Emerging Strategies: bridging basic and clinical science

描述(由申请者提供)：南达科他大学桑福德医学院(USDSM)计划于2008年6月13-15日举办一次研讨会，主题为“新兴战略：连接基础与临床科学”。USDSM最近在扩大其研究任务方面取得了很大进展，在过去五年中大约将外部赠款支持的水平增加了一倍。这一增长主要发生在基础科学领域。我们认为，我们研究计划的下一步是提高翻译研究的水平。事实上，我们认为这一领域的研究在我们地区具有巨大的增长潜力，因为该地区存在一些独特的人口(例如美洲原住民、农村人)。因此，会议的一个主要目标是让来自USDSM和大中西部地区的研究人员有机会与在基础科学和临床科学之间架起桥梁的具有国际地位的演讲者互动。我们还认识到，加快我们在研究方面的进展将需要形成战略伙伴关系。因此，研讨会的第二个目标将是启动与邻近机构的这种伙伴关系，该研讨会将是区域性的，并向大中西部地区发出邀请。我们预计将有大约300名与会者，其中包括来自大中西部地区的基础科学教师、临床教师、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生。受邀的讲座也将对公众开放。除了受邀的讲座外，还将举行一次海报会议，让与会者介绍他们目前的研究成果。充分的讨论时间和邀请发言者参加的公开论坛小组讨论将使与会者之间能够进行广泛的互动。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota (USDSM) is planning a symposium with the focus of "Emerging strategies: Bridging Basic and Clinical Science" to be held June 13-15, 2008. USDSM has recently made great progress in growing its research mission, approximately doubling the level of extramural grant support in the past five years. A majority of this growth has occurred in the basic sciences. We believe that the next step in the progression of our research program is to increase the level of translational research. Indeed, we feel this area of research holds a tremendous potential for growth in our region due to some of the unique populations (e.g. Native American, rural) present in the region. Accordingly, a major goal of the conference is to allow researchers from USDSM and the greater Midwest region an opportunity to interact with speakers of international stature that have been successful in bridging basic and clinical sciences. We also recognize that accelerating our progress in research will require the formation of strategic partnerships. Thus a second goal of the symposium, which will be regional in scope with invitations sent to the greater Midwest region, will be to initiate such partnerships with neighboring institutions. We anticipate approximately 300 attendees which would include basic science faculty, clinical faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate students in research tracks from the greater Midwest region. Invited talks will also be open to the public. In addition to the invited talks, a poster session will be held for attendees to present their current research. Ample discussion periods and an open forum panel discussion involving the invited speakers will allow for extensive interaction between participants.