Young Investigator Travel Support for 2013 APS Annual Scientific Meeting

描述(由申请者提供)：我们正在申请旅行津贴，以鼓励年轻研究人员参加美国疼痛协会(APS)的年度会议。这些年轻的研究人员开始了他们在疼痛基础和临床研究方面的职业生涯。APS是一个多学科社区，汇集了不同的科学家、临床医生和其他专业人员，以增加对疼痛的了解，并改变公共政策和临床实践，以减少与疼痛有关的痛苦。一年一度的 APS会议为传播基于证据的疼痛研究和治疗的前沿进展提供了一个独特的论坛，在一个优化科学家和临床医生之间互动的环境中。年会整合了基础、实验和临床疼痛研究，并鼓励参与者之间的交叉受精。诊断和管理临床疼痛的临床医生和阐明疼痛机制的临床前科学家之间的这种双向翻译交流是改进疼痛治疗和疼痛管理进展的基石。我们寻求资金的唯一目的是为提交摘要的年轻调查人员提供旅费奖励，该摘要已被我们的同行审查程序接受，因此正在从事研究。这些年轻的研究人员可能来自任何研究培训背景(基础或临床科学、心理学、医学或生物统计学)，可能是任何级别的培训人员，包括学生、住院医生、博士后学员、博士后研究员或最近3年内完成博士后培训的人。所有申请者必须是APS会员。总体而言，APS青年研究人员旅行奖计划旨在促进下一代疼痛研究人员的指导和培养。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We are requesting support for travel stipends to encourage the participation of young investigators at the annual meeting of the American Pain Society (APS). These young investigators are beginning their careers in basic and clinical research in pain. The APS is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase knowledge about pain and to transform public policy and clinical practice in order to reduce pain-related suffering. The annual APS meeting provides a unique forum for disseminating cutting edge advances in evidence-based pain research and treatment in a setting that optimizes the interactions between scientists and clinicians. The annual meeting integrates basic, experimental and clinical pain research, and encourages cross-fertilization among the participants. This bidirectional translational interchange between clinicians who diagnose and manage clinical pain and pre-clinical scientists who are elucidating pain mechanisms is the cornerstone of improved pain therapy and advances in pain management. We seek funds solely for the purpose of providing travel awards for young investigators who have submitted an abstract which has been accepted by our peer review process and therefore are engaged in research. These young investigators may be from any research training background (basic or clinical science, psychology, medicine, or biostatistics) and may be at any level in training, including students, residents, pre-doctoral trainees, postdoctoral fellows, or those who have completed their postdoctoral training within the last 3 years. All applicants must be APS members. Collectively, the APS Young Investigator Travel Awards program is designed to facilitate the mentoring and nurturing of the next generation of pain researchers.