Biology of Aging Sessions at Meetings of The Gerontological Society of America

项目总结/摘要 该提案请求国家老龄化研究所为2012-2014年度提供财政支持 科学会议，由美国老年学会生物科学分会组织 （GSA）。GSA成立于1945年，是历史最悠久，规模最大的国家跨学科科学组织 致力于老年学研究的发展该协会约有5，200名成员 组织在四（4）个主要部分;生物科学，健康科学，行为和社会科学 和社会研究，政策和实践部门，并有一个活跃的学生部分（新兴学者和 专业组织）。拟议的生物科学会议的总体目标是教育 向GSA成员介绍衰老基础科学研究的最新进展，并确保 跨学科的转化研究机制。 虽然每年都有许多专门的会议关注衰老和年龄- GSA年度科学会议是唯一定期举行的会议， 来自多个学科的老年学家聚集在一起，介绍和讨论老龄化研究的最新进展。 这种翻译互动从一开始就根植于GSA。1954年，奥利·兰德尔博士 总统向GSA发表讲话，讨论了不同学科的人越来越有必要 为各自的利益而共同努力。对转化研究的关注也是一个 NIH的主要目标。GSA生物科学部致力于为以下人员提供最高质量的课程： 它的与会者在GSA年会，并履行翻译利基，连接生物科学家与 致力于老龄化研究和教育的临床医生、心理学家和社会学家。的指导方针 达到这一目标的关键是，当基础科学出现时， 研究人员从老年病学家、心理学家和社会学家那里了解到衰老的主要问题， 反过来，他们了解衰老的新兴基础科学机制和干预措施的有效性 基于严格的科学调查，旨在改善衰老和与年龄相关的疾病。全球工作人员协会 年度科学会议在促进这种动态的跨学科方法方面是独一无二的。 重要的是，我们认识到我们的主要责任是教育研究人员在最重要的 新出现的科学概念，可能会导致将这些进步纳入自己的 科学的努力。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal requests financial support from the National Institute on Aging for the 2012-2014 Annual Scientific Meetings organized by the Biological Sciences Section of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The GSA, founded in 1945, is the oldest and largest national interdisciplinary scientific organization devoted to the advancement of gerontological research. The Society has approximately 5,200 members organized within four (4) major sections; Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Sections and has an active student section (Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization). The overall goal of the proposed biological sciences sessions is to educate members of GSA on the latest advances in the basic science research of aging and ensure that there is a mechanism for translational research across disciplines. Although there are many specialty meetings that occur each year that are focused on aging and age- related disease, the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting is the only regularly scheduled conference that brings gerontologists from multiple disciplines together to present and discuss the latest advances in aging research. This ¿translational¿ interaction was engrained in GSA from its inception. In 1954, Dr. Ollie Randall¿s Presidential address to the GSA, discussed the ¿growing necessity for people of different disciplines to be brought together for the mutual benefit of the enrichment of each.¿ The focus on translational research is also a key goal of NIH. The GSA Biological Sciences Section is dedicated to providing the highest quality program for its attendees at the GSA annual meeting and fulfilling the translational niche that links biological scientists with clinicians, psychologists, and sociologists devoted to research and education in aging. The guiding principle for reaching this goal is that the highest quality and most relevant science will emerge when basic science researchers understand the primary issues of aging from geriatricians, psychologists and sociologists¿and they, in turn, understand the emerging basic science mechanisms of aging and the efficacy of interventions designed to ameliorate aging and age-related disease based on rigorous scientific investigation. The GSA Annual Scientific Meeting is unique in its ability to foster such a dynamic, interdisciplinary approach. Importantly, we are cognizant of our primary responsibility to educate researchers on the most important emerging scientific concepts that would potentially result in incorporation of these advances into their own scientific endeavors.