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，主要影响少女和年轻成年妇女。饮食失调对公共卫生的重要意义在于，它们在少女中很常见，往往是慢性的，与精神疾病共病和不孕和骨质疏松等持久的不良健康后果有关，并有助于提高卫生服务的利用率。由于进食障碍研究的历史相对较短，该领域在招募和培训年轻学者从事进食障碍研究方面仍然存在挑战。此外，进食障碍的多因素病因学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，很少有途径可以有效地交换研究成果。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。要求支持加强进食障碍学会会议的培训功能。提出了三个项目组成部分：1)青年研究员旅行计划，为优秀学生、博士后和住院医师参加AED会议提供资金支持；2)在AED会议前一天为旅行研究员提供研究教学日；3) NIMH主办的研讨会，重点介绍基础和应用研究人员感兴趣的前沿研究。申请为期四年的支持，并将每年评估该计划的成功与否。

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.