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)请求资助，为学员提供奖学金，让他们参加2012至2014年的年会。2012年的会议将与在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特举行的美国医学遗传学学院会议协调举行。2013年的会议将与在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的关于代谢先天错误的国际大会同时举行，而2014年的会议将在待定地点举行。先天性代谢异常(IEM)是导致智力低下、脑瘫、神经肌肉疾病、心脏疾病、肝肾功能障碍、关节炎、糖尿病、生长障碍和失明的重要原因。作为 这些疾病的广泛临床和分子光谱正在被阐明，部分原因是串联质谱学的发展和新生儿筛查计划的快速扩展，现在已知受影响的个人数量比最初认识的要多得多。此外，治疗某些疾病的方法是可用的，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的疾病并开发有效的治疗方法，仍有许多工作要做。对于美国要在这一重要的研究领域保持领先地位，吸引年轻的调查人员进入 菲尔德。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，并与其他知名研究人员发展科学联系。SIMD会议每年举行一次，参与人数，特别是年轻调查人员，每年都在稳步增加。NIH旅行奖的可获得性一直是这一增长的主要原因。寻求资助的学员被要求提交一份描述原创研究的摘要，并在会议上提交。我们预计将提交40份受训人员/青年调查员在每次会议上提交的摘要，其中国际会议(2013年)的摘要数量是这一数字的两倍。旅游奖励的申请将是 在每次会议前3个月进行竞争性审查，目标是为全国会议颁发最多25个年度奖，每个奖1 000美元，为国际会议颁发最多20个奖，每个奖1 250美元。将从私人来源募集更多资金。将积极招聘妇女和少数族裔申请者。 公共卫生相关性：遗传性代谢紊乱学会(SIMD)会议将帮助培训新的医生，以照顾身体生化紊乱的患者。该国很少有这样的专家，为新受训人员会见和介绍他们的研究提供旅费，鼓励他们留在外地。

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 2012 to 2014. The 2012 meeting will be held in coordination with the American College of Medical Genetics Meeting in Charlotte, NC. The 2013 meeting will be held in conjunction with the International Congress on Inborn Errors of Metabolism in Barcelona, Spain, while the 2014 meeting will be held in a location to be determined. 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, but 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 pre-eminent 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. We anticipate submission of 40 abstracts for presentation at each meeting from trainees/young investigators with twice that number for the international meeting (2013). Applications for travel awards will be competitively reviewed 3 months prior to each meeting, with the goal of making up to 25 annual awards of $ 1,000 each for the national meeting and up to 20 awards of $ 1,250 for the International meeting. Additional funds will be solicited from private sources. Women and minority applicants will be actively recruited. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: 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.