Research Teaching Day and Conference on Eating Disorders

描述（由申请人提供）：饮食失调是严重的心理健康问题，主要影响青春期女孩和年轻成年妇女。进食障碍的公共卫生意义源于这样一个事实，即它们在青春期女孩中很常见，往往是慢性的，与精神并发症和持久的不良健康后果有关，如不孕症和骨质疏松症，并有助于提高卫生服务的利用率。由于饮食失调研究的历史相对较短，在招募和培训年轻学者进入饮食失调研究职业领域方面仍然存在挑战。此外，进食障碍的多因素病因和复杂的临床情况需要来自一系列学科的专家合作，以推进确定有效治疗和预防策略所需的科学知识基础。翻译研究有望推动该领域的发展，但在翻译框架内进行富有成效的研究成果交流的途径很少。最后，向临床医生传播科学知识仍然是一个重要的问题，因为研究表明，只有少数临床医生在该领域使用经验验证和有效的治疗饮食失调。要求提供支助，以加强饮食失调学会会议的培训职能。提出了三个计划组成部分：1）初级研究员旅行计划，为优秀学生，博士后研究员和居民提供财政支持，参加AED会议; 2）研究教学日将提供给旅行研究员前一天的AED会议;和3）NIMH主办的专题讨论会具有基础和应用研究人员感兴趣的前沿研究。要求提供为期四年的支助，并将每年对该方案的成功进行评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eating disorders are serious mental health problems, affecting primarily adolescent girls and young adult women. The public health significance of eating disorders derives from the fact that they are common among adolescent girls, often take a chronic course, are associated with psychiatric comorbidity and lasting adverse health outcomes such as infertility and osteoporosis, and contribute to elevated health services utilization. Because eating disorder research has a relatively short history, challenges remain in the field concerning the recruitment and training of young scholars into research careers in eating disorders. Moreover, the multifactorial etiology and complex clinical picture of eating disorders require the collaboration of experts from a range of disciplines to advance the scientific knowledge base needed for identifying effective treatments and prevention strategies. Translational research promises to advance the field, yet few avenues exist for a productive exchange of research findings within a translational framework. Finally, dissemination of scientific knowledge to clinicians remains an important concern as studies have shown that only a minority of clinicians in the field uses the empirically validated and effective treatments for eating disorders. Support is requested to enhance the training function of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) Conference. Three program components are proposed: 1) a Junior Investigator Travel Program to provide financial support for outstanding students, post-doctoral fellows, and residents to attend the AED meeting; 2) a Research Teaching Day to be offered to the Travel Fellows the day preceding the AED conference; and 3) an NIMH sponsored symposium featuring cutting edge research of interest to basic and applied researchers. Support is requested for four years and the success of the program will be evaluated annually.