The Ninth Annual Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：一年一度的精神病学药物遗传学（PIP）会议为介绍和讨论过去八年精神病学药物遗传学领域的新发展提供了一个独特的论坛。以前的会议重点讨论的主题包括：预测抗精神病药和抗抑郁药的临床反应；与不良副作用发生相关的基因；新颖的统计方法；最近，全基因组关联（GWAS）方法对药物遗传学的影响。此外，会议汇集了来自不同研究领域的研究人员，从分子遗传学家到临床试验研究人员，从学术界到工业界，以便产生真正的跨学科方法来解决精神药物临床反应的变化问题。与会者的持续增长、与会者的出色评价以及由于会议参与而产生的协作努力的数量证明了会议非常成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The annual Pharmacogenetics in Psychiatry (PIP) meeting has provided a unique forum for the presentation and discussion of new developments in the field of psychiatry pharmacogenetics for the past eight years. Previous meetings have been highlighted by discussion of topics including: prediction of clinical response to antipsychotic and antidepressant drugs; genes associated with the development of adverse side effects; novel statistical approaches; and most recently, the implication of genome-wide association (GWAS) approaches for pharmacogenetics. Moreover, the meeting has brought together investigators working in diverse areas of research, from molecular geneticists to clinical trial investigators, from academia and industry in order to engender true interdisciplinary approaches to the problem of variation in clinical response to psychotropic drugs. The meetings have been highly successful as evidenced by continued growth in participation, excellent evaluations from meeting attendees, and the number of collaborative efforts that have grown out of meeting participation. The prior PIP meetings have taken place in New York City with pooled support from a variety of sources: The Zucker Hillside Hospital, industry supported unrestricted educational grants, and registration fees. Because we believe that this program should have stable, independent financial support on an ongoing basis, in this application, we request support from the NIMH to enable us to continue this meeting in the face of declining financial support from other resources. Moreover, we hope to provide Travel Awards to deserving new investigators interested in developing research careers in this rapidly developing field. Therefore, in this application, we seek support for additional five years of funding for the annual PIP meeting, with the next meeting scheduled in New York City, April 23 & 24, 2010. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Psychiatric pharmacogenetics is a rapidly evolving field of research that aims to identify genetic factors mediating the variation in psychotropic drug response. The introduction of pharmacogenetics into clinical practice would have significant impact on the care of mentally ill patients and the PIP meeting serves to provide a dedicated forum for the presentation and discussion of the latest data in this area of "personalized medicine".