Health Equity & Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding & Problem-solving (HEADS-UP) Symposium

摘要 在几个主要的社会人口统计学指标中， 包括种族-少数民族、妇女、社会经济手段较低的人、农村 居民和居住在低收入国家的人。这些差异的影响转化为 给美国带来巨大的经济损失。增加紧迫感的是， 这些群体中的一些人未来中风患病率的扩大。作为一个社会，我们需要 更好地了解这些差异的原因，并测试减少差异的解决方案， 迄今为止，很少有研究表明卒中结局差异显著降低。 此外，促进下一代中风差异的成功发展， 研究人员对于解决这一日益严峻的挑战至关重要。健康公平与可操作 中风的差异：理解和解决问题（HEADS-UP）研讨会，是一个 多学科论坛集中讨论了脑血管疾病的主要差异， 减少卒中差异和加速研究转化的总体目标 调查结果，以改善弱势社会经济群体的成果。2021年至2024年 将于每年2月举行，由杰出的 研究人员、职业发展活动和海报会议。HEADS-UP 2021将专注于 社区意识和利益相关者参与。HEADS-UP是一项合作倡议 与美国中风协会（阿萨），并将发生前一天开始的阿萨的 两年半的国际中风会议，首屈一指的全球中风科学会议， 来自世界各地的超过5000名中风科学家聚集在一起展示他们的研究和网络。 阿萨的参与为这项重要工作带来了广泛的相关科学学科， 来自该领域领导人的志愿者参与、财政支持、有价值的实物资源， 在实施高影响力项目方面的经验。基础科学家，翻译 将邀请研究人员和临床医生、经验丰富的调查人员和早期职业科学家， 一个主要的重点是鼓励早期职业调查人员积极参与。 HEADS-UP的具体目标是：主办一个论坛，查明知识差距， 来自不同学科的研究人员有机会讨论关于 脑卒中的主要差异; 2）通过建立网络机会加速合作， 3）向20名多学科博士后学者颁发旅行奖学金 来自不同专业背景的国家人才库，致力于中风差异 4）通过科学和技术传播HEADS-UP产生的知识， 5）通过评估参加人数来评估HEADS-UP的有效性， 年轻的获奖者的成就。

ABSTRACT There is a striking disparity in the burden of stroke for several major sociodemographic groups including race-ethnic minorities, women, people of lower socioeconomic means, rural dwellers, and those residing in low income countries. The impact of these disparities translates to huge economic costs for the US. Adding to the sense of urgency is a substantial projected future widening of stroke prevalence for several of these groups. As a society, we need to have a better understanding of the causes for these disparities, and test solutions to reduce them, but too few studies to date have demonstrated substantial reductions in stroke outcome disparities. Moreover, fostering the successful development of the next generation of stroke disparities researchers is crucial to resolving this growing challenge. The Health Equity & Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding & Problem-solving (HEADS-UP) symposium, is a multidisciplinary forum focused on major disparities in cerebrovascular disease, with the overarching goal of reducing disparities in stroke and accelerating translation of research findings to improve outcomes for disadvantaged socioeconomic groups. HEADS-UP 2021-2024 will be held in February of each successive year, featuring plenary talks by distinguished researchers, career development activities, and poster sessions. HEADS-UP 2021 will focus on Community Awareness and Stakeholder Engagement. HEADS-UP is a collaborative initiative with the American Stroke Association (ASA) and will occur a day before the start of the ASA’s two and half International Stroke Conference, the premier global stroke science meeting, where > 5000 stroke scientists from all over the world gather to present their research & network. Involvement of ASA brings to this important effort, wide access to relevant scientific disciplines, volunteer engagement from leaders in the field, financial support, worthwhile in-kind resources, and proven experience in implementing high impact programs. Basic scientists, translational researchers and clinicians, seasoned investigators and early career scientists will be invited, but a major emphasis is to encourage active involvement of an early career cohort of investigators. HEADS-UP Specific Aims are: To host a forum which will identify knowledge gaps and provide opportunities for researchers from diverse disciplines to discuss cutting-edge research about key disparities in stroke; 2) To accelerate collaborations via networking opportunities among stakeholders; 3) To award travel scholarships to 20 multidisciplinary Post-Doctoral Scholars from a national pool from diverse professional backgrounds committed to stroke disparities research careers; 4) To disseminate knowledge generated from HEADS-UP via scientific & public venues; 5) To evaluate effectiveness of HEADS-UP by assessing number of attendees, and Young Awardee Achievements.