US-Based Student Mentoring and Travel Support for Wireless Health 2014 Conference

无线健康会议系列现已进入第五个年头，为无线、移动和互联健康领域提供了最高规格的学术和工业研究论坛。今年的会议将于2014年10月29日至31日在华盛顿特区的美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）举行。无线和移动医疗涉及广泛的研究人员生态系统，他们的专业知识涵盖健康和医疗保健、工程、计算机科学、行为和社会科学，以及商业合作伙伴。无线健康系列会议是目前唯一一个专门的学术/研究会议，它汇集了整个跨学科无线和移动健康社区领域的领导者。这项指导和旅行补助金将支持15名博士生参加2014年无线健康大会的旅行和住宿。学生将参加完整的无线健康会议，展示他们的项目，并从该领域的领导者那里获得反馈和个人指导会议。15名获得该资助参加无线健康2014的学生将受益于：(1)独特的国际经验，他们在访问NIH时与来自不同国家的科学家联系；(2)接触计算机科学和工程的新应用领域，特别是需要他们的技能，对于医学和其他公共卫生领域的学生，与工程师交流思想；(3)在无线健康应用中学习新型计算思维；(4)接触一些最新类型的设备、机器人、传感器或网络，以及新的移动技术；（五）有讲演、讲解工作和与其他学科人员讨论的经验；(7)讨论如何在跨学科领域取得成功的机会。该奖项将促进与未被充分代表群体的学生和/或教师建立研究和教育合作。该奖项的另一个主要目的是指导不同群体的早期职业卫生科学家和工程师编制研究提案。最后，该奖项将促进各学科和机构之间、美国学术机构、工业界和政府之间以及与国际合作伙伴之间的合作。第五届无线健康系列会议将由无线生命科学联盟（WLSA）与由全球学术和工业研究界领导人组成的指导委员会共同主办。有关会议、会议领导和会议计划的更多信息可在会议网站（http://www.wirelesshealth2014.org）上找到。会议的基础是认识到促进来自学术界，公共卫生，临床实践，政府和行业的参与者之间的跨学科交流，协作和合作对于解决医疗保健行业的现实问题至关重要。无线健康2014将提供一系列优秀的同行评议论文和摘要、互动研讨会、演示和世界知名的特邀演讲者，并促进无线健康未来研究方向的制定和合作努力。

The Wireless Health Conference Series is now in its fifth year and provides the highest profile academic and industrial research forum for the Wireless, Mobile and Connected Health fields. This year, the conference will be held October 29-31, 2014 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Washington, DC. Wireless and mobile health involves a broad ecosystem of researchers whose expertise spans health and health care, engineering, computer science, behavioral and social sciences, as well as businesses partners. The Wireless Health conference series is currently the only dedicated academic/research conference that brings together leaders in the field across the entirety of the interdisciplinary wireless and mobile health community. This mentoring and travel grant will support travel and lodging for 15 doctoral students to attend the Wireless Health 2014 conference. Students will attend the full Wireless Health conference, present their projects and receive feedback and individual mentoring sessions from conference attendees who are leaders in the field. The fifteen students who will be supported on this grant to attend Wireless Health 2014 will benefit from: (1) unique international experience where they associate with scientists from different countries while visiting NIH; (2) exposure to new application areas of computer science and engineering where their skills are particularly needed, for students in medicine and other areas of public health, exchanging ideas with engineers; (3) learning about new types of computational thinking when applying technologies to wireless health applications; (4) exposure to some of the latest types of devices, robots, sensors or networks, and new mobile technologies; (5) experience in giving presentations, explaining their work, and discussing with persons in other disciplines; and (7) the opportunity to discuss how to succeed in an interdisciplinary field. This award will facilitate the establishment of research and education collaborations with students and/or faculty who are members of underrepresented groups. Another main aim of this award will be mentoring a diverse group of early-career health scientists and engineers in research proposal preparation. Finally, this award will facilitate the establishment of collaborations between disciplines and institutions, among the U.S. academic institutions, industry and government and with international partners.The 5th Wireless Health Conference Series will be hosted by the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance (WLSA), in conjunction with a Steering Committee comprised of leaders from the global academic and industrial research communities. More information on the conference, conference leadership, and the conference program can be found at the conference website (http://www.wirelesshealth2014.org). Foundational to the conference is the understanding that facilitating interdisciplinary communication, collaboration and cooperation among participants from academia, public health, clinical practice, government and industry is crucial to address real-world issues of the healthcare industry. Wireless Health 2014 will offer an outstanding set of peer-reviewed papers and abstracts, interactive workshops, demonstrations, and world-renowned invited speakers and facilitate formulation of future research directions and collaborative efforts in wireless health.