2011 Gordon Research Conference on Periodontal Diseases

简介（由申请人提供）：戈登牙周病研究会议：30年的进展将于2011年7月17日至22日在北卡罗来纳州戴维森的戴维森学院举行。戈登研究会议的使命是“促进研究人员、从事发展的年轻科学家和其他对科学发展负责的人在科学前沿发展方面的成长、发展和开放交流。”本申请的具体目的是为演讲者和会议主持人提供旅费和固定会议费用，并部分支持年轻研究人员参加戈登牙周病研究会议。会议计划本身包括口腔微生物组、先天免疫和适应性免疫、骨免疫学、牙周治疗和再生、患者疾病特异性（包括遗传风险）和作为公共卫生问题的牙周病相关的口腔报告。本次会议的演讲者和参与者根据戈登会议政策接受；主席和联合主席负责选择各自学科前沿的演讲者，而与会者是根据详细说明其在该领域的活动和兴趣的申请来选择的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference on Periodontal Diseases: 30 Years of Progress will be held July 17th-22nd, 2011 at Davidson College in Davidson, NC. The mission of the Gordon Research Conferences is "To promote growth, development, and open communication of frontier developments in science among investigators, young scientists in development, and other persons responsible for the growth of science." The specific aim of this application is to provide funding for travel and the fixed conference fee for speakers and session moderators, and partial support for young investigators to participate in the Gordon Research Conference on Periodontal Diseases. The conference program itself comprises oral presentations relating to periodontal disease in the topic areas of the oral microbiome, innate and adaptive immunity, osteoimmunology, periodontal therapy and regeneration, patient disease specificity including genetic risk, and periodontal disease as a public health issue. Speakers and participants for this conference are admitted based upon Gordon Conference policies; the chair and co-chair are responsible for selecting speakers who are at the cutting edge of their respective disciplines, and conferees are selected based upon an application that details their activities and interests in the field. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This proposal is requesting support for US scientists, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Periodontal Disease. This conference has been ongoing since 1981, and is designed to provide a forum for oral presentations and posters of cutting-edge, unpublished research studies from around the world covering the breadth of basic, clinical and translational sciences in periodontology.