Biology of Aging Sessions at Meetings of The Gerontological Society of America

美国老年学会会议上的衰老生物学会议

• 批准号: 8257377
• 负责人: HOLLY M. BROWN-BORG
• 金额: $ 2万
• 依托单位: GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8257377
• 关键词: Address; Aging; Americas; Basic Science; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biology of Aging; Communities; Discipline; Disease; Education; Elderly; Ensure; Environment; Evaluation; Feedback; Financial Support; Fostering; General Population; Goals; Growth; Health; Health Sciences; Investigation; Learning; Link; Logistics; Mission; National Institute on Aging; Policy Research; Positioning Attribute; Process; Professional Organizations; Psychologist; Quality of life; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Personnel; Role; Schedule; Science; Scientist; Societies; Students; Systems Biology; Translational Research; United States National Institutes of Health; age related; base; behavioral/social science; design; experience; improved; interdisciplinary approach; medical specialties; meetings; member; programs; psychologic; scientific organization; social; sociologist; symposium; therapy design

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests financial support from the National Institute on Aging for the 2012-2014 Annual Scientific Meetings organized by the Biological Sciences Section of The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). The GSA, founded in 1945, is the oldest and largest national interdisciplinary scientific organization devoted to the advancement of gerontological research. The Society has approximately 5,200 members organized within four (4) major sections; Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Social Research, Policy, and Practice Sections and has an active student section (Emerging Scholar and Professional Organization). The overall goal of the proposed biological sciences sessions is to educate members of GSA on the latest advances in the basic science research of aging and ensure that there is a mechanism for translational research across disciplines. Although there are many specialty meetings that occur each year that are focused on aging and age- related disease, the GSA Annual Scientific Meeting is the only regularly scheduled conference that brings gerontologists from multiple disciplines together to present and discuss the latest advances in aging research. This 'translational' interaction was engrained in GSA from its inception. In 1954, Dr. Ollie Randall's Presidential address to the GSA, discussed the 'growing necessity for people of different disciplines to be brought together for the mutual benefit of the enrichment of each'. The focus on translational research is also a key goal of NIH. The GSA Biological Sciences Section is dedicated to providing the highest quality program for its attendees at the GSA annual meeting and fulfilling the translational niche that links biological scientists with clinicians, psychologists, and sociologists devoted to research and education in aging. The guiding principle for reaching this goal is that the highest quality and most relevant science will emerge when basic science researchers understand the primary issues of aging from geriatricians, psychologists and sociologists- and they, in turn, understand the emerging basic science mechanisms of aging and the efficacy of interventions designed to ameliorate aging and age-related disease based on rigorous scientific investigation. The GSA Annual Scientific Meeting is unique in its ability to foster such a dynamic, interdisciplinary approach. Importantly, we are cognizant of our primary responsibility to educate researchers on the most important emerging scientific concepts that would potentially result in incorporation of these advances into their own scientific endeavors. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The progress in understanding the mechanisms of aging engenders the responsibility to communicate this progress to others in related scientific fields and the public. The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research, education, and practice in the field of aging and has over 5,200 members dedicated to the primary mission to advance the study of aging and disseminate information among scientists, decision makers, and the general public. There is an urgent need to provide a forum where clinicians, basic scientists, educators and members of the social and psychological sciences can interact and learn from each other's research. This proposed program organized and presented by the GSA Biological Sciences Section has a unique position within the scientific community and is designed to educate not only biological scientists on advances related to mechanisms of aging from other, related disciplines but also to educate members of the Health Sciences Section and other GSA members on the latest advances in the basic science of aging that may ultimately serve to advance and improve their own research efforts and improve the quality of life for older adults.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求国家老龄问题研究所为美国老年学会（GSA）生物科学部门组织的2012-2014年度科学会议提供财政支持。GSA成立于1945年，是致力于促进老年学研究的历史最悠久、规模最大的国家跨学科科学组织。该协会有大约5，200名成员组织在四（4）个主要部分;生物科学，健康科学，行为和社会科学和社会研究，政策和实践部门，并有一个活跃的学生部分（新兴学者和专业组织）。拟议的生物科学会议的总体目标是教育GSA的成员在老龄化基础科学研究的最新进展，并确保有跨学科的转化研究的机制。 虽然每年都有许多专门会议关注衰老和与年龄相关的疾病，但GSA年度科学会议是唯一定期举行的会议，将来自多个学科的老年学家聚集在一起，介绍和讨论衰老研究的最新进展。这种“翻译”的相互作用是根深蒂固的GSA从一开始。1954年，奥利·兰德尔博士在GSA的总统演讲中讨论了“不同学科的人们越来越有必要聚集在一起，以共同丰富彼此的利益”。对转化研究的关注也是NIH的一个关键目标。GSA生物科学部致力于为GSA年会的与会者提供最高质量的计划，并履行将生物科学家与致力于老龄化研究和教育的临床医生，心理学家和社会学家联系起来的翻译利基。实现这一目标的指导原则是，当基础科学研究人员从老年病学家、心理学家和社会学家那里了解衰老的主要问题时，就会出现最高质量和最相关的科学--反过来，他们也会了解衰老的新兴基础科学机制以及旨在改善衰老和与年龄有关的疾病的干预措施的有效性。GSA年度科学会议在促进这种充满活力的跨学科方法方面是独一无二的。重要的是，我们认识到我们的主要责任是教育研究人员最重要的新兴科学概念，这些概念可能会导致将这些进步纳入他们自己的科学努力。 公共卫生相关性：在了解衰老机制方面的进展产生了向相关科学领域的其他人和公众传达这一进展的责任。美国老年学会（GSA）是致力于老龄化领域研究、教育和实践的历史最悠久、规模最大的跨学科组织，拥有5，200多名成员，致力于推进老龄化研究并在科学家、决策者和公众中传播信息的主要使命。迫切需要提供一个论坛，使临床医生、基础科学家、教育工作者以及社会和心理科学的成员能够相互交流和学习彼此的研究成果。这个由GSA生物科学部组织和提出的拟议计划在科学界具有独特的地位，其目的不仅是教育生物科学家与其他衰老机制有关的进展，相关学科，而且还教育健康科学科的成员和其他GSA成员在老龄化基础科学的最新进展，最终可能有助于推进和改善他们自己的研究成果，提高老年人的生活质量。