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

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案寻求对美国老年学会生物科学分会的补充支持，以扩大其2011年年会计划的范围。在2010年和即将举行的2011年年会上，家长赠款为一系列强有力的、以专题为重点的生物科学跨学科会议提供了支持。补充资料的目的不仅是为了增加初级调查人员的数量，而且是为了真正让他们参与进来，使他们能够影响他们在老龄化研究方面的职业生涯，并保持他们对生物老年学领域的兴趣和参与。GSA会议的设置为老龄生物学社区提供了一个独特的机会，使其能够进入更广泛的生物医学世界。正是这一翻译部分是拓宽初级研究人员在衰老生物学领域的视角的关键。 与公共卫生相关：在过去的十年里，衰老的基础生物学在理解正常衰老的遗传学和某些方面方面取得了巨大的进步。衰老是人类一系列重要慢性疾病的主要风险因素，生物学的发现将带来治疗或预防性干预的希望很大。目前有一系列的会议集中在衰老的生物学上，但它们往往与老年病医生、临床老年学家和致力于老龄化的社会科学家隔离开来，从而减缓了基础生物学发现的转化。作为NIA资助的赠款的一部分，我们正在美国老年学会(GSA)的年度科学会议上举办一系列关于衰老生物学的基于主题的跨学科会议。这笔赠款的目的是为衰老生物学领域提供一个讲台，在这个讲台上倡导在基础和翻译性衰老科学上进行重大投资，并鼓励超越现状的思考。我们要求对NIA拨款进行补充，以资助初级研究人员，这将有助于吸引和留住这一重要研究领域的下一代科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks supplemental support for the Biological Sciences section of The Gerontological Society of America to expand the scope of its 2011 annual meeting program. The parent grant provided support for a robust, topic-focused interdisciplinary series of Biological Sciences sessions at both the 2010, as well as the upcoming 2011 annual meetings. The supplemental is intended to not only increase the number of junior level investigators, but to truly engage them in a way that will impact their careers in aging research and retain their interest and involvement in the field of biogerontology. The setting of the GSA meeting provides a unique opportunity for the biology of aging community to "break out" into the wider biomedical world. It is this translational component that is key to broadening the perspectives of junior investigators on the field of aging biology. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The basic biology of aging has made enormous progress over the past decade in understanding the genetics and some aspects of the physiology of normal aging. Aging is the major risk factor for a range of important human chronic diseases and there is great hope that discoveries in biology will lead to therapies or preventive interventions. There is currently a range of meetings focused on the biology of aging, but they tend to be isolated from geriatricians, clinical gerontologists, and social scientists working on aging, thus slowing the translation of discoveries made in basic biology. As part of our NIA funded grant, we are conducting a series of topic-based, interdisciplinary meetings on the biology of aging at the Annual Scientific Meeting of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The grant is aimed at providing the biology of aging field with a podium from which to advocate for significant investment in both basic and translational aging science and to encourage thinking beyond the status quo. Our request for a supplement to our NIA grant to fund junior investigators will help attract and retain the next generation of scientists in this important area of research.