2014 ASN Advance in Research Conference

描述(由申请者提供)：美国肾脏学会(ASN)的年度会议是世界上最大的肾脏临床和基础科学家会议。在肾脏周的头两天，ASN赞助了一系列密集的研讨会，包括为期两天的研究进展研讨会，面向临床医生研究人员、研究生、博士后研究员、职业生涯早期和中期的院士、执业医生和专职医疗保健专业人员。本次研讨会的主题领域由ASN研究生教育委员会(PGE)彻底审查，并反映了重要的临床和公共领域的临床和翻译研究的重要和时间敏感的领域 肾脏疾病及其相关合并症和并发症的管理对健康的影响。2014年ASN研究进展大会将于2014年11月11日至12日在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行，题为“构建肾脏：从干细胞到功能”。会议将探讨与肾脏相关的组织再生的概念、创新和最佳实践。这项资助申请的目的是为博士后研究员和研究生旅行奖励申请资金，以便处于职业生涯早期阶段的ASN成员可以在2014年在宾夕法尼亚州费城举行的ASN年会之前参加这次会议。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) is the largest gathering in the world of clinical and basic scientists working on the kidney. During the first two days of Kidney Week, the ASN sponsors a series of intensive symposia including a 2-day Advances in Research symposium for clinician investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, early- to mid-career academicians, practicing physicians and allied health care professionals. The subject area of this symposium is reviewed thoroughly by the ASN's Post- Graduate Education (PGE) Committee and reflects important and time-sensitive areas of clinical and translational investigation with important clinical and public health implications for the management of kidney diseases and their related comorbidities and complications. The 2014 ASN Advances in Research Conference entitled, "Building a Kidney: From Stem Cells to Function," scheduled for November 11-12, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. The conference will explore concepts, innovations and best practices in tissue regeneration as it relates to the kidney. The purpose of this grant application is to request funds for postdoctoral fellow and graduate student travel awards so that ASN members at early stages of their careers can attend this conference prior to the 2014 ASN annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA.