairs at IFPA meetings ensuring adequate representation. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The highly successful annual International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA) meeting serves to bring together clinicians and scientists, established senior and junior beginning investigators from around the world, to report and discuss their findings in an atmosphere conducive to frank yet amicable exchange. This application seeks funding to cover travel costs to allow the attendance of from 10-15 trainees and new investigators from the USA at the annual IFPA meetings together with funding to support the travel costs of a senior US-based investigator to these meetings where he/she will present an invited plenary lecture and take part in workshop sessions.