National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN) Annual Conference

描述(申请人提供)：本R13会议拨款申请寻求资助五年一度、为期三天的独立会议，将于2009年秋季在选定地点举行。这项提案反映了路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心和设在迈阿密大学的全国拉美裔药物滥用科学网络(NHSN)之间的合作倡议。一年一度的科学会议通过促进生物、社会、行为和文化科学家之间的对话并将研究成果传播回该领域，帮助完成NHSN促进跨学科和翻译研究的使命。以前的会议是通过NIDA资助的合同支持的，是制定NHSN目标的有效平台，特别强调指导和培训西班牙裔研究生和早期职业科学家。这些会议的目的将是：a)促进药物滥用及其共同疾病研究领域的科学，特别是在药物滥用对拉美裔人口产生影响的情况下。它将促进从工作台到社区的双向转换研究，以及来自药物滥用所有领域的科学家之间的跨学科交叉思想交流，帮助确定未来的研究优先事项。B)促进拉美裔研究人员的发展，重点放在与药物滥用研究有关的领域，方法是促进发展综合和持续的协作和辅导网络。请求提供资金，以支持参加科学小组的50名受训人员/早期职业科学家和20名研究科学家。平均每年将有150名来自国家和国际科学界的代表参加会议，其中包括全球研究界的成员，他们的兴趣包括从流行病学到环境健康、心理学、社会学、卫生政策、神经科学和其他生物医学科学以及表观遗传学，从流行病学到环境健康、心理学、社会学、保健政策、神经科学和其他生物医学科学以及表观遗传学，从流行病学到环境健康、心理学、社会学、保健政策、神经科学和其他生物医学科学，以及表观遗传学，从多方面了解造成健康差距的因素。首次提出的“在少数民族健康中整合人口、实验室和临床科学”的会议将于2009年12月1日至3日由迈阿密大学主办。会议的形式旨在提供充分的讨论、联网和协作讨论的机会，以及发展与培训和指导下一代药物滥用领域的研究人员有关的新想法。每个会议的主题、科学内容和计划将由一个科学会议委员会制定，该委员会由NHSN成员、NIH官员和联邦联络人组成。这些主题将与NIDA的战略计划和NIH的蓝图直接相关，解决该领域的及时主题和发展挑战。与公共健康相关：全国拉美裔药物滥用科学网络年度会议为对推动科学发展感兴趣的药物滥用和相关领域的多学科科学家，特别是与拉美裔人口有关的领域，提供一个讨论和传播研究结果的论坛，并为药物滥用研究领域的受训人员建立联系和提供指导机会。这一独特的机会将促进从长凳到社区的双向转换研究，以及来自药物滥用所有领域的科学家之间的跨学科交叉思想交流。国际药物滥用协会和组委会相信，拟议的会议将成为确定药物滥用领域未来研究优先事项的平台，因为药物滥用涉及拉美裔人口。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This R13 meetings grant application seeks support for five yearly three-day stand alone conferences to be held at selected locations beginning in the fall of 2009. This proposal reflects a collaborative initiative between Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse (NHSN), based at the University of Miami. The annual scientific conferences help to accomplish the NHSN mission of fostering both interdisciplinary and translational research, by promoting dialogue between biologic, social, behavioral, and cultural scientists and disseminating findings back to the field. Previous conferences, supported through a NIDA-funded contract, have been an effective platform for developing the aims of the NHSN, with particular emphasis on mentoring and training Hispanic graduate students and early career scientists. The aims of the conferences will be: A) to advance science in the area of drug abuse research and its co-morbid conditions, particularly as it impacts on the Hispanic population. It will promote bidirectional translational research ranging from bench to community and a trans-disciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas among scientists from all fields of drug abuse helping to establish future research priorities. B) To foster the development of Hispanic researchers, with emphasis in areas related to drug abuse research by facilitating the development of integrated and continuous collaborative and mentoring networks. Funding is requested to support participation for 50 trainees/early career scientists and 20 research scientists presenting in the scientific panels. An average of 150 participants, representing the field from the national and international scientific communities, are expected at each yearly conference, including members of the global research community whose interests encompass a multifaceted approach to understanding the factors underlying health disparities as they pertain to drug use and abuse ranging from epidemiology to environmental health, psychology, sociology, health policy, neuroscience and other biomedical sciences, and epigenetics. The first conference proposed "Integrating Population, Laboratory, and Clinical Sciences in Minority Health" will be hosted by the University of Miami, from December 1-3, 2009. The format of the conference aims to provide ample opportunity for discussion, networking, and collaboration discussions as well as development of new ideas related to training and mentoring of the next generation of researchers in the field of drug abuse. The themes, scientific content, and program for each conference will be developed by a Scientific Conference committee comprised of NHSN members, NIH officials, and federal liaisons. The themes will be directly related to NIDA's strategic plan and the NIH blueprint, addressing timely topics and developing challenges in the field. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Annual National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Conference provides multidisciplinary scientists in drug abuse and related fields interested in advancing science, particularly as it pertains to the Hispanic population, to have a collegial exchange providing a forum for discussion and dissemination of research findings and an opportunity for networking and mentoring trainees in the area of drug abuse research. This unique opportunity will promote bidirectional translational research ranging from bench to community and a trans-disciplinary cross-fertilization of ideas among scientists from all fields of drug abuse. The PI and the organizing committee are confident that the proposed conferences will serve as a platform to establish future research priorities for the field of drug abuse as it pertains to the Hispanic population.