Research Perspectives in Psychoneuroimmunology

描述（由申请人提供）：本文所要求的资金用于支持25名博士前和博士后学员参加五次心理神经免疫学研究学会（PNIRS）年度会议，PNI研究展望。 PNIRS大约有300名来自美国和国外的成员，其中40%是实习成员。 培训新的调查人员是社会的一个主要目标。 一个实习学者咨询委员会，以选择获奖者和指导该项目包括PNIRS官员，过去的总统和下一次会议的组织者加上社会成员的积极研究心理神经免疫学（PNI）和癌症。 所有实习生获奖者将根据其提交的摘要的科学卓越性进行选择。 这项建议的主要目标是在职业生涯的形成阶段教育受训者关于PNI和癌症的知识，以便影响他们未来的研究重点。 大量研究表明，心理因素会改变对疾病的易感性，并影响疾病的进展。 癌症是PNI从PNI领域开始就被认为具有作用的疾病之一。 为了确定心理因素产生这种影响的机制，必须促进和实现免疫学家，神经科学家，行为科学家和癌症专家之间的互动。 本次会议将为学员提供与心理神经免疫学（神经免疫系统相互作用及其对癌症和其他疾病的影响）领域研究人员互动的绝佳机会。 他们将了解协作工作的可用资源，额外的培训机会，以及与癌症生物学，免疫学，神经生理学，神经解剖学，内分泌学，心理学和健康评估等领域的技术分析相关的问题。 会议议程包括Norman Wellington讲座，五个专题讨论会，全体演讲和从提交的摘要中选出的海报会议。 根据学会对培训的承诺，为每次年会计划了一些与培训有关的活动：专门的教育课程;高级学院学员座谈会;以职业发展为重点的专题讨论会（例如，NCI和NIH资助机会：资助金撰写）;和小组讨论（例如，学习PNI）。其他更非正式的场合（例如与高级研究人员的早餐和午餐圆桌会议，学员晚宴）将促进高级科学家和学员之间的研究合作和互动。在五年的资助期间，由资深科学家和受训旅行奖励计划的“毕业生”组成的咨询委员会将监督PNIRS会议背景下对研究培训的组织承诺。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The funds requested herein are for the support of 25 pre- and post-doctoral trainees to attend five annual conferences of the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS), Research Perspectives in PNI. There are approximately 300 members of the PNIRS from the U.S. and abroad, of whom up to 40% are trainee members. Training new investigators is a major goal of the society. A Trainee Scholars Advisory Committee to select the awardees and direct the project includes PNIRS officers, past presidents and next meeting organizer plus society members' actively studying psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) and cancer. All trainee awardees will be selected on the basis of the scientific excellence of their submitted abstracts. The primary goal of this proposal is to educate the trainees about PNI and cancer at a formative stage in their careers such that it may influence their future research focus. A considerable body of research suggests that psychological factors alter susceptibility to illness and affect disease progression. Cancer is one of the diseases that PNI has been implicated having a role in from the beginning of the PNI field. To determine the mechanisms by which psychological factors have this effect, it is essential to promote and enable interactions among immunologists, neuroscientists, behavioral scientists, and cancer experts. This conference will provide an outstanding opportunity for trainees to interact with researchers in the field of psychoneuroimmunology (nervous-immune system interactions and their implications on cancer and other diseases). They will learn about available resources for collaborative work, additional training opportunities, and issues related to technical aspects of analysis in the areas of cancer biology, immunology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, endocrinology, psychology, and health evaluations, among others. The meeting agenda includes the Norman Cousins Lecture, five symposia, plenary presentations and poster sessions selected from submitted abstracts. A number of training-related activities are planned for each annual meeting consistent with the society's commitment to training: specialized Educational Courses; Senior Faculty-trainee colloquia; symposia with a focus on career development (e.g., NCI and NIH funding opportunities: Grant writing); and panel discussions (e.g., teaching PNI). Other more informal venues (e.g. breakfast and luncheon roundtable meetings with senior investigators, trainee dinners) will foster research collaborations and interactions between senior scientists and trainees. Across five years of funding, an Advisory Committee comprised of senior scientists and "graduates" of the trainee travel award program will oversee this organizational commitment to research training within the context of the PNIRS conference.