32nd Annual National Neurotrauma Symposium

描述（由申请人提供）：神经创伤是一个主要的公共卫生问题，目前没有有效的治疗方法。对于世界上45岁以下的人来说，神经创伤是造成死亡和残疾的最大原因，由此造成的残疾的社会成本每年超过500亿美元。全国神经创伤研讨会已举办32届，多年来一直是在创伤性脑损伤（TBI）和脊髓损伤（SCI）领域交流研究信息的主要论坛。会议的重点是整合神经创伤的基础、转化和临床科学信息。2014年会议由美国国家神经创伤学会（NNS）和AANS/CNS神经创伤和重症监护联合分会（AANS/CNS JSNCC）共同主办，将于6月29日至7月3日在加州旧金山市中心的万豪马奎斯酒店举行。本申请要求支持20名博士前和博士后学员参加会议，并部分支持57名演讲者的旅行。一个令人兴奋的整理状态的最先进的临床，转化和基础科学会议对神经系统损伤的后果，和治疗策略的损伤后修复计划。会议的亮点包括慢性创伤性脑病和运动脑震荡，儿童TBI，脊髓损伤的细胞移植（临床试验和最近令人兴奋的实验室结果显示增强恢复），神经创伤后突触发生，脊髓损伤和TBI的实验室和临床康复策略，关于模型选择的圆桌讨论，神经创伤后疼痛，以及未来基础和临床研究的新方法。将有指导和网络会议由妇女在神经创伤研究（WiNTR）为学生和年轻的研究人员组织，和一个特别的研讨会日专门为神经创伤联合卫生专业人员。会议的第一天将举行鲍勃·伍德拉夫（Bob Woodruff）的公开演讲，并计划播放“撞车纪录片”（the Crash Reel），这是一部关于奥运会滑雪板选手凯文·皮尔斯（Kevin Pearce）头部受伤的纪录片，为患者和家属提供重要的视角。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neurotrauma is a major public health problem for which there are currently no effective therapies. Neurotrauma is the largest cause of death and disability, for persons under age 45 in the world, and the societal costs of the resulting disabilities exceeds $50 billion per year. The National Neurotrauma Symposium, now in its 32nd year, has been the primary forum for exchanging information on research in the fields of both traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) for many years. The meeting focuses on integrating basic, translational, and clinical scientific information on neurotrauma. The 2014 meeting, co-hosted by the National Neurotrauma Society (NNS), and the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical Care (AANS/CNS JSNCC), will be held in downtown San Francisco, CA at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on June 29-July 3. This application requests support for 20 pre-and post-doctoral trainees to attend the meeting and partial support for travel for the 57 speakers. An exciting collation of state of the art clinical, translational and basic science sessions on the consequences of damage to the nervous system, and treatment strategies for repair after injury is planned. Highlights of the meeting include sessions on chroni traumatic encephalopathy and sports concussions, pediatric TBI, cell transplantation for SCI (both clinical trials and recent exciting lab results showing enhanced recovery), synaptogenesis after neurotrauma, rehabilitation strategies in both the lab and clinic for SCI and TBI, a roundtable discussion of model selection, pain after neurotrauma, and novel approaches for future basic and clinical research. There will be mentoring and networking sessions organized by the Women in Neurotrauma Research (WiNTR) for students and young investigators, and a special symposium day devoted to Neurotrauma Allied Health Professionals. A public lecture with Bob Woodruff will be held on the first day of the meeting, and an airing of "The Crash Reel", a documentary about Kevin Pearce an Olympic snow-boarding contender who suffered a head injury, is planned to provide important patient and family perspectives.