Society for Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiologic Research 25th Anniversary Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：儿科和围产期流行病学研究学会（SPER）的目标是促进生殖、围产期和儿科研究。这项研究包括研究影响产妇健康以及儿童从受孕到青春期的健康和发育的任何因素。为了促进这项研究，组织者的任务是举行一次学会年会，其中包括一次执行委员会会议和一个向会员和非会员开放的科学方案。此应用程序被要求支持25周年SPER会议，题为“25年的SPER：通过生命历程的研究一生。它将于2012年6月在明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市举行，就在流行病学研究学会（SER）年会之前。年度SPER会议提供了一个独特的机会，可以介绍和了解生殖、围产期和儿科健康方面的当前研究，并与来自各个学科的对该研究领域有共同兴趣的其他研究人员进行互动。没有其他会议与这个特别的重点汇集了来自如此广泛的学科和研究兴趣的研究人员。25周年纪念会议是对通常年度会议的创新扩展，更详细地探讨具体主题，将更多时间集中在确定知识差距上，促进对未来方向的更多讨论，并试图扩大会议出席人数。特别是，组织者热衷于在议程中强调环境健康主题，因为它在生命历程的每个阶段都发挥着关键作用。该计划的2.5天，而不是通常的1.5天，将包括一个重要的临床问题的辩论和一系列的八个全体会议，每个将包括一个邀请的主旨发言人和3-4个演讲从选定的研究人员根据他们提交的摘要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER) shall be to foster reproductive, perinatal and pediatric research. This research includes the study of any factors that influence maternal health and the health and development of children, from their conception through their adolescence. In order to foster this research it is the organizers' mandate to hold an annual meeting of the Society to include both a meeting of the Executive Committee and a scientific program open to members and non-members. This application is being requested to support the 25th Anniversary SPER meeting, entitled "25 Years of SPER: A Lifetime of Research through the Life Course." It will be held in June 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, immediately preceding the annual meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). The annual SPER meeting provides a unique opportunity to present and learn about current research in reproductive, perinatal and pediatric health, and to interact with other investigators from a variety of disciplines that have a shared interest in this area of research. No other meeting with this particular focus brings together researchers from such a broad swath of disciplines and research interests. The 25th anniversary meeting represents an innovative expansion of the usual annual meeting, by delving into specific topics in greater detail, by focusing more time on identifying knowledge gaps, by fostering more discussion of future direction, and by attempting to broaden the meeting attendance. In particular, the organizers are enthusiastic about emphasizing environmental health topics in the agenda, given its critical role in each stage of the life course. The program s 2.5 days rather than the usual 1.5 days and will include a debate on an important clinical issue and a series of eight plenary sessions that will each include an invited keynote speaker and 3-4 presentations from selected investigators based on their submitted abstracts.