Annual Vitamin D Workshops 2014-2018

描述(由申请人提供)：维生素D研讨会公司成立于1974年，是一个组织致力于维生素D科学的学术会议的机制。维生素D通过在全身表达的维生素D受体发挥生物作用。基础细胞和分子研究、流行病学研究和临床试验已将维生素D与包括骨质疏松症、癌症、心脏病和肥胖症在内的一系列慢性病联系在一起。关于维生素D和慢性病的出版物激增，引起了人们对个人维生素D状况的关注，以及维生素D补充剂可能对慢性病具有预防作用的可能性。在世界范围内，政府机构正在重新评估维生素D的推荐膳食摄入量，许多机构正在考虑强化和监管问题。医生和其他卫生专业人员收到的信息褒贬不一，涉及何时测量维生素D状态、血清维生素D水平的“最佳”水平是多少，以及如何为缺乏维生素D的患者制定补充方案。总而言之，这些因素需要维生素D科学家召开年度会议来传播最新的发现，讨论新兴的基础和应用研究，并揭示有争议的领域。维生素D研讨会是唯一一次专门关注维生素D的重复性科学会议。通过主旨演讲、特邀演讲者、促进口头交流和海报展示，研讨会的广泛范围将面向基础科学家的最先进的维生素D生物学基础研究与面向应用科学家、政策制定者和卫生专业人员的临床和观察报告结合在一起。R13申请寻求对第17-21届维生素D研讨会的部分支持，该研讨会将于2014-2018年在美国和欧洲每年举行一次。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Vitamin D Workshop Inc. was established in 1974 as a mechanism for organization of academic meetings devoted to the science of vitamin D. Vitamin D exerts biological actions via the vitamin D receptor which is expressed throughout the body. Basic cell and molecular research, epidemiological studies and clinical trials have linked vitamin D to a host of chronic diseases including osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease and obesity. The surge of publications on vitamin D and chronic disease has drawn attention to an individual's vitamin D status and the possibility that vitamin D supplementation may have preventive actions against chronic diseases. Worldwide, government agencies are re-evaluating recommended dietary allowances for vitamin D, and many are considering fortification and regulatory issues. Physicians and other health professionals have received mixed messages concerning when to measure vitamin D status, what the "optimal" serum vitamin D level is and how to institute supplementation regimens for deficient patients. Collectively these factors warrant an annual meeting of vitamin D scientists to disseminate current findings, discuss the emerging basic and applied research, and bring areas of controversy to light. The Vitamin D Workshop is the only recurring scientific meeting specifically focused on vitamin D. Through keynote lectures, invited speakers, promoted oral communications and poster presentations, the Workshop's broad scope combines state of the art basic research on vitamin D biology for basic scientists with clinical and observational reports geared towards applied scientists, policy makers and health professionals. This R13 application seeks partial support for the 17th-21st Workshops on Vitamin D which will be held annually from 2014- 2018 in the United States and Europe.