Forum on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

描述(由申请人提供) 我们建议在2005年6月3日，也就是在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行内分泌学会年会的前一天，举办为期一天的内分泌干扰化学品论坛。这次会议的主要目标有四个：第一，教育和更新内分泌学家关于内分泌干扰的研究；第二，使这一目前在内分泌学会会议上代表不足的学科在未来成为一个强有力的、经常性的存在；第三，为学生和研究员提供一个论坛，让他们积极参与海报会议和讨论；以及第四，将结果作为期刊的特别版发表。内分泌学会由基础科学家和临床医生平等代表，其专业知识非常适合进行内分泌干扰领域的研究。然而，到目前为止，内分泌学会会议上缺乏内分泌干扰领域的存在，我们相信我们可以通过这次会议来补救。 为了实现这些目标，会议组织了五个会议。1)由Kenneth Korach博士所作的主旨演讲(50分钟)，为内分泌领域提供了一个广阔的视角，作为对内分泌社区的介绍。2)上午的专题讨论会(2小时)，题为“早期接触内分泌DC和长期内分泌后果”。3)以学生和研究员为重点的海报会议(1.5小时)，以鼓励年轻科学家参与。4)下午的专题讨论会(2小时)题为“内分泌中断的热点问题”，与生物医学有关，将讨论EDC的作用机制及其与人类健康和疾病的相关性。5)会议结束时，将举行一场由内分泌学会领导人领导的小组讨论(50分钟)，其中包括安德里亚·杜纳夫主席，他将讨论：“制定内分泌学会关于内分泌细胞研究和公众意识的议程。” 作为内分泌学会年会的研讨会，我们建议的论坛非常适合向基础、翻译和临床参与者提供关于内分泌细胞的公共卫生信息。为了限制未来的污染和减轻现有的暴露，至关重要的是我们应该教育内分泌界，并使这一主题成为内分泌学会议程的永久组成部分。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant) We propose to organize a one-day Forum on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) on June 3, 2005, the day before the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting in San Diego, California. The major goals of this meeting are fourfold: first, to educate and update endocrinologists on endocrine disruption research; second, to make this currently under-represented discipline at Endocrine Society meetings a strong and regular presence in the future; third, to provide a forum for students and fellows to participate actively in a poster session and discussion; and fourth, to publish results as a special edition of a journal. The Endocrine Society is equally represented by basic scientists and clinicians, and its expertise is extremely well-suited to perform research in the field of endocrine disruption. Nevertheless, to date there is a lack of presence of the endocrine disruption field at the Endocrine Society meeting that we believe we can remedy through this conference. To achieve these goals, the conference is organized into five sessions. 1) A keynote address (50 minutes) given by Dr. Kenneth Korach to provide a broad perspective to the field of EDCs as an introduction to the Endocrine community. 2) A morning symposium (2 hours) entitled "Early Exposure to EDCs and Long-Term Endocrine Consequences." 3) A poster session focusing on students and fellows (1.5 hours) to encourage participation of young scientists. 4) The afternoon symposium (2 hours) entitled "Hot Topics in Endocrine Disruption" is biomedically-relevant and will discuss mechanisms of EDC actions and their relevance to human health and disease. 5) The meeting will end with a panel discussion (50 minutes) led by leaders in the Endocrine Society including President Andrea Dunaif, who will discuss: "Formulating an Endocrine Society Agenda for EDCs Research and Public Awareness." As a workshop at the Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, our proposed Forum is ideally suited to provide public health information on EDCs to the basic, translational and clinical participants. In order to limit future contaminations and to mitigate existing exposures, it is critical that we educate the endocrine community and make this subject a permanent part of the Endocrine Society's agenda.