The 10th Symposium of the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group

描述(由申请人提供)： 这是一个会议拨款申请，请求部分支持由国际糖尿病流行病学小组(IDEG)赞助的“糖尿病的流行病学和遗传学”研讨会。这将是第十届IDEG研讨会，传统上是作为国际糖尿病联合会(IDF)世界糖尿病大会的卫星举行。2006年，以色列国防军第19届大会将在南非开普敦举行，在此之前，IDEG将于11月30日至12月3日在开普敦郊区举行研讨会。美国有2080万人患有糖尿病，占总人口的7%。2002年，美国每年因糖尿病而付出的代价超过1300亿美元。由于人口增长、老龄化、城市化以及肥胖和缺乏体育活动的日益普遍，全球糖尿病患者的数量正在增加。预计到2030年，这一数字将从2000年的1.71亿增加到3.66亿。撒哈拉以南非洲是世界上相对增长率最大的区域之一，预计将从2003年的1360万增加到2025年的2700万。IDEG研讨会的目标受众是在公共卫生、糖尿病预防、流行病学和遗传学领域工作的200多名与会者，这是一个将来自非洲和世界其他地区，特别是美国的研究人员、提供者和卫生行政人员聚集在一起的独特机会。与以往一样，IDEG研讨会的互动环境将促进与会者之间的合作研究努力，并将确定未来的关键目标，以帮助我们了解不同种族人群中糖尿病的病因和遗传学，以及工业化国家和发展中国家预防糖尿病的最有希望的方法。研讨会组织者特别强调招募来自非洲和其他贫困地区的研究生学员进入糖尿病研究和预防领域。研讨会将以全天的糖尿病流行病学培训课程开始，包括50名学员和教职员工。请求提供支助，以支付学员参加培训班和参加IDEG专题讨论会的部分费用。组委会正在与世界卫生组织联系，以帮助确定这些专业人员。将特别努力支持女性受训人员和安置残疾人。拟议中的研讨会由国际糖尿病流行病学小组和国际糖尿病联合会大会的卫星赞助，是一个独特的机会，将来自非洲和包括美国在内的世界其他地区的糖尿病研究人员、提供者和卫生行政人员聚集在一起。全球糖尿病患者的数量正在增加，到2030年将达到3.66亿。研讨会将促进合作研究工作，确定我们了解糖尿病病因和遗传学的关键目标，以及工业化国家和发展中国家预防糖尿病的最有前途的方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a conference grant application requesting partial support for symposium " Epidemiology and Genetics of Diabetes" sponsored by the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group (IDEG). This will be the 10th tri-annual IDEG symposium held traditionally as a satellite to the World Diabetes Congress of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). In 2006, the 19th IDF Congress takes place in Cape Town, South Africa, and will be preceded by the IDEG symposium held on Nov.30- Dec. 3 in the suburbs of Cape Town. There are 20.8 million people in the United States, or 7% of the population, who have diabetes. The annual cost of diabetes in the U.S. exceeded $130, billion in 2002. The number of people with diabetes is increasing worldwide due to population growth, aging, urbanization, and increasing prevalence of obesity and physical inactivity. It is projected to rise from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030. Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world's regions where the greatest relative increases are expected to occur, from 13.6 million in 2003 to 27 million in 2025. The IDEG symposium, targeting audience of over 200 participants working in the fields of public health, diabetes prevention, epidemiology and genetics is an unique opportunity to bring together researchers, providers and health administrators from Africa and other regions of the world, especially the United States. As has previously been the case, the interactive environment of IDEG symposia will stimulate collaborative research efforts among the conferees and will identify the future critical goals for our understanding of the etiology and genetics of diabetes in ethnically diverse populations and the most promising approaches to diabetes prevention in industrialized and developing countries. The symposium organizers are placing special emphasize on recruiting into the field of diabetes research and prevention postgraduate trainees from Africa and other underprivileged regions. The symposium will open with a full day Diabetes Epidemiology Training Course, including 50 trainees and teaching faculty. Support is requested to partially cover cost of trainee participation in the course and in the IDEG symposium. The Organizing Committee is contacting the World Health Organization to help identify such professionals. Special effort will be made to support female trainees and accommodate persons with disabilities. The proposed symposium sponsored by the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group and a satellite to the International Diabetes Federation Congress is a unique opportunity to bring together diabetes researchers, providers and health administrators from Africa and other regions of the world, including the US. The number of people with diabetes is increasing worldwide to 366 million in 2030. The symposium will stimulate collaborative research efforts, identify the critical goals for our understanding of the etiology and genetics of diabetes and the most promising approaches to diabetes prevention in industrialized and developing countries.