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

项目摘要/摘要 该提案要求国家老龄研究所为2012-2014年度提供财政支持 由美国老年学学会生物科学部组织的科学会议 (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进步。该协会约有5,200名会员 由四(4)个主要部门组成；生物科学、健康科学、行为科学和社会科学 和社会研究、政策和实践部分，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 GSA成员介绍老龄化基础科学研究的最新进展，并确保有 跨学科的翻译研究机制。 尽管每年都有许多专门的会议聚焦于衰老和衰老- 相关疾病，GSA年度科学会议是唯一定期安排的会议，它带来了 来自多个学科的老年学家齐聚一堂，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在GSA中根深蒂固。1954年，奥利·兰德尔·S博士 在对GSA的总统演讲中，讨论了不同学科的人越来越有必要 为了互惠互利，相互丰富。对翻译研究的关注也是一个 美国国立卫生研究院的关键目标。GSA生物科学科致力于提供最高质量的课程 它的与会者参加了GSA年会，并实现了将生物科学家与 致力于老龄研究和教育的临床医生、心理学家和社会学家。的指导原则 达到这一目标的目的是，当基础科学出现时，将出现最高质量和最相关的科学 研究人员从老年病学家、心理学家和社会学家那里了解老龄化的主要问题。 反过来，他们了解新出现的衰老的基本科学机制和干预的有效性 基于严格的科学研究，旨在改善衰老和与年龄相关的疾病。GSA 年度科学会议的独特之处在于它能够促进这种动态的、跨学科的方法。 重要的是，我们认识到我们的首要责任是教育研究人员最重要的 可能导致将这些进步纳入其自身的新兴科学概念 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.