Teratology Society 2019 Annual Meeting - Trainee Travel Awards and Speaker Travel

畸形学协会将在圣地亚哥喜来登酒店及码头举行第59届年会 圣地亚哥，加利福尼亚州-2019年6月22日至26日。该科学计划涵盖了广泛的尖端研究， 出生缺陷和发育性疾病。2019年会议的主题包括健康差距， 产妇发病率和死亡率增加以及减少分娩并发症的成功战略，a 胆碱补充剂预防或治疗神经系统疾病的综述， 致畸剂，整个生命周期内出生缺陷的治疗和管理，以及 产前环境暴露对免疫系统发育的影响。其他会议将重点讨论 斑马鱼在确定致畸机制、海洋传播对孕妇及其婴儿的风险方面的作用 从气溶胶和海洋毒素到飓风影响，以及将孕妇纳入临床试验。 主题演讲将提供环境对儿童健康结果影响的早期见解 （ECHO）计划。会议与会者历史上来自不同的专业背景，包括基本的 以及来自学术界、工业界和政府研究部门的临床科学家。畸形学学会 年会提供了一个独特的论坛，基础，临床和流行病学研究人员聚集在一起， 分享在对出生缺陷的原因和机制达成共识方面取得的进展， 发展障碍，并将这些发现转化为临床实践。2019年会议的新内容是 专注于创新与平台会议专门为入围社会的新的创新奖。 该协会致力于鼓励，参与和指导学生和新的/早期阶段的调查人员（学员）， 认识到其学员代表了社会和重要科学工作的未来 这是履行其了解和预防出生缺陷的使命所必需的。这项工作延伸到招聘和 指导来自代表性不足和服务不足人群的学生。2019年会议招聘将 包括对圣地亚哥大量西班牙裔人口进行广泛宣传。年度会议的具体活动 鼓励学员参与，包括早餐活动，学员与会员1：1配对， 深入讨论研究和职业道路;职业之夜，向来自不同国家的成员介绍学员 学科;和一个午餐工作坊，突出专业发展的主题。鼓励学员 介绍他们的研究;八到十名学员被邀请参加著名的威尔逊演讲 在一个特别的平台会议上颁奖，所有学员的海报展示都被评为最佳海报 颁奖典礼。还鼓励学员担任协会委员会的临时成员， 从而加深他们在社会中的参与。在这份申请中，我们要求资金支持 学员参加2019-2023年年会的差旅奖励，并部分支持差旅费用 他们将帮助我们教育和激励这些学员。

The Teratology Society will hold its 59th Annual Meeting at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina, San Diego, California—June 22–26, 2019. The scientific program covers a wide-range of cutting-edge research in birth defects and disorders of developmental origin. The 2019 session topics include health disparities that increase maternal morbidity and mortality and successful strategies to reduce complications of childbirth, a review of choline supplementation to prevent or treat neurological disorders, advances in identifying teratogenic agents, the treatment and management of birth defects across the lifespan, and the effects of prenatal environmental exposures on the developing immune system. Other sessions will focus on the value of zebrafish in identifying mechanisms of teratogenesis, ocean-borne risks to pregnant women and their babies from aerosols and marine toxins to hurricane impacts, and the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical trials. The keynote address will provide early insights in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. Meeting attendees historically come from diverse professional backgrounds including basic and clinical scientists from the academic, industrial, and government research sectors. The Teratology Society Annual Meeting provides a unique forum where basic, clinical, and epidemiologic researchers come together to share progress toward a common understanding of the causes and mechanisms of birth defects and developmental disorders, and to translate these discoveries into clinical practice. New to the 2019 meeting is a focus on innovation with a platform session devoted to finalists for the Society’s new Innovator Award. The Society strives to encourage, engage, and mentor students and new/early stage investigators (trainees), recognizing that its trainees represent the future of both the Society and the important scientific work necessary to fulfill its mission to understand and prevent birth defects. This work extends to recruiting and mentoring students from under-represented and under-served populations. The 2019 meeting recruitment will include extensive outreach to San Diego’s large Hispanic population. Specific events at the Annual Meeting encourage trainee participation, including a breakfast event where trainees are paired 1:1 with members for in depth discussion of research and career paths; a career night to introduce trainees to members from different disciplines; and a luncheon workshop highlighting professional development topics. Trainees are encouraged to present their research; eight to ten trainees are invited to compete for the prestigious Wilson presentation award in a special platform session, and all trainee poster presentations are judged for best poster presentation awards. Trainees are also encouraged to serve as ad hoc members on Society committees, thereby deepening their involvement within the Society. In this application, we are requesting funds to support Travel Awards for trainees to attend the 2019-2023 Annual Meetings, and to partially support travel expenses of key nonmember speakers who will help us educate and inspire these trainees.