American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：美国男科学会（阿萨）是一个致力于男性健康科学的全球性多学科专业学会。它成立于1975年，拥有600多名来自各行各业，研究兴趣和组织的成员。我们的会员包括男性生殖生物学、遗传学、内分泌学、泌尿学、妇产科、生物化学、兽医学、分子和细胞生物学以及生殖技术。大约10%的成员是实习生，即，学生、住院医生和研究员。我们的总体目标是通过一次智力刺激和专业奖励的会议来推进基础，转化和临床男科学的研究。我们的年会反映了我们会员的实力。由于其规模可控和兴趣多样性，会议是一个丰富的思想，讨论，合作以及培训和就业机会的市场。科学创新来自于以新的方式将概念和方法结合在一起。我们的会议提供了这些互动。一个充满活力和多样化的生物医学劳动力来自于让学生和学员接触到从事尖端研究的调查人员。我们的会议提供了这些介绍。作为科学家，我们不仅生产数据，而且生产我们的下一代。我们的具体目标略有更新，其他方面与上一个供资期相同。目标1：提供一个优秀的科学计划，涵盖最新的研究概念和进展，在男科的多学科领域，与临床，翻译和基础科学会谈的适当平衡。目标二：吸引来自男科领域所有学科和环境的多元化与会者，包括大量的受训人员，包括妇女，少数民族和残疾人。目标3：为与会者提供一个展示研究成果的论坛，并提供充足的时间讨论男科领域的问题。我们预计，由于正在进行的年度会议，与会者将学习新的发现，应用在自己的研究和/或实践。参与者将 深入了解各自领域的最新情况。他们还将能够了解自己领域以外的进步和争议。男科学和相关领域将受益于新思想的产生和新的专业联系的形成。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The American Society of Andrology (ASA) is a global, multidisciplinary professional society dedicated to the science of men's health. Founded in 1975, it has over 600 members from a wide range of professions, research interests, and organizations. Our membership encompasses male reproductive biology, genetics, endocrinology, urology, gynecology/obstetrics, biochemistry, veterinary science, molecular & cell biology, and reproductive technologies. Roughly 10% of the members are trainees, i.e., students, residents and fellows. Our overall goal is to advance research in basic, translational and clinical Andrology through a meeting that is intellectually stimulating and professionally rewarding. Our annual meeting reflects the strength of our membership. With its manageable size and diversity of interests, the meeting is a rich marketplace of ideas, discussions, collaborations, and opportunities for training and employment. Innovation in science comes from bringing concepts and approaches together in new ways. Our meeting provides these interactions. A vibrant and diverse biomedical workforce comes from exposing students and trainees to investigators doing cutting-edge research. Our meeting provides these introductions. As scientists, we produce not only data, but also our next generation. Our Specific Aims are slightly updated, otherwise unchanged from the previous funding period. Aim 1: To provide an outstanding scientific program that covers the latest research concepts and progress in the multidisciplinary field of Andrology, with an appropriate balance of clinical, translational, and basic scientific talks. Aim 2: To attract a diverse group of meeting participants from all disciplines and settings within the field of Andrology, including significant numbers of trainees, with inclusion of women, minorities, and people with disabilities. Aim 3: To provide a forum for presentation of research findings by meeting attendees, and ample time for discussion of issues in the field of Andrology. We anticipate that as a result of the ongoing Annual Meeting, attendees will learn new findings to apply in their own research and/or practice. Participants will hear in depth updates in their own specific areas. They will also be able to learn about advances and controversies in fields outside their own. Andrology and related fields will benefit from the generation of new ideas and from the formation of new professional contacts.