Placenta Association of the Americas Conference Grant

美洲胎盘协会会议拨款

• 批准号: 8908784
• 负责人: Thomas Jansson
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-03-16 至 2020-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8908784
• 关键词: Address; Adult; Americas; Applications Grants; Area; Biology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Cellular biology; Clinical; Clinical Investigator; Complex; Data; Development; Diabetes Mellitus; Discipline; Disease; Environment; Epidemiology; Equilibrium; Fertilization; Fetal Diseases; Fetal Growth Retardation; Fetus; Functional disorder; Future; Goals; Grant; Health; Hour; Human; Intervention; Investigation; Learning; Life; Link; Malignant Neoplasms; Metabolic Diseases; Molecular; Molecular Biology; Monitor; Obesity; Organ; Outcome; Pathway interactions; Physiology; Placenta; Play; Postdoctoral Fellow; Pre-Eclampsia; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Public Health; Reproduction; Research; Research Personnel; Risk; Role; Scientist; Societies; Structure; Techniques; Technology; Time; Work; career; cost; design; fetal; graduate student; in vivo; innovation; interdisciplinary approach; interest; investigator training; lectures; meetings; multidisciplinary; novel; programs; public health relevance; reproductive; response; symposium

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Changes in placental structure and function not only cause serious pregnancy complications but also determine life-long health by programming the fetus for future metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, the mechanisms linking altered placental function to poor short- and long-term outcomes are complex and remain largely unknown. To better understand placental biology and pathophysiology, a multidisciplinary approach utilizing a wide array of cutting edge technologies is required. Progress in this area is hampered by the lack of scientific meetings focused on placental biology. The primary objective of this R13 grant proposal is to meet the urgent need of a multidisciplinary, interactive forum for dissemination of novel concepts and exchange of ideas in placental research. The secondary objective is to provide a low cost, high-quality learning environment in the area of placental biology, which will encourage attendance and stimulate interest by graduate students, residents, and clinical and postdoctoral fellows. In our conference plan we seek support for an annual one-day conference as a satellite meeting the day before the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Reproductive Investigation (SRI). By this design we will maximize the impact of the meeting and will allow for attendance of a diverse group of basic scientists and clinical investigators ranging from graduate students to well established researchers. The meeting will allow ample time for interaction, informal discussion and networking and is anticipated to attract 120-150 attendees each year. The program will have a balanced mix of "state of the art" lectures presented by the leaders in the field, emerging concept presentations, and shorter talks by trainees. All speakers will be mandated to provide ample time for questions and discussion. This proposal is significant because the meeting is timely and will promote novel scientific inquiry into placental biology, which is expected to pave the way for future innovation to develop approaches to monitor placental function in vivo and to target the placenta for intervention. The proposal includes numerous innovative aspects. For example, we propose to facilitate the utilization and adaptation of emerging concepts from other research fields by inviting one speaker each year that works in a research area other than placental biology. To provide ample opportunities for early career investigators to connect, discuss, and interact with the speakers we propose to organize the conference lunch so that in training investigators will have direct access to speakers in a small group. The proposed meeting is expected to have significant and sustained impact on the field because it is unique in bringing together world-leading investigators representing diverse but complementary expertise in a creative and interactive forum, which is necessary to address the complex scientific questions pertaining to the role of placenta in determining health and disease from fetal life to adulthood.

 描述（由申请人提供）：胎盘结构和功能的变化不仅会导致严重的妊娠并发症，而且还会通过对胎儿未来的代谢和心血管疾病进行编程来决定终生健康。不幸的是，将胎盘功能改变与不良短期和长期结果联系起来的机制很复杂，并且在很大程度上仍然未知。为了更好地了解胎盘生物学和病理生理学，需要利用多种尖端技术的多学科方法。由于缺乏关注胎盘生物学的科学会议，该领域的进展受到阻碍。 R13 拨款提案的主要目标是满足对多学科、互动论坛的迫切需求，以传播胎盘研究的新概念和交流思想。第二个目标是在胎盘生物学领域提供一个低成本、高质量的学习环境，这将鼓励研究生、住院医师、临床和博士后研究员参加并激发兴趣。在我们的会议计划中，我们寻求支持在生殖调查协会 (SRI) 年度科学会议前一天召开为期一天的年度会议，作为卫星会议。通过这种设计，我们将最大限度地发挥会议的影响力，并允许从研究生到知名研究人员等不同的基础科学家和临床研究人员参加。该会议将为互动、非正式讨论和交流提供充足的时间，预计每年将吸引 120-150 名与会者。该计划将均衡地结合由该领域的领导者主讲的“最先进”讲座、新兴概念演示以及受训人员的简短演讲。所有发言者都必须提供充足的时间来提问和讨论。该提案意义重大，因为这次会议是及时的，并将促进对胎盘生物学的新颖的科学探究，预计这将为未来的创新铺平道路，开发监测体内胎盘功能的方法并针对胎盘进行干预。该提案包括许多创新方面。例如，我们建议每年邀请一位从事胎盘生物学以外研究领域工作的演讲者，以促进其他研究领域新兴概念的利用和改编。为了给早期职业研究者提供充足的机会与演讲者联系、讨论和互动，我们建议组织会议午餐，以便在培训中研究者可以直接接触小组中的演讲者。拟议的会议预计将对该领域产生重大和持续的影响，因为它的独特之处在于将代表不同但互补的专业知识的世界领先研究人员聚集在一个创造性和互动的论坛中，这对于解决与胎盘在确定从胎儿到成年的健康和疾病的作用有关的复杂科学问题是必要的。