A NEW ANNUAL ALCOHOL RESEARCH FORUM: GUZE SYMPOSIUM

描述（由申请人提供）：部分支持是要求额外的3年（从5年减少）的古泽研讨会（GS），一年一度的全天酗酒研讨会在圣路易斯举行，并在著名的酒精研究人员和从业者塞缪尔B的记忆命名。Guze，医学博士在第一个资助期内，一个由不同科学家组成的小组参加了4个专题讨论会，重点是高中饮酒;神经科学和遗传学;并发症;酗酒和烟草依赖;另一个专题讨论会定于2007年2月15日举行，主题是整个生命周期的酒精使用。在续签申请中，牵头组织将继续是华盛顿大学的中西部酗酒研究中心（MARC）。专题讨论会将保留口头介绍和海报展示的混合形式。受邀的正式演讲将由酒精和相关领域的杰出研究人员以及有前途的初级研究人员提供。两个工作人员海报会议，会议获奖者，MARC和其他调查人员，将促进研究人员，从业者和社区参与者之间的科学对话。会议奖前和博士后研究员，和（新的）正式奖励非研究人员从社区，可支付出席费用。口头和海报会议的幻灯片，以及（2007年新的）会谈录像，将（经许可）张贴在MARC网站上。全球服务规划的新内容是，纳入对听众和其他人的电子邮件调查，以提名专题讨论会的主题，从而提高全球服务与其目标群体的相关性，从而加强其外联。此外，新的计划是增加会后评估，以确定需要改进的领域，并更好地跟踪GS的影响（包括对海报展示者和演讲者以及其他与会者的具体调查）。在本申请中，为将于2008-2010年举行的3次年度专题讨论会提出了主题和建议的发言人。总体目标是通过吸引广大听众参加将介绍酒精研究前沿跨学科专题的论坛，提高酒精研究的知名度;促进正在进行的酒精研究和转化研究，并鼓励其他人从事与酒精有关的研究;通过演讲和其他机会培养初级调查员，并为博士前和博士后学员以及非研究团体的参与者提供会议奖。综上所述，这些目标将保持古泽研讨会作为一个首屈一指的会议酒精研究，提供了一个论坛，旨在为广大观众，在酒精研究和相关领域的最新问题将提出和辩论，一个步骤，缩小研究和实践之间的差距，促进意识和酒精研究结果的适用性，以社区的需要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Partial support is requested for an additional 3 years (reduced from 5 years) for the Guze Symposium (GS), an annual all-day alcoholism symposium held in St. Louis and named in memory of the eminent alcohol researcher and practitioner Samuel B. Guze, M.D. In the first funding period, a diverse panel of scientists have participated in 4 Symposia focused on high school drinking; neuroscience and genetics; comorbidity; and alcoholism and tobacco dependence; with another slated for 02/15/07 on alcohol use across the lifespan. In the renewal application, the lead organization will continue to be the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center (MARC) at Washington University. The Symposium will retain its mix of oral presentations and poster session. Invited formal presentations will be given by distinguished researchers in alcohol and related fields, as well as promising junior investigators. Two staffed poster sessions, for meeting awardees, MARC and other investigators, will promote scientific dialog between researchers, practitioners, and community attendees. Meeting awards for pre and post doctoral fellows, and (new) formal awards for non-researchers from the community, are available to defray costs of attendance. Slides from oral and poster sessions, and (new for 2007) videos of the talks, will be posted (with permission) on the MARC website. New to GS planning is inclusion of email surveys of audience and others for nominations of topics for Symposia, in order to improve the relevance of the GS for its targeted constituencies, thereby enhancing its outreach. Also new is the plan for increased post-meeting evaluation both to identify areas for improvement, and to better track the impact of the GS (including specific surveys of poster presenters and speakers as well as other attendees.) In the present application, topics and suggested speakers are proposed for 3 annual symposia to be held from 2008-2010. The overall goals are to increase the visibility of alcohol research by attracting a broad audience to a forum where cutting edge interdisciplinary topics in alcohol research will be presented; to promote ongoing alcohol research and translational research, and to stimulate others to purse alcohol-related research; to develop junior investigators through speaking and other opportunities, and to provide meeting awards for pre and post doctoral trainees and non-research community participants. Taken together, these aims will maintain the Guze Symposium as a premier conference on alcohol research, providing a forum aimed at a broad audience in which latest issues in alcohol research and related fields will be presented and debated, a step toward bridging the gap between research and practice and promoting awareness of and applicability of alcohol research findings to community needs.