American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求支持受训者参加2002年4月24日至27日在华盛顿西雅图举行的美国男科学会（阿萨）2002年年会，并支持会议的选定科学会议。美国男科学会（阿萨）是一个拥有约750名成员的科学学会，是基础科学家和临床医生的独特合作伙伴关系。其主要任务是通过促进跨学科合作和交流，促进和推广男性生殖道和临床男科学的基本知识，并吸引年轻的研究人员到该领域。阿萨履行其使命的一个重要手段是举行年度科学会议，通常吸引250-350名与会者。学员（博士前学生，医学生，博士后研究员，医学研究员）的参与对于保持和注入新的活力到男科是必不可少的。2002年会议的三次口头讨论会和两次海报讨论会为受训人员积极参加会议提供了充分的机会。 如果申请成功，受训人员的旅费将根据科学成绩和需要的双重标准发放。我们还请求提供资金，以帮助支付题为“男性激素替代疗法”的最新讲座（丽莎·特诺弗）和题为“基因缺陷是否影响男性生殖？（伊娃艾歇尔，朱莉安娜Imperato-McGinley，斯蒂芬妮Seminara）和“雌激素对睾丸有影响吗？“（肯·科拉奇、理查德·夏普和弗雷德·沃姆萨尔）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for trainee attendance at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA) in Seattle, Washington, April 24-27, 2002, and for selected scientific sessions of the meeting. The American Society of Andrology (ASA), a scientific society of approximately 750 members, is a unique partnership of basic scientists and clinicians. Its primary missions are to advance and promote basic knowledge of the male reproductive tract and clinical andrology by fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and communication, and to attract young investigators to the field. An important means by which ASA fulfills its mission is by holding an annual scientific meeting, which typically attracts 250-350 attendees. The participation of trainees (predoctoral students, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, medical fellows) is essential to maintaining and instilling new vigor into andrology. There is ample opportunity for active participation in the 2002 meeting by trainees in the meeting's three oral sessions and two poster sessions. If this application is successful, trainee travel awards will be based on the dual criteria of scientific merit and need. We also request funding to help defray the costs of travel and honorarium for the speakers of a State-of-the-Art Lecture entitled "Hormone replacement therapy in the male" (Lisa Tenover) and for two symposia, entitled: "Do gene defects impact male reproduction?" (Eva Eicher, Juliana Imperato-McGinley, Stephanie Seminara) and "Are there estrogen effects on the testis?" (Ken Korach, Richard Sharpe, and Fred vom Saal).