BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND GENETICS--NEW ROLES, NEW PARTNERS

描述：基因技术的最新进展将显著 在接下来的几十年里改变医学实践。癌症，尽管不是 传统上被认为是一种遗传性疾病，一直是 遗传学研究和遗传学将在未来的研究中发挥重要作用。 癌症病因学、预防和治疗。主要问题仍然存在 关于基因检测的医疗效用及其心理社会意义 冲击力。死亡率和发病率的降低最终将取决于 显著地取决于个人做出适当改变的意愿 在健康行为的基础上对其进行基因检测结果。 行为科学家在研究工作中发挥了重要作用 评估基因检测的影响。社会科学家的培训 对与基因研究人员合作感兴趣的人实际上 根本不存在。此应用程序的目的是鼓励协作 在这项研究中，新兴的遗传学研究人员和行为科学家之间 基因技术对个人、社会和医学的影响。这个 拟议的研讨会旨在为行为科学家提供培训，这些科学家 计划与遗传研究人员合作开展多学科项目 研究并提高遗传学研究人员对 与行为同事协作 为了实现这些目标，调查人员的目标是引入精选的年轻人 学习遗传研究的语言和方法的行为研究者， 当前遗传知识的用途和局限性，以及对 癌症敏感性测试的未来用途。最新的知识 癌症遗传学将由专家介绍。心理社会知识和 与基因检测计划的实施和结果有关的研究 将对社会科学的相关领域进行审查。

DESCRIPTION: Recent advances in genetic technology will significantly change the practice of medicine in coming decades. Cancer, although not traditionally thought of as a genetic disease, has been a major focus of genetic investigation and genetics will have a major role in future studies of cancer etiology, prevention, and treatment. Major questions remain regarding the medical utility of genetic testing and its psychosocial impact. Reductions in mortality and morbidity will ultimately depend significantly on the willingness of individuals to make appropriate changes in the health behaviors on the basis of their genetic test results. Behavioral scientists have played important roles in research efforts evaluating the impact of genetic testing. Training for social scientists interested in collaborating with genetic researchers is virtually non-existent. The aim of this application is to encourage collaboration between emerging genetic researchers and behavioral scientists in the study of the individual, social, and medical impact of genetic technology. The proposed workshop aims to provide training for behavioral scientists who plan to work with genetic investigators on multi-disciplinary programs of research and to raise genetic researcher's awareness of the value of collaboration with behavioral colleagues To achieve these goals, the investigators aim to introduce selected young behavioral investigators to the language and methodology of genetic inquiry, the uses and limitations of current genetic knowledge, and projections for future utility of cancer susceptibility testing. Current knowledge of cancer genetics will be presented by experts. Psychosocial knowledge and research related to the conduct and outcomes of genetic testing programs and relevant areas of social science will be reviewed.