National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN) Annual Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：这是一个继续支持每年五次、为期三天的全国拉美裔科学网络(NHSN)会议的提案。NHSN致力于通过增加跨学科翻译研究的数量、质量和传播，以及促进未来拉美裔科学家和领导人的发展、进步和促进，来改善拉美裔美国人的健康公平。NHSN会议将有专注于酒精和药物滥用的不同方面的全球研究社区的成员参加，包括流行病学、毒理学、环境健康、干预学、心理学、社会学、卫生政策和神经生物学，因为它与拉美裔人口有关。NHSN会议的独特之处在于，它将聚集专家，他们参加特定于他们感兴趣的领域的科学会议，否则他们就没有机会参与这种跨专业和跨学科的科学讨论。由于与拉美裔社区相关的许多社会文化因素和共病状况与其他代表不足的少数族裔(URM)群体有共同之处，我们计划扩大会议的范围(每隔一年)，包括非洲裔美国人、亚裔美国人和美洲原住民工作组的参与。拟议的年度会议将继续作为跨学科和专业间科学讨论的独特场所，讨论如何最大限度地减少酒精和药物滥用及其共同病症对拉美裔和其他URM的健康差距的影响的战略。此外，他们还将促进西班牙裔科学家的招聘、保留、发展和提升，以促进与酒精和药物滥用研究相关领域的未来领导者。本次会议将为来自不同性别、种族、学科和地理位置的学员提供一个机会 聚集在一起，参加一个多学科的科学会议，建立同行支持小组，并发展专业关系，为该领域的创新发展提供场所。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal for continued support of five yearly three-day stand-alone National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) conferences. The NHSN is dedicated to improving health equity of Hispanics by increasing the amount, quality, and dissemination of interdisciplinary translational research; and fostering the development, advancement, and promotion of future Hispanic scientists and leaders. The NHSN conference will involve participation of members of the global research community focused on different aspects of alcohol and drug abuse including epidemiology, toxicology, environmental health, intervention science, psychology, sociology, health policy, and neurobiology as it pertains to Hispanic populations. The NHSN conference is unique in that it will congregate experts, who attend scientific conferences specific to their area of interest, and who otherwise would not have an opportunity to engage in this inter-professional and transdisciplinary scientific discourse. Because many of the socio cultural factors and co-morbid conditions relevant to Hispanic communities are shared with other underrepresented minority (URM) populations, we plan to expand the scope of the conference (on alternate years) to include African-American, Asian-American, Native-American workgroup participation. The proposed yearly conferences will continue to serve as the unique venue for transdisciplinary and inter-professional scientific discussions on strategies towards minimizing the impact of alcohol and drug abuse and their co-morbid conditions on health disparities in Hispanics and other URM. In addition, they will foster the recruitment, retention, development and advancement of Hispanic scientists to promote future leaders in areas related to alcohol and drug abuse research. This conference will provide an opportunity for trainees from diverse gender, ethnicity, discipline, and geographic locations to come together and participate in a multidisciplinary scientific meeting, establish peer-support groups, and develop professional relationships that will provide venues for innovative developments in the field.