International Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations

描述（由申请人提供）：Charles R.德鲁医学和科学大学提议共同赞助第九届国际肾脏病会议：国际肾脏病学会（ISN）/世界肾脏病大会（WCN）2013年的卫星会议将于6月4日至6日在香港举行，以及随后的2015年（智利）和2017年（TBD）WCN会议。这些会议是与残疾人群肾脏健康委员会（CKHDP）联合主办的会议，CKHDP是ISN全球推广计划的一个小组委员会。CKHDP的使命是改善发展中国家和发达国家中不成比例地遭受慢性肾脏病（CKD）风险因素、CKD及其并发症的弱势群体的健康。我们建议使用赠款资金为参加会议的年轻教师和初级研究人员（在科学中代表性不足）提供支持，并在隔年支持会议规划和会议记录的出版。2013年会议将重点关注发展中国家的CKD，以及西方化国家的少数民族，移民和弱势群体，精心挑选的全球参与者和来自世界各地的摘要介绍，包括美国初级研究人员，重点是支持那些传统上在科学领域代表性不足的人。主要议题将包括慢性肾脏病和终末期肾病的病因学和患病率，以及发展中国家的风险因素和并发症。会议还将重点关注创新的具有成本效益的预防和早期治疗战略。研讨会的总体目标是暴露和促进来自发展中国家的肾病学家，美国初级教师在科学和建立临床医生/科学家之间的互动，以解决困扰全球弱势社区和种族/少数民族群体的新兴问题，与肾脏疾病及其风险因素和并发症有关。组委会将从会议赠款基金中提供多达30个奖学金，以支持选定的获奖者（例如妇女，种族/少数民族，残疾人，其他在科学领域传统上代表性不足的人）参加卫星会议，并免费注册和住宿。要获得NIH会议基金的资格，每个获奖者必须至少提交一份会议摘要，并且是来自美国的初级研究人员，在科学领域代表性不足。本申请的目的是：目标1：为传统上在科学领域代表性不足的初级研究者提供更多的机会，参加一个卫星研讨会，重点是在弱势社区预防和早期治疗CKD。目标二：在弱势社区增加知识转移，促进创新性CKD预防和早期治疗策略的科学发现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science proposes to co-sponsor the 9th International Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations: a satellite meeting of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN)/World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) 2013 to be held June 4-6 in Hong Kong, and the subsequent 2015 (Chile) and 2017 (TBD) WCN meetings. These are jointly sponsored meetings with the Committee for Kidney Health in Disadvantaged Populations (CKHDP), a sub-committee of the ISN Global Outreach Program. The mission of CKHDP is to improve the health of disadvantaged communities in both the developing and developed world that suffer disproportionately from chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk factors, CKD, and its complications. We propose to use grant funds to provide support for young faculty and junior investigators (underrepresented in science) attending the meeting, and on alternate years to support conference planning and the publication of conference proceedings. The 2013 meeting will focus on CKD in developing countries, and on minority, migrant, and disadvantaged groups in westernized countries, with carefully selected global participants and abstract presentations from around the world, including by junior US investigators with an emphasis on supporting those traditionally underrepresented in science. Main topics will include etiology and prevalence of CKD and end stage renal disease, as well as their risk factors and complications in the context of developing nations. The conference also will focus on innovative cost effective prevention and early treatment strategies. The symposium's overarching goal is to expose and facilitate interactions between nephrologists from developing countries, US junior faculty underrepresented in science and established clinician/scientists to the burgeoning problems that beset disadvantaged communities and racial/ethnic minority groups worldwide, as related to kidney disease and its risk factors and complications. The organizing committee will provide up to 30 scholarships from conference grant funds to support selected recipients (e.g. women, racial/ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, other individuals who have been traditionally underrepresented in science) to attend the satellite meeting with complimentary registration and accommodations. To be eligible for NIH conference funds, each recipient must submit at least one abstract for the conference and be a junior investigator from the US, underrepresented in science. The objectives of this application are to: Objective 1: Provide increased access for junior investigators traditionally underrepresented in science to attend a satellite symposium focusing on CKD prevention and early treatment in disadvantaged communities. Objective 2: Increase knowledge transfer and stimulate scientific discovery around innovative CKD prevention and early treatment strategies in disadvantaged communities.