2011 American Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：我们正在申请旅行津贴，以鼓励年轻的研究人员参加美国疼痛学会（APS）的年度会议。这些年轻的研究人员在疼痛的基础和临床研究方面开始了他们的职业生涯。APS是一个多学科社区，汇集了不同群体的科学家、临床医生和其他专业人员，以增加对疼痛的了解，改变公共政策和临床实践，以减少与疼痛相关的痛苦。一年一度的APS会议提供了一个独特的论坛，传播基于证据的疼痛研究和治疗的前沿进展，优化科学家和临床医生之间的互动。诊断和管理临床疼痛的临床医生与定义疼痛机制和治疗方法的临床前科学家之间的双向转化交流是改善疼痛治疗的基石。我们寻求资金的唯一目的是为年轻的研究者提供旅行奖励，他们提交的摘要已被我们的同行评审程序接受，因此从事研究。这些年轻的研究人员可以来自任何研究培训背景（基础或临床科学，心理学，医学或生物统计学），可以是任何水平的培训，包括学生，住院医生，博士前实习生，博士后研究员或在过去3年内完成博士后培训的人员。所有申请者必须是APS会员。APS青年研究者旅行奖励计划旨在指导和培养下一代疼痛研究人员。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting support for travel stipends to encourage the participation of young investigators at the annual meeting of the American Pain Society (APS). These young investigators are beginning their careers in basic and clinical research in pain. The APS is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering. The annual APS meeting provides a unique forum for disseminating cutting edge advances in evidence-based pain research and treatment in a setting that optimizes the interactions between scientists and clinicians. This bidirectional translational interchange between clinicians who diagnose and manage clinical pain and pre-clinical scientists who are defining the mechanisms of and treatments for pain is the cornerstone of improved pain therapy. We seek funds solely for the purpose of providing travel awards for young investigators who have submitted an abstract which has been accepted by our peer review process and therefore are engaged in research. These young investigators may be from any research training background (basic or clinical science, psychology, medicine, or biostatistics) and may be at any level in training, including students, residents, predoctoral trainees, postdoctoral fellows, or those who have completed their postdoctoral training within the last 3 years. All applicants must be APS members. The APS Young Investigator Travel Awards program is designed to mentor and nurture the next generation of pain researchers. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Pain, both acute and chronic, affects the lives of more that 50 Million Americans and is a major Public Health problem. The annual APS meeting provides a unique forum for disseminating cutting edge advances in evidence based pain research and treatment in a setting that optimizes the interactions between scientists and clinicians. In part through the Young Investigators Travel Award, APS contributes to the training and creative development of the next generation of scientists who will drive pain research and treatment forward. The meeting gives trainees an opportunity to participate in the excitement of cutting-edge research and to interact with senior scientists and clinicians. Ultimately, these interactions will improve the management of pain. Disclaimer: Please note that the following critiques were prepared by the reviewers prior to the Study Section meeting and are provided in an essentially unedited form. While there is opportunity for the reviewers to update or revise their written evaluation, based upon the group's discussion, there is no guarantee that individual critiques have been updated subsequent to the discussion at the meeting. Therefore, the critiques may not fully reflect the final opinions of the individual reviewers at the close of group discussion or the final majority opinion of the group. Thus the Resume and Summary of Discussion is the final word on what the reviewers actually considered critical at the meeting.