The Gatlinburg Conference on Research in ID/DD

项目摘要/摘要 盖特林堡智力和发育障碍研究和理论会议是一个年度科学会议，一个跨学科的研究小组在会上介绍和讨论关于智力和发育障碍(IDD)的尖端生物行为理论和研究。会议的重点是特定疾病的原因、后果、治疗和干预，以及更广泛的IDD潜在过程。每年的会议都有一个科学主题，通过主旨演讲来探讨，但该主题并不限制研讨会或海报会议，这些会议涵盖了从基础科学到翻译科学和应用科学的广泛主题。具体目标是： 1.促进将相关领域的观点、方法和理论注入IDD研究，促进与IDD相关的科学信息、理论观点和方法创新的交流。 2.促进对缺乏症的合作研究，召集一个跨学科的研究小组，从行为和社会科学家到专门研究遗传学、大脑结构和功能以及分子生物学的人。 3.为进入IDD研究领域的研究生、博士后研究员和其他早期职业科学家提供独特的培训和职业发展资源，为他们提供接触尖端科学报告、建立网络的机会以及接触NIH计划和审查领导力的机会，特别是与NICHD IDD分会相关的计划和审查领导能力。

Project Summary/Abstract The Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is an annual scientific meeting at which an interdisciplinary group of investigators present and discuss cutting-edge biobehavioral theory and research on intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The conference focuses on the causes, consequences, and treatments and interventions for specific disorders as well as processes underlying IDD more generally. Each year's conference has a scientific theme which is explored through keynote presentations, but the theme does not constrain the symposia or poster sessions, which span a broad range of topics, from basic to translational and applied science. The specific aims are: 1. to foster the infusion of perspectives, methods, and theories from related fields into IDD research and to promote the exchange of scientific information, theoretical perspectives, and methodological innovations relevant to IDD. 2. to promote collaborative research on IDD, bringing together an interdisciplinary group of investigators ranging from behavioral and social scientists to those specializing in genetics, brain structure and function, and molecular biology. 3. to serve as a unique training and career development resource for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career scientists entering the field of IDD research by providing them with access to cutting- edge scientific presentations, opportunities for networking, and exposure to NIH program and review leadership, particularly those associated with the IDD Branch of NICHD.