American Society of Andrology Annual Meeting

描述（由申请人提供）：这份为期五年的提案要求支持学员参加2003年3月29日至4月1日在亚利桑那州凤凰城举行的美国男科学会（阿萨）2003年年会，并支持会议的选定科学会议以及随后四年的后续会议。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，通常吸引约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。2003年会议的四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许多机会。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。我们还要求提供资金，以帮助支付九名发言者的差旅费、酒店费和酬金，他们的主题是生育酚及其在生殖健康中的作用（Stacey Chapman博士），关于支持细胞增殖的新见解（Luiz Renato de弗兰卡，博士），MIS及其在发育和成人功能中的作用（玛丽李，医学博士），关于前列腺癌未来的研讨会（NancyWeigel，Ph.D.，医学博士罗纳德·罗斯和Charles Sawyers博士），a关于雄激素在人类健康和疾病中的作用的研讨会（Randall Urban，M.D.和Monique Cherrier博士），以及环境对人类精液影响的研讨会（Shanna Swan博士）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This five year proposal requests support for trainee attendance at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Andrology (ASA) in Phoenix, Arizona, March 29-April 1, 2003, and for selected scientific sessions of the meeting as well as subsequent meetings for the four subsequent years. 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 approximately 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 are many opportunities for active participation in the 2003 meeting by trainees in the meeting's four 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, hotel and honoraria for nine speakers on topics of inhibin and its role in reproductive health (Stacey Chapman, Ph.D.), new insights on Sertoli cell proliferation (Luiz Renato de Franca, Ph.D.), MIS and its role in development and adult function (Mary Lee, M.D.), a Symposium on the future of prostate cancer (Nancy Weigel, Ph.D., Ronald Ross, M.D., and Charles Sawyers, Ph.D.), a Symposium on Androgen action in human health and disease (Randall Urban, M.D. and Monique Cherrier, Ph.D.), and a Symposium on environmental influences on human semen (Shanna Swan, Ph.D).