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

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一项持续支持五年为期三天的独立国家西班牙裔科学网络（NHSN）会议的提案。NHSN致力于通过增加跨学科转化研究的数量，质量和传播来改善西班牙裔的健康公平性;并促进未来西班牙裔科学家和领导者的发展，进步和推广。NHSN会议将涉及全球研究界成员的参与，重点关注酒精和药物滥用的不同方面，包括流行病学，毒理学，环境健康，干预科学，心理学，社会学，卫生政策和神经生物学，因为它涉及西班牙裔人口。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领域的科学会议，否则他们将没有机会参与这种跨专业和跨学科的科学讨论。由于许多社会文化因素和共同病态条件相关的西班牙裔社区共享与其他代表性不足的少数民族（URM）人口，我们计划扩大会议的范围（隔年），包括非洲裔美国人，亚裔美国人，美国原住民的参与。拟议的年度会议将继续作为跨学科和跨专业科学讨论的独特场所，讨论如何最大限度地减少酗酒和药物滥用及其并发症对西班牙裔和其他URM健康差距的影响。此外，他们将促进西班牙裔科学家的招聘，保留，发展和进步，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机会， 聚集在一起，参加多学科科学会议，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.