Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group Annual Meeting

项目摘要 产前酒精暴露仍然是一个严重的全球性公共卫生问题。据估计 在美国，2-5%的活产婴儿受到产前酒精暴露的影响，对婴儿的影响是非常严重的。 暴露于酒精的儿童包括一系列的身体、神经病理学和行为影响，称为胎儿酒精 谱系障碍（FASD）。该申请要求资助2020-2024年胎儿的部分支持 酒精谱系障碍研究小组（FASDSG）会议，每年作为卫星会议举行 酒精中毒研究协会（RSA）会议之前的会议。会议的目标是 该领域的进展，并最终确定更好地识别，预防和治疗FASD的方法。FASDSG是 美国首屈一指的科学组织，专注于FASD和年会提供了一个独特的 一个广泛的研究人员的机会，包括基础，医学，临床和社会科学家，以满足 并讨论如何实现这些目标。因此，FASDSG会议创造了跨学科的整合 在基础科学，人类，临床和流行病学FASD相关的研究工作和进展。 与会者提供最新的研究，讨论和辩论该领域的问题， 互动并形成科学合作。NIH的部分支持对于支持高质量的 发言人谁是领导者在他们的领域，包括酒精研究以外的领域，目前在FASDSG 会议外部专业知识激发了可能适用于FASD研究的新想法和方法。 这种支持对于培养进入酒精领域的年轻科学家骨干也至关重要， 为最聪明和最有前途的学生和初级研究人员提供旅行奖励。刺激 新调查员的兴趣是保持实地工作进展的关键。具体而言，该应用程序 要求继续资助年轻研究人员（学生和博士后）的差旅费和注册费 研究员）以及与会议有关的费用，如应邀在全体会议上发言的费用。而且这个 应用程序请求支持FASDSG网站，该网站提供了一种通信模式， FASDSG和公众。总的来说，FASDSG会议通过以下措施促进了FASD研究领域的进展： 为FASD研究人员之间的交流和合作提供了一个重要的场所。

Project Summary Prenatal alcohol exposure continues to present a serious and global public health problem. It is estimated that 2-5% of live births in the U.S. are affected by prenatal alcohol exposure, and the consequences on the exposed child include a range of physical, neuropathological, and behavioral effects referred to as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). This application requests funding for partial support of the 2020-2024 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Study Group (FASDSG) meetings, which are held annually as a satellite conference preceding the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) meeting. The goal of the meeting is to move the field forward and, ultimately, to identify ways to better recognize, prevent and treat FASD. The FASDSG is the premier scientific organization in the U.S. that focuses on FASD and the annual meeting provides a unique opportunity for a broad range of researchers, including basic, medical, clinical, and social scientists, to meet and discuss how we can achieve these goals. Thus, the FASDSG meeting creates interdisciplinary integration among basic science, human, clinical, and epidemiological FASD-related research efforts and progress. Participants of the meeting provide updates on new research, discuss and debate issues in the field, and interact and form scientific collaborations. Partial support from NIH has been critical for supporting high quality speakers who are leaders in their field, including areas outside of alcohol research, to present at the FASDSG meeting. Outside expertise stimulates novel ideas and approaches that may be applicable to FASD research. This support has also been essential to grow the cadre of young scientists entering the alcohol field, by providing travel awards for the brightest and most promising students and junior investigators. Stimulating interest among new investigators is key to maintaining progress in the field. Specifically, this application requests continued funding for travel and registration fees for young investigators (students and postdoctoral fellows), as well as meeting-related expenses, such as fees for invited plenary speakers. Additionally, this application requests support for the FASDSG website, which provides a mode of communication both within the FASDSG and with the public. Overall, the FASDSG meeting fosters progress in the FASD research field by providing a critical venue for communication and collaboration among FASD researchers.