LUPUS 2010: Ninth International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

描述（由申请人提供）：LUPUS 2010，第九届系统性红斑狼疮国际大会将在最有希望和最具挑战性的时期之一举行。一方面，在发现艾滋病的分子基础、遗传基础和开发许多新药剂的最无与伦比的时期之一，在私人和公众新的认识和财政支持下，一代年轻科学家接受了培训，并将其一生奉献给艾滋病的理解和治疗。然而，这一机会的出现是因为世界经济衰退威胁到了发现和研究融资、医学教育以及提供现有和新发现的疗法所必需的风险承担--所有这些都是为改善患者生活而收获财富的障碍。LUPUS 2010将回顾SLE的科学和最先进的状态;确定未来的研究机会：识别和聚集SLE的下一代领导者;减少非专业人员和专业人员之间，不同学科之间，不同文化之间的认知，沟通和概念障碍;并缩小我们在全球SLE治疗、医学和公共教育、临床和基础研究方面的知识、所做工作和所能做工作之间的差距。该提案旨在为来自工业化前国家的与会者、40岁以下的妇女、代表人数不足的少数群体以及因经济需要而无法出席会议的残疾人提供奖学金。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): LUPUS2010, the 9th International Congress on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus will occur in one of the most promising and challenging times. On the one hand, a generation of young scientists have been trained and have dedicated their lives to its understanding and treatment during one of the most unparalleled periods of discovery in the molecular basis of the disease, its genetic basis, and the development of many novel agents and with new private and public awareness and financial support. This opportunity, however, occurs as the world economic downturn threatens the risk-taking so necessary for discovery and the financing of the research, medical education, and the delivery of both established and newly discovered therapies - all barriers to harvesting the riches for improving patients' lives. LUPUS2010 will review the state of the science and the state of the art in SLE; identify future opportunities in research: identify and assemble the next generation's leaders in SLE; reduce the cognitive, communication, and conceptual barriers between lay and professional, between different disciplines, and different cultures; and close the gap between what we know, what we do and what we could do worldwide in SLE therapeusis, medical and public education, clinical and fundamental research. The proposal is for supporting scholarships for attendees from pre-industrial countries, women, under 40, from under-represented minorities, with disabilities who could not otherwise attend the meeting because of financial need.